Posted:	6/22/2012
Job Title:	Translational Medicine Leader Neuroscience (Early Development)
Employer:	Roche Basel, Basel, Switzerland or Nutley, New Jersey
Description:	The Translational Medicine group in the Neuroscience Discovery and Translational Area is looking to fill a newly created Translational Medicine Leader (Senior Director) position to lead early development projects for new medicines in the areas of Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. The position reports directly to the Head of CNS Translational Medicine, and will be working in close partnership with other clinical leaders in the group. In this role you: have the opportunity of working closely with both clinicians and researchers doing cutting-edge science, and help develop new therapies to treat conditions for which there are currently no effective options; act as the clinical and scientific leader for projects in early development mainly targeting novel therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders using proof-of-mechanism and proof-of-concept studies. Other potential areas for focus might include neuropsychiatric diseases such as depression and schizophrenia; will also be responsible for the scientific championship of projects, participation in scientific advisory boards and liaison with the academic and research community.
Requirements:	You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies. Where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point. You are ideally an Assistant/Associate Professor in a leading academic center or have a comparable position in a major clinical center, and have an MD or M.D./Ph.D. with a focus in psychiatry and/or child psychiatry. Beyond this you: are familiar with preclinical disease models; are able to bridge preclinical findings into clinically testable hypotheses as well as have clinical practice/ research experience in child psychiatry; should currently spend a significant percentage of time in the clinic, as well as conduct either basic or clinical research in this area; have an interest in the interface between drug discovery and early clinical development.
Contact:	Apply here. Please indicate in your cover letter if you have a preference for either location.