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Cytel
Executive Consultant - Innovative Clinical Trial Designs (VP level)
Cytel’s Strategic Consulting Practice partners with leadership teams at emerging biotech, mid-size biopharma, large pharma, and life science VC/PE firms. The Executive Consultant role seeks a seasoned biostatistician and strategic advisor to lead high-impact client engagements, shape development strategies, and strengthen Cytel’s position as an industry thought leader.
Key Responsibilities
- • Lead client engagements across the pharmaceutical, biotech, and device sectors, ensuring strategic and scientific excellence.
- • Build and maintain strong long-term relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- • Identify emerging customer needs and develop innovative solutions to achieve client satisfaction and business growth.
- • Partner with Cytel’s business development teams to identify and pursue new consulting and cross-functional opportunities.
- • Manage a significant client portfolio, driving both revenue and impact.
- • Serve as a recognized thought leader and trusted advisor in quantitative clinical development strategies.
- • Provide expertise in adaptive designs, Bayesian methods, model-informed drug development, and other innovative statistical approaches.
- • Contribute to the evolution of Cytel’s methodologies and service offerings.
- • Represent Cytel at conferences, webinars, and industry publications to strengthen Cytel’s global visibility and reputation.
- • Support multidisciplinary internal teams with scientific guidance and leadership.
- • Take overall responsibility for assigned consulting accounts, ensuring delivery excellence and strategic alignment.
- • Act as a subject matter expert and mentor to other consultants, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and high performance.
- • Maintain close collaboration with Cytel’s senior leadership to ensure alignment of client goals with Cytel’s strategic priorities.
- • Travel as needed (typically 20–30%) to engage with clients and represent Cytel at external events.
Required
- • Advanced degree (PhD, MD, MBA, or Master’s in Biostatistics, Mathematics, or a related field).
- • Minimum of 15 years of experience in clinical development, consulting, or health research, with a strong foundation in statistics.
- • Demonstrated experience interacting with regulatory agencies (e.g., FDA, EMA) and contributing to health authority meetings or submissions.
- • Proven ability to combine scientific and business acumen to develop and deliver strategic client solutions.
- • Strong understanding of the biopharmaceutical R&D process, from early development through registration and market access.
- • Strategic thinker with a global mindset, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to execute in complex settings.
- • Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills; capable of influencing senior executives and mentoring internal teams.
- • Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and self-motivated, with a passion for driving innovation in quantitative science.
Job Description
Cytel’s Strategic Consulting Practice partners with leadership teams at emerging biotech, mid-size biopharma, large pharma, and life science VC/PE firms. Our multidisciplinary experts specialize in advanced trial designs, quantitative clinical pharmacology, and cutting-edge statistical methodologies (including machine learning), with experience across all phases of development and global regulatory interactions.
We are seeking an Executive Consultant - a seasoned biostatistician and strategic advisor - to lead high-impact client engagements, shape development strategies, and strengthen Cytel’s position as an industry thought leader.
Responsibilities
Client & Business Leadership
Cytel’s Strategic Consulting Practice partners with leadership teams at emerging biotech, mid-size biopharma, large pharma, and life science VC/PE firms. Our multidisciplinary experts specialize in advanced trial designs, quantitative clinical pharmacology, and cutting-edge statistical methodologies (including machine learning), with experience across all phases of development and global regulatory interactions.
We are seeking an Executive Consultant - a seasoned biostatistician and strategic advisor - to lead high-impact client engagements, shape development strategies, and strengthen Cytel’s position as an industry thought leader.
Responsibilities
Client & Business Leadership
- Lead client engagements across the pharmaceutical, biotech, and device sectors, ensuring strategic and scientific excellence.
- Build and maintain strong long-term relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- Identify emerging customer needs and develop innovative solutions to achieve client satisfaction and business growth.
- Partner with Cytel’s business development teams to identify and pursue new consulting and cross-functional opportunities.
- Manage a significant client portfolio, driving both revenue and impact.
- Serve as a recognized thought leader and trusted advisor in quantitative clinical development strategies.
- Provide expertise in adaptive designs, Bayesian methods, model-informed drug development, and other innovative statistical approaches.
- Contribute to the evolution of Cytel’s methodologies and service offerings.
- Represent Cytel at conferences, webinars, and industry publications to strengthen Cytel’s global visibility and reputation.
- Support multidisciplinary internal teams with scientific guidance and leadership.
- Take overall responsibility for assigned consulting accounts, ensuring delivery excellence and strategic alignment.
- Act as a subject matter expert and mentor to other consultants, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and high performance.
- Maintain close collaboration with Cytel’s senior leadership to ensure alignment of client goals with Cytel’s strategic priorities.
- Travel as needed (typically 20–30%) to engage with clients and represent Cytel at external events.
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, MBA, or Master’s in Biostatistics, Mathematics, or a related field).
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in clinical development, consulting, or health research, with a strong foundation in statistics.
- Demonstrated experience interacting with regulatory agencies (e.g., FDA, EMA) and contributing to health authority meetings or submissions.
- Proven ability to combine scientific and business acumen to develop and deliver strategic client solutions.
- Strong understanding of the biopharmaceutical R&D process, from early development through registration and market access.
- Strategic thinker with a global mindset, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to execute in complex settings.
- Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills; capable of influencing senior executives and mentoring internal teams.
- Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and self-motivated, with a passion for driving innovation in quantitative science.
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