Director Of Core Scientific Assets
5 days ago
Barcelona
The BBRC is seeking to fill the full-time position of Director of the BBRC CSA. The appointed individual will report to the BBRC Director and become a member of the Management Committee. He / she will be responsible for the development and management of the centre’s CSA, a series of studies involving thousands of participants from across Spain. The selected candidate’s role will be twofold : • Acting as ambassador for the BBRC CSA., • Overseeing management of a multidisciplinary team of approximately 30 people participating in observational research studies and non-pharmacological and pharmacological intervention studies (clinical trials). By leveraging the centre’s scientific infrastructure and expertise, the CSA Director will co-lead funding acquisition and international partnerships, helping to establish the BBRC as a global leader in brain health. He / she will expand the BBRC’s scientific impact through multimodal, computational and translational neuroscience, promote cross-national research consortia and help integrate multimodal biomarkers for prevention and early detection. The selected candidate will capitalise on international funding opportunities and networks to forge strategic partnerships and advance a transdisciplinary approach with a focus on personalised medicine and precision brain health. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The CSA Director at the BBRC will play a pivotal role in fostering the institutional research projects and ensuring their strategic growth by bringing a global and strategic perspective to the future of neuroscience, brain health and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. The CSA Director will strengthen the scientific assets, support the BBRC research groups and programmes, and facilitate national and international partnerships. The CSA Director does not lead a research group but works in collaboration with the BBRC Faculty to strengthen the BBRC groups’ own research as well as the phenotyping and value of the BBRC core cohorts. Key responsibilities include : Contributing to the scientific development of the BBRC and leading its core assets : • Overall scientific strategy : helping the BBRC management develop a strategic agenda to enhance the centre’s national, regional and global scientific leadership with partnerships in the US, Europe and Iberoamerica, as well as other areas as necessary., • Strategic planning : designing and implementing long-term strategic plans to strengthen the BBRC core scientific infrastructure and its role in global neuroscience research by ensuring long-term sustainability of the research cohorts (e.g. participants’ engagement, progression from preclinical to, • symptomatic stages) and ensuring they are updated in the rapidly changing landscape of neurodegenerative disorders (e.g. incorporating new biomarkers, new disease-modifying therapies)., • Strategic growth and funding : facilitating large-scale funding acquisition from institutions such as NIH, the Alzheimer’s Association, European agencies and philanthropic foundations to expand the BBRC scientific assets (cohorts) and research initiatives., • Scientific excellence : liaising with the BBRC Faculty to find opportunities and strengthen the BBRC research as a whole as well as the state-of-the-art characterisation and value of the BBRC CSA., • Transdisciplinary integration : leading and promoting transdisciplinary initiatives within the BBRC, integrating fieldssuch as exposome research, -omics, computational modelling, machine learning and neuroinformatics., • Executive supervision : ensuring the scientific development of the BBRC core studies are aligned with the objectives of the other institutional stakeholders, including research and outreach activities., • Scientific oversight and quality assurance : ensuring the legal integrity of the BBRC core studies, upholding the highest standards in clinical, observational and interventional research., • Operations and team management : overseeing and optimising the clinical operations team responsible for conducting longitudinal cohort studies, observational research and nonpharmacological and pharmacological intervention studies and trials., • Data and samples governance : participating as a key stakeholder in the strategic management of the BBRC core data and samples, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical regulations while facilitating efficient access for internal research and open science initiatives., • Open science : promoting open science initiatives, ensuring broad yet secure access to multimodal datasets while adhering to ethical and legal standards., • Institutional representation and collaboration : representing the BBRC CSA at national and international conferences, building partnerships with research institutions, consortia and the industry., • A PhD or MD-PhD in Neuroscience, Neurology, Brain Health, or related fields, with a strong record of publications and funding in dementia and brain health research is required., • Specialisation in brain health, dementia research and specific disciplines, and / or a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine specialising in Neurology will be considered valuable., • Established leadership in directing large-scale international programmes, particularly in consortiumbuilding and global health initiatives, with global partners and private-public associations., • Proven track-record in scientific mentorship with PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and ECRs, and in contributions to the development of research programmes in brain health, neuroscience and dementia research., • Demonstrated experience in transdisciplinary settings that combine brain health research with broader societal impacts and policymaking., • Demonstrated experience in acquiring and cultivating relationships with private industry (such as serving on pharmaceutical industry advisory boards for the design and development of clinical trials)., • Extensive experience in securing and managing high-impact grants from bodies such as the NIH, European programmes, the Alzheimer’s Association and other global funding organisations., • Experience in representing scientific assets(such as cohorts) to align them with multiple stakeholders and maximise the scientific and societal impact of these research infrastructures., • Institutional representation skills, with a clear orientation towards establishing and nurturing relationships (networking), particularly with key stakeholders in the healthcare system and research ecosystem., • Experience in clinical practice environments, clinical research, protocol design, and audits and inspections by pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies will be highly valued., • Experience in cohort management : open access management protocols, linked publications, big data and open science, among other areas., • Experience in budget preparation and quantifying the resources required to develop projects, such as equipment, personnel and spaces., • Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams., • Good technological skills, applied to clinical research., • Excellent verbal and written skills in English., • Collaborative and visionary leadership., • Institutional sensitivity., • Strategic thinking., • Strong relationship, communication and relationship management skills., • Permanent contract., • Excellent Company Agreement in relation to the Annual Calendar of effective hours : 1,618 hours full time, • Weekly working time : 38h / week, • Competitive salary proposal according to the Foundation reward Policy and Development Plan, • Hybrid working model (on-site + teleworking) and flexible working hours, • Holidays : 23 working days proportional to the date of hiring. Furthermore, other extra calendar dayssuch aslong weekends and days in March-April and December., • Flexible Compensation plan (meal card, health insurance, kindergarten). #J-18808-Ljbffr
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