Director, Translational Medicine
Cambridge, MA 
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Job Description
It continues to be an exciting time for BlueRock Therapeutics as the company advances cutting edge cellular therapies to positively impact patients' lives across multiple disease areas.

The Director Translational Medicine, will be expected to take on a highly visible role with internal and external stakeholders through the management of biomarker endpoints, including digital health readouts, leveraged in BlueRock's clinical development programs. The Director of Translational Medicine will leverage their expertise across multiple therapeutic areas including neurologic, ophthalmologic, and cardiac diseases, to advance the company's development pipeline by working closely with program leads and other subject matter experts. The position will be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Responsibilities:
  • As a critical member of the team, the Director of Translational Medicine will leverage their expertise to:
  • Develop translational strategies designed to support clinical development plans, the regulatory path, and product commercialization.
  • Partner with Research to discover and characterize novel biomarker endpoints in preclinical studies.
  • Develop biomarker methods and analytically validate biomarkers for clinical use.
  • Implement clinical biomarkers and ensure biomarker-driven decision-making across all phases of drug development.
  • Deliver subject matter expertise with respect to clinical biomarkers, digital health readouts, and other modalities as needed.
  • Oversee CRO vendor/partners ensuring that they optimally execute clinical and preclinical imaging projects in the US, Europe and potentially Asia.
  • Provide support for the Business Development organizations as needed on diligence efforts.
Minimum Requirements:
  • Ph.D. in Biology or related discipline with at least 6 years of industry experience.
  • Specific experience with biomarker endpoints for early-stage clinical development in CNS, ophthalmic and inflammatory diseases is desired.
  • Remote or hybrid can be arranged
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Equal Opportunity Workplace: At BlueRock, we welcome and support differences and diversity and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Please let us know if you require disability-related accommodation or other grounds protected by human rights legislation during the recruitment process so that we can work with you to meet your needs.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Doctorate
Required Experience
6+ years
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