Clinical Trial Designer - Kerdan

Position Description

The Kerdan Group (www.kerdan.com) is a boutique consulting firm that helps biopharma companies design drug development programs.

We are seeking a Clinical Trial Designer who has designed registrational trials for pharmaceutical products. Ideally, you have done so in more than 1 disease area and/or designed an outcomes study. MD strongly preferred.

Job responsibilities:
1) Gather therapeutic area insights through conversations with project expert panels including external clinical, regulatory, epidemiology, outcomes research, and pre-clinical experts.

2) Work closely with external biostatistics experts to size, cost, refine and improve recommended study designs

3) Creatively identify and evaluate clinical and non-clinical study options to progress early development assets towards the most significant strategic opportunities.

4) Demonstrate strong listening and clear communication of study design options and their strategic relevance.

5) Contribute to the success of an innovative boutique consulting firm through successful client engagements and active participation in our learning oriented culture.


We look for people with 4 characteristics:

1. A strong interest in working for a small firm focused on global pharmaceutical development. Have you ever worked for a small company? Did you find it energizing or tiring?

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes said: “I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” Do you know what he meant? Does this describe you?

3. The empathic listening and observation skills along with the curiosity to dig beneath the surface of what customers, clients, and colleagues are saying to understand what really drives them. The intelligence, self-knowledge, practicality, humility, and desire to learn and improve.

4. A need to create, to apply your learning and insights, to try out new ideas, to offer solutions – not just descriptions of the problems clients face.

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