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Vice President, Clinical Development (Pain)

Boston🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the clinical development strategy and execution for the company's pain programs, including Phase 2 and future Phase 3 trials for Kv7 agonist and Nav 1.7 inhibitor therapeutics.

Role type

Senior executive clinical development leader (pain)

Builds

Novel therapeutics for pain indications (epilepsy, depression, pain)

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Neuroscience / Ion channel biology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Pain drug development expertise, clinical trial design (Phases 1-3), IND/NDA filing experience, cross-functional team leadership, KOL engagement, regulatory strategy, budget management, DSMB oversight

Preferred skills

Experience with Kv7 or Nav1.7 targets, advisory board management, executive presence

Technologies

GCP, clinical trial operations tools, biostatistics platforms

Responsibilities

Develop clinical development strategies for pain programs, manage cross-functional teams and external vendors, engage key opinion leaders and health authorities, oversee safety event analysis and DSMBs, present strategic plans to executive leadership, recruit and develop direct reports

Seniority

Executive, VP level

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