Job Title: Mgr Clinical Biomarkers & Diagnostics
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 Months (Possibility of extension depending upon business requirements and performance)
Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:
- Strong expertise in Obesity/CV/Met disease and biomarker research.
- Experience leading and integrating cross functional and technical teams.
- Experience overseeing vendors/CROs for biomarker assays and sample operations.
Description:
- Location: Remote - Flexible Time Zone
- Qualifications: PhD with a minimum of 3 years of experience.
- Ideally, Candidates will have 5-7 years of experience in obesity and/or cardiometabolic disease, clinical biomarker research, and drug development.
What you will do:
- Let's do this. Let's change the world through Precision Medicine!
- In this vital role within the Precision Medicine Unit, the Contract Clinical Biomarker Lead will serve as a key member of organization cross-functional product teams, driving biomarker strategies that align with Precision Medicine goals.
- We are seeking a highly motivated scientist with expertise in clinical biomarker research and drug development within the Obesity/Cardiometabolic space to develop and execute biomarker plans that measure pharmacodynamics, target engagement, efficacy, and patient stratification.
- The successful candidate will oversee assay readiness, vendor management, and biomarker data generation, while partnering closely with clinical development, clinical operations, discovery biomarker, computational biology and research colleagues.
- This role also includes authorship and review of essential clinical and regulatory documents to support decision-making across the portfolio.
Qualifications & Experience:
- PhD in a relevant field required; PharmD, MD, or equivalent considered. Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience, ideally in industry.
- Strong expertise in obesity and/or cardiometabolic disease.
- Proven track record in clinical biomarker research and drug development.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as an independent scientific contributor on projects/programs.
- Apply expertise to solve complex problems and drive successful implementation of team objectives.
- Partner effectively with team members and cross-functional colleagues in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Lead development and execution of comprehensive clinical biomarker strategies for pharmacodynamics, target engagement, and patient stratification for cardiovascular disease programs across the drug development pipeline from Phase 1 to Phase 3 trials.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external partners to enable biomarker strategy alignment and delivery of high-quality biomarker datasets.
- Lead and partner with biomarker technical & operation sub-teams for clinical biomarker strategy implementation including specialty vendor evaluations, biomarker budget and contract planning, biomarker sample operations, biomarker data analysis plans, and cross-functional data sharing.
- Contribute to the drafting and review of clinical study documents, including study protocols, informed consent forms, clinical study reports, scientific reports, and manuscripts.
Possible Extension:
Yes
Red Flags:
N/A
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Spectraforce Technologies
flex time
Jul 15, 2026