Brief Position Description:
The Therapeutic Strategy Specialist supports Therapeutic Strategy Leads in the development of clinical strategy for new opportunities at Novotech. This role involves gathering and curating critical information through desktop research, internal data mining, and direct outreach to country teams, investigators, and key opinion leaders. The specialist plays a key part in shaping competitive, data-driven strategies by providing accurate insights into feasibility, recruitment landscapes, and regional dynamics and drafting findings into a coherent commercial lensed output.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience:
- Graduate in a clinical or life sciences related field. Relevant experience/qualifications in allied professions may also be considered.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to prioritise, meet deadlines and able to work well in teams across time-zones.
- Preferably experience of working in clinical research, pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry or a related field per role level as follows:
• Therapeutic Strategy Specialist: At least three years’ experience in clinical research as a Clinical Research Associate, Study Coordinator or equivalent.
• Senior Therapeutic Strategy Specialist: At least five years’ experience in clinical research, including at least 2 years of clinical trial management, site identification and/or feasibility experience.
Responsibilities:
- Assist Therapeutic Strategy Leads in all aspects of strategy preparation for new business opportunities.
- Perform in-depth research to gather data on indications, standard of care, competitive landscape, and recruitment benchmarks.
- Analyse historical data from internal databases and external sources.
- Extract and synthesize insights from past trials, feasibility data, and other proprietary sources to support evidence-based strategy development.
- Liaise with internal subject matter experts (SMEs), Country Managers, and Regional Feasibility Heads to gather region-specific insights.
- Develop strong working relationships to stay informed of evolving regional dynamics and recruitment landscapes.
- Identify and contact potential investigative sites, investigators, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) to assess interest and capabilities.
- Maintain Knowledge Hub information
- Collaborate with regional feasibility teams to gather up-to-date recruitment projections, site interest, and competitive intelligence.
- Curate data and present complex data clearly and concisely to support the therapeutic strategy.
- Draft sections of proposals or bid defence material as needed.
- Work collaboratively across functions including Medical, Project Management, and Business Development to ensure alignment and quality of bid content.
Novotech is proud to offer a great workplace. We are committed to being an employer of choice for gender equality and providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated fairly and with respect.
Our team members are passionate about what we do, but we understand work is only of the things that is important to them. We support our team members with flexible working options, paid parental leave for both parents, flexible leave entitlements, wellness programs and ongoing development programs.
We are looking for people who are passionate about working clinical research and biotech, including people who identify as LGBTIQ+, have a disability or have caring responsibilities.
We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every application. We look forward to contacting you regarding your application.
Novotech is a global full-service clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO).
Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Novotech has 34 offices across Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe. Novotech employs over 3000 employees and has over 5000 site partnerships and the resources and infrastructure to scale regionally and globally as clinical programs advance.
Novotech provides clinical development services across all clinical trial phases and therapeutic areas including feasibility assessments, ethics committee and regulatory submissions, data management, statistical analysis, medical monitoring, safety solutions, central lab services, report write-up to ICH requirements, project and vendor management. Novotech obtained the ISO 27001 certification which is the best-known standard in the ISO family providing requirements for an Information Security Management System. Together with the ISO 9001 Quality Management system, Novotech aims at the highest IT security and quality standards for patients and biotechnology companies.