Drug development & rwe lead

Title: Drug Development & RWE Lead At Inovia Bio we believe that drug development is in dire need of disruptive thinking.  The current ecosystem supporting biopharmaceutical companies is typified by slow, archaic  incumbents that extract as much value as possible from drug developers and their companies while often delivering utter garbage. We’re changing that!  From the way data is used to make early decisions through to how development plans can be accelerated and de-risked, there are significant opportunities to get drugs to patients faster. Your role will be central to our mission of revolutionising drug development. Who are we? Inovia Bio is a Tech Bio Startup based in London. We partner with innovative biopharmaceutical companies by providing both our proprietary technology platforms and expertise to deliver unprecedented impact to their programs. We are the company drug developers  dream  of working with and the company CROs  dread .  An Atypical Role: The clinical development & RWE lead at Inovia operates differently – We believe that drug development can only be solved by the merging of medicine and technology…and so will you! Internal product development: “You’re tired of the manual, repetitive and expensive model of drug development” You will partner with engineering to provide expertise and input on the development of novel tools that have significant impact on the drug development process. You will be hands on with vast multimodal data and generate your own ideas of what else we should be building. Working with our partners: “You’re passionate about drug development and see opportunities and pathways where others don’t” You will work closely with Inovia’s partners to support their drug development programs. Using a combination of your experience, our platforms and your expertise, you’ll provide options and approaches for programs that the team may have missed and be ready to execute on them.  Design and analyse studies: “You’re excited to get your hands dirty and can look at data through a novel lens”  You will design and analyse both interventional and non-interventional studies to support drug approvals as well as strategic positioning. You’ll look at data through unique perspective and identify opportunities.  Who we’re looking for: Technical: 1. Everyone in the medical team at Inovia codes – So do you! You will be proficient with SQL + either R or Python. You’re able to run complex analysis and are comfortable figuring out new approaches.  2. You have expertise in the medical sciences and can think about diseases from the ground up.  You will have a degree in the medical sciences. You have the ability to understand a condition by examining its biological, physiological, and pathological foundations. 3. You understand why bivariate tests in non-randomised settings are a problem and know the difference between a confounder and effect modifier. You have a robust understanding of statistics for interventional and observational contexts. You keep up to date with the state of the art and are comfortable trying new methods. 4. You understand why four different pharmaceutical companies developing the same drugs are likely to have vastly different outcomes. You are an expert in clinical trial designs   and clinical development strategy.  5. ICD, GPI, HCPCS and SNOWMED are concepts you know, understand and have grappled with.  You have experience working with secondary data and large RWE datasets.  6. You’ve written Protocols, SAPs, TFLs and CSRs. You’re proficient in developing and executing the above aspects of a study. 7. Pub Med is one of your most visited bookmarks. You’re excited about learning new disease areas and can assimilate a lot of information quickly.  8. To you drug pipelines read like symphonies. You have a deep understanding of the current pharmaceutical development landscape. 9. You’re excited by recent FDA announcements regarding pragmatic trials and RWE.  You have a deep understanding of regulatory requirements and the current opportunities in drug development.  10. Your response to “can you develop this external control arm study” is hold my beer. You are comfortable executing a rigorous study autonomously but also understand where collaboration is key.  Personal: 1. You’re eligible to work in the UK. You have the right to work in the UK and are adept at discussing the weather for at least 6 minutes prior to every call.  2. You can summarise the key points of a CSR in three slides You’re a fantastic communicator and understand what is important to which audience.  3. You say no to terrible ideas and provide an alternative. You have no problem telling a partner internal or external why something shouldn’t be done while developing a better path 4. You recognise that collaboration is critical to success. You’re excited to work with engineering, medical and commercial teams to develop products or new ideas. You balance your subject matter expertise with an inquisitive mind that is open to ideas and approaches that come from outside disciplines.  5. Learning is a core part of who you are. You strive to continuously learn and develop new skills in both your own discipline as well as others.  6. You have strong opinions which are loosely held No idea or approach is sacred – you’re comfortable speaking up and challenging ideas and comfortable receiving feedback.  7. In God we trust- all others must bring data. You are profoundly data driven and believe that the right data trumps experience any day of the week.  What we offer: We’re a fast-paced venture backed startup that are making outsized impacts for our partners, will you join us on our journey? 1. Competitive salary.  2. Stock options. 3. Private Health Insurance. 4. Hybrid work environment.  5. Rapid progression opportunities.  6. Zero political work culture.  7. Learning budget.