Director Target Hunting and New Product Planning

Director Target Hunting and New Product Planning

ProQR Therapeutics

Leiden, Netherlands

Our Axiomer target discovery team is currently looking for a Director Target Hunting and new product planning (Full-time) to join our team.

Key Responsibilities

Discovery/Target hunting:

• Derives targets from a thorough assessment starting with biology and a deep understanding of genetics
• Shapes the identification and prioritization of disease areas for the in-house R&D pipeline and partnerships
• Is responsible for providing an early and objective view of the unmet need, market potential, standard of care, patient demographics, patient findings, and competitive landscape associated with potential target diseases
• Is responsible for identifying potential AI capabilities to help this effort

New Product Planning:

• Is responsible for designing and implementing a new product planning process
• Leads new product planning, positioning, and pre-launch investments in pipeline products, working closely with R&D program teams to drive outcome-driven, value-creating activities early in the drug development process

Market and Competitive Intelligence:

• Identifies and tracks key developments in target scientific fields, therapeutic programs and companies, and updates in the understanding of the epidemiology of target disease and conveys the latest trends and insights to stakeholders
• Develops and aligns a pipeline commercialization process to provide critical, holistic market-driven input into R&D and product development with future reimbursement, access, and payer strategies in mind
• The ideal candidate has a strong background in genetics, target discovery and research – in addition to an affinity for the commercial landscape of biopharma.
• Deliverables include recommendations for novel therapeutic programs to support early pipeline and long-term growth potential and developing an opportunity map for extending innovation horizons.

We expect our Director Target Hunting and new product planning to have:

• PhD/MSc in life sciences
• A genetics/medical background that understands the commercial potential of a drug
• Experience working in labs, and with an ambition to grow into target search and evaluation

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