Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP)

Director

• Develop and coordinate a portfolio of projects focused on developing and delivering new and existing antibiotics for priority drug-resistant infections aligned with the SBI disease area strategy
• Serve as cross-functional Head of the SBI Portfolio with accountability for strategy and execution of multidisciplinary R&D projects
• Align SBI access projects with SBI programme and disease area strategies
• Lead programme activities across regulatory, nonclinical, clinical, pharmaceutical, and access development from development planning through execution and delivery
• Ensure product-availability access activities align with portfolio and disease-area strategies
• Partner with the Head of Medical, SBI, and coordinate with the Global Access Director on medical and access strategies
• Ensure appropriate transition of projects to commercial-led status with Business Development, Partnerships Engagement, Global Access, and sublicense partners
• Represent the SBI portfolio in external affairs, policy, and advocacy activities
• Develop and maintain the transversal SBI disease-area strategy and portfolio of programmes, projects, and activities
• Lead cross-functional evaluation of new interventions, potential assets, and project concepts
• Develop programme-level drug-development and access-development strategies
• Provide governance frameworks and oversight for project planning, execution, reporting, budgets, and resource allocation
• Line-manage R&D project leaders and oversee access-led project alignment
• Oversee programme preparations and interactions with the Scientific Advisory Committee
• Co-lead partnership strategy and provide oversight for project-level collaborations and joint-development steering committees
• Ensure regulatory compliance, R&D best practices, GARDP SOPs, international GCP, and relevant regulations
• Lead external development of new approaches with WHO, regulatory agencies, and antibiotic-development partners
• Report to the R&D Director, with an indirect line to the Global Access Director
• Collaborate across R&D, Business Development, Partner Engagement, Global Access, External Relations, Executive Office, and Finance
• Build and maintain collaborations and represent GARDP with external stakeholders
• Travel up to 25%

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