Therapeutic Area (Associate) Director

PSI CRO·Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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PSI seeks a Therapeutic Area (Associate) Director in Shanghai to provide oncology therapeutic oversight, support clinical strategy and study activities, mentor teams, contribute to business development and bid defenses, and maintain stakeholder and specialist relationships. The role requires at least 10 years of clinical research experience in a CRO or pharmaceutical environment, an MD or Pharmacy background specific to Oncology, China-to-overseas development experience, client-facing travel in China, and business-level English.

Key requirements

• MD or Pharmacy education background, specific in Oncology.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience
• Required skills: Clinical research experience in a CRO or pharmaceutical environment, Therapeutic area strategy planning and implementation, Business development and bid defense support, Clinical development activities from China to overseas, especially Europe and/or the United States, Client-facing communication, Business-level English communication, Travel to other cities in China for meetings and conferences, Development and maintenance of KOL and specialist networks, Investigator and site evaluation, Study audit participation, Oncology knowledge and experience, Oncology education/background
• Required language: English

Opportunity details

• Workplace: On Site
• Posted: Jun 22, 2026
• Original advert language: English

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Employer’s role description

Job title: Therapeutic Area (Associate) Director

Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Employment type: Full-time

Company Description

PSI is a leading Contract Research Organization with 30 years in the industry offering a perfect balance between stability and innovation to both clients and employees. We focus on delivering quality and on-time services across a variety of therapeutic indications.

Job Description

1. Therapeutic Oversight

Is involved in indication-specific strategy planning and implementation across the assigned therapeutic area.
Compiles and delivers presentations on lessons learned.
Mentors, trains, and assists department staff in developed strategies and best practices within their assigned therapeutic area.
Participates in external Executive Oversight Meetings.
Joins the Core Project Team within the designated therapeutic area to advise on the therapeutic strategy.
Participates in the evaluation and selection of investigators and sites.
Participates in investigator meetings and various team meetings.
Identifies key project-level risks and escalates to senior management.
Reviews essential study documents.
Assesses performance of team members during bid defenses and provides feedback.
Attends and follows up on internal and external study audits.
Attends conferences in the therapeutic area, and reviews supporting literature.

2. Business Development

Makes recommendations for bidding based on review of feasibility evaluations and RFPs.
Assists and mentors the bid team in the bid defense processes and coaches team in strategy and key therapeutic area elements, takes part in bid defense preparation, and attends bid defense meetings.
Contributes to the development of PSI global therapeutic strategy in line with PSIs indication-specific portfolio.
Assists in the development and maintenance of indication-specific KOL and specialist network.
Builds working relationships and maintains communication with all business stakeholders.

Qualifications

At least 10 years' experience in clinical research CRO/pharma environment.
MD or Pharmacy education background, specific in Oncology.
Knowledge/experience in expanding local clinical development activities from China to overseas (esp. Europe and/or US)
Client facing – must be comfortable travelling to other China cities for meetings/conferences
Ability to communicate with the rest of our global department – must possess business-level English standard

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