Executive Director, Head of Cardiovascular Research
Company: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Location: San Rafael
Posted on: May 14, 2022
|
|
Job Description:
BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that
provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and
life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that
lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of
patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often
inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and
have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to
focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their
kind.
BioMarin's Research & Development group is responsible for
everything from research and discovery to post-market clinical
development. Research & Development involves all bench and clinical
research and the associated groups that support those endeavors.
Our teams work on developing first-in-class and best-in-class
therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live
with rare diseases. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact
on patients' lives.The Biology Research group at BioMarin is
seeking a Head of Cardiovascular Research / CV Therapeutic Area
Head (Executive Director-level role) with extensive experience
researching genetic / inherited cardiac diseases in the context of
evaluating and advancing novel therapeutics.The Head of
Cardiovascular Research will lead and develop a portfolio of early
CV programs, targeting the underlying causes of genetic heart
diseases, including an AAV-based program in early development for
MYBPC3 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in partnership with DiNAQOR.
The Head of Cardiovascular Research / Therapeutic Area Head will
lead and guide a team of CV-focused scientists and project teams to
advance early-stage programs to critical milestones and research
inflection points. He/she will also play a key role in partnering
with cross-functional teams within BioMarin, including Discovery
Medicine, Product and Portfolio Development, Commercial,
Manufacturing, Business Development, and IP.The successful
candidate will have a strong background in cardiovascular
physiology, pharmacology and drug discovery and development, with
demonstrated experience in the field of cardiovascular genetics
and/or precision medicine for CV diseases. The candidate will
interact with the Research and Early Development Leadership Team
and Executive Leadership team to provide critical updates on the CV
portfolio and specific programs.RESPONSIBILITIES:
EDUCATION:
PLEASE NOTE: Absent a Medical or Religious reason that prohibits
vaccinations, all our incoming employees must be vaccinated for
COVID-19.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by law.
Keywords: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., San Rafael , Executive Director, Head of Cardiovascular Research, Executive , San Rafael, California
Click
here to apply!
|