NEUROPSYCHIATRY PROGRAM DIRECTOR – H/F

Department : R&D
Reference : NPD170615
Date : 20/06/2016
Place : Croissy sur Seine

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced, entrepreneurial and passionate scientific leader to join our Neuropsychiatry department as the:

NEUROPSYCHIATRY PROGRAM DIRECTOR

This role is truly essential to lead and coordinate, with a clear industrial vision, our Research activities from the concretization of promising new targets through the drug discovery phase to early clinical development.

Reporting directly to the Head of Neuropsychiatry R&D, you will be responsible for orchestrating our Proteinopathy programs for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

Responsible for the strategic progression of the Research Projects Portfolio, you will offer your scientific insight both into in-house projects and into potential licensing-in opportunities.

“Collective Intelligence” is a critical pillar of future progress and, as Program Director, you will help build our future success by facilitating and structuring exchanges between the highly-engaged Project Directors, translational and clinical teams, experimental platforms and external collaborators.

SKILLS AND EDUCATION LEVEL REQUIRED

• Ph.D. in neuroscience

• 10 years research in an academic environment

• Previous experience in a pharmaceutical firm and/or in drug discovery

• Established reputation in the field of neurodegenerative disorders

• Specialist in the domain of Proteinopathies

• Collaboration-based mindset and excellent interpersonal skills

• Perfectly fluent in English - French would be a plus

Joining Servier means working in a stimulating environment and contributing to an innovative, research-based and people-oriented organization.

Servier is the leading French independent pharmaceutical company, located in 144 countries with 21 000 employees and a turnover in 2015 of about 4 billion euros.

25% of Servier’s annual turnover is reinvested in Research & Development, reflecting the company’s dedication to its mission of innovation and discovery for improved treatment of unmet medical needs.

Organized as a foundation, we guarantee our independence toward stock exchange market. Our founder Doctor Jacques Servier used to say: “a company is a group of human beings, so it has no price”.

Servier is well known for staff care, with particular attention to career evolution within the Group, and to an agreeable and productive working environment.

Together with international experts, for over 30 years we have been investing in programs to improve the control of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and depression.

Our Research Center in Neuropsychiatry is located near Paris, in Croissy-sur-Seine, France.

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