Senior Director NON Clinical Development

(Leiden, NL) Pharming Group n.V.

Sales & Business Development

Posted on Sep 10, 2026

The role:

The Senior Director Non-Clinical Development determines and executes the strategy of Pharming's non-clinical development programs for Pharming's biopharmaceutical products and leads the non-clinical team. Responsibilities include non-clinical development of all of Pharming's products including the modules for the regulatory filing and ensure consistency across the portfolio.

Areas of responsibility:

• Determine the non-clinical strategy for Pharming's products, ensure alignment with the clinical and CMC strategy and ensure proper implementation and execution
• Provide leadership to a highly scientific non-clinical team (3 FTEs); develop people to their full potential and ensure that people are properly trained to execute the job
• Track, analyze and monitor performance metrics; set goals, foster a culture of continuous improvement and implement (organizational) changes to achieve efficient deployment of strategy
• Ensure the right quality of all non-clinical studies according to the applicable guidelines and defend the non-clinical development program to the relevant authorities
• Ensure that processes, organization and infrastructure are in place to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines
• Drive the non -clinical risk management process and prepare mitigating actions. Ensure consistency across the portfolio
• Collaborate with clinical function to provide input on development activities
• Approve critical non-clinical documents (e.g. regulatory study documents, scientific publications)
• Maintain current knowledge of the scientific landscape and developments
• Be responsible for sound financial planning/spending and resourcing of the non-clinical programs
• Provide non-clinical expertise as required to business activities such as in-licensing and third-party collaborations, based on scien...