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Director Evidence Development

Be a part of a revolutionary change.

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

It’s so rare in R&D that everything aligns to create the ideal conditions for outstanding work. Right now, at PMI, that’s exactly what’s happening. R&D is the driving force for our bold new vision: to replace cigarettes with a revolutionary portfolio of alternative products.

Join us and you’ll have the resources, support and technology you need to break new ground and see ideas come to life. You’ll be surrounded by some of the brightest scientists in their fields, with fast access to subject experts and commercial decision-makers.

If you’re creative, courageous and ready to take risks, you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions. Ultimately, by delivering our smoke-free and beyond nicotine future

Your ‘day to day’

As a Director Evidence Development and a highly accomplished senior leader with non-clinical and translational science expertise across multiple health areas, you will define the scientific evidence development strategy to address various complex business goals. You will lead a team of scientists responsible for delivering scientific evaluation of new opportunities, designing research studies and plans, leading studies execution, and delivering robust scientific evidence for internal decision making, messaging substantiation and external communication. This role implies fostering scientific rigor, collaborative multi-functional ways of working, and engagement with key internal partners at various levels of the organization and with external scientific experts.

More specifically, you'll

Define the scientific evidence development strategy, translating business questions, scientific engagement and messaging ambitions into fit-for-purpose scientific studies and plans across relevant scientific domains.

Provide scientific leadership and strategic directions across evidence development programs.

Lead and oversee a team of scientists with different scientific backgrounds, ensuring scientific robustness from study design to interpretation of study findings and operational efficiency. Ensure appropriate resource allocations across the different research programs as per business priorities for timely execution.

Supervise the scientific evaluation of new opportunities and critically review scientific summaries, ensuring they accurately reflect the totality of evidence.

Critically review projects/study proposals and study findings to support scientific governance forum preparations for decision-making and outfacing communications (e.g. manuscripts).

Actively develop the team, through coaching and mentoring, ensuring capability development aligned with current and future scientific needs, while fostering high-performance, scientific rigor, and collaborative ways of working across scientific territories.

As scientific leader, engage with key multi-functional team members at various levels of the organization and with external scientific specialists.

Who we’re looking for

PhD & Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biological Sciences.

Minimum of 12 years of experience post-PhD in non-clinical and translational research within an R&D environment, with demonstrated scientific expertise across multiple health areas, such as neuroscience, pulmonary health, cardiovascular health, and oral health.

Demonstrated experience leading scientific teams, building strong relationships, and operating effectively within matrix project organizations.

Strong business acumen gained through industry leadership experience, including the development of research strategies and plans to support upstream innovation and claim / message substantiation.

Scientific and operational leadership.

Data driven decision making and problem solving skills.

Creativity, critical thinking, innovation and strategic mindset.

Influencing, engagement and strong communication skills.

Fluency in both written and spoken English.

What we offer

Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress.

Join PMI and you too can:

Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.

Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.

Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.

Take pride in delivering our promise to society: a smoke-free future.

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