Stoke Therapeutics
- Director/senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
Director/senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
Remote · Remote possible
Job description
About Stoke:
Stoke Therapeutics (Nasdaq: STOK), is a biotechnology company dedicated to addressing the underlying cause of severe diseases. The company is pursuing an entirely new approach to treating severe diseases. We are initially focused on diseases of the central nervous system and the eye, with an emphasis on haploinsufficiencies, which are diseases caused by a loss of about half of the normal protein levels. Rather than replace, repair or edit faulty genes, we aim to increase – or stoke – protein output from healthy genes to restore functional protein levels using our proprietary TANGO (Targeted Augmentation of Nuclear Gene Output) platform. In all, Stoke has identified ~6500 genes with a TANGO signature, representing broad potential for our approach to help people with severe diseases.
We recently announced landmark data that support the potential for STK-001 to be the first disease-modifying medicine for Dravet syndrome, a severe and progressive genetic epilepsy that is characterized by frequent, prolonged and refractory seizures, beginning within the first year of life. The disease is classified as a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy due to the developmental delays and cognitive impairment associated with the disease.
Stoke is also advancing STK-002, a potential treatment for autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), the most common inherited optic nerve disorder. Currently there are no approved treatments for ADOA. Clinical studies of STK-002 are anticipated to start in 2024. The company is pursuing potential new medicines for three additional neurodevelopmental disorders, including Syngap1 and Rett syndrome, in collaboration with Acadia Pharmaceuticals.
Position Purpose:
The Director of Regulatory Affairs reports to the Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs and will be responsible for developing and delivering global regulatory strategies for product development and approval in alignment with the corporate strategy for Stoke’s portfolio. This role will provide regulatory support for various departments, projects, and teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leads the development of global regulatory strategy and leads implementation activities for assigned programs.
- Represents RA in product development project teams advising on timelines, regulations, process, and requirements.
- Serves as primary contact for assigned projects with the FDA and other regulatory agencies as needed.
- Provides regulatory guidance from early stage (pre-IND/CTA) through commercialization.
- Identifies and evaluates regulatory risks and establishes risk mitigation.
- Plans and executes successful regulatory agency meetings and interactions per regulatory strategy.
- Develops and implements global regulatory strategies and plans.
- Prepares and delivers effective presentations for external and internal audiences.
- Contributes to the continuous improvement of existing processes and strategies, providing recommendations in their area of expertise.
- Identifies and monitors regulatory and policy issues.
- Develops risk assessment plans; Develops and presents information to educate internal stakeholders about risk (e.g., corporate evaluations on regulatory risk-benefit, options for risk mitigation)
- Develops and maintains current regulatory knowledge and provides guidance to regulatory staff and company management; identifies the need for new or expanded regulatory policies, processes, and SOPs, and approves and ensures implementation to establish a compliant culture.
Required Skills & Experience:
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Life Sciences or related degree preferred.
- 7-8 years minimum of pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience in Regulatory Affairs lead role.
- Experience in rare disease drug development is highly desirable.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, as required, in a fast-paced start-up environment consisting of internal and external team members.
- Experience in working with US and EU Agencies; experience with Japanese Regulatory Agencies a plus.
- Knowledge and experience in interpretation of regulations, guidelines, and policy statements, etc.
- Experience in the preparation of major regulatory submissions and supportive amendments or supplements for late-stage development programs; direct experience in interfacing with relevant regulatory authorities; early-stage experience including both clinical and pre-clinical aspects of the project a plus.
- Proven ability to foster effective, positive interactions with regulatory agencies, and corporate partners.
- Proven ability to demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills.
- Demonstrated strong organizational skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to deal effectively with a variety of senior personnel including medical, scientific, and manufacturing staff.
- Well organized, self-motivated hard worker, smart independent thinker, demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and deadlines, detail oriented, with effective written and oral communication skills.
Location(s):
Stoke operates sites in Bedford, MA, and Cambridge, MA. This position is a hybrid position with an office setting based in either our Bedford or Cambridge location.
Travel:
This position will require approximately 10% travel.
Culture & Values:
At Stoke, we believe that innovation, the ability to successfully advance our ground-breaking science and having fun as a team are enhanced by being together in person, at least periodically. We allow for flexibility in work arrangements that balance individual’s needs and preferences with the needs of our business and our desire to foster a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Our values guide our work to deliver meaningful medicines for people who need them. We are committed to being true to ourselves, to our colleagues, and to the people with severe diseases who are counting on us. We embrace diversity within a unique culture that is defined by our values. Our employee-led Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee (DIB) underscores the importance of DIB to who we are and what we do.
Benefits & Compensation:
At Stoke Therapeutics we are proud to offer comprehensive and competitive employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance; life, long and short-term disability insurance; Paid Parental Leave; a 401K program with company match, unlimited vacation time, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP). Compensation is market competitive for the industry and directly commensurate with experience. All positions are bonus and stock eligible.
Interested candidates: Please visit Stoke’s website to learn more and apply directly to the position listed on our Career Center:
https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/careers/
For more information, visit https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/ or follow the company on Twitter at @StokeTx.
All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability or protected veteran status.
Stoke participates in E-Verify.
