Job Title: Bone Sciences Consultant

Work Location: Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Summary:

This consulting engagement seeks a senior-level expert to provide scientific leadership and strategic guidance for bone sciences programs focused on skeletal disease therapeutics. The role offers flexible, part-time involvement with opportunities for growth as the program expands.

Responsibilities:

• Shape and direct the scientific vision for bone biology initiatives, including target identification and program prioritization.
• Oversee the design and analysis of preclinical studies in skeletal disease, utilizing in vivo models and advanced biomarker strategies.
• Act as a key scientific spokesperson with stakeholders, including investors and external partners, on bone biology topics.
• Mentor and guide internal research teams in executing bone biology research projects.
• Represent the organization’s scientific advancements at conferences and within the bone research community.
• Advise on regulatory and translational strategies for skeletal indications, focusing on biomarker and endpoint selection.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment of scientific and strategic objectives in bone sciences.
• Adapt engagement scope and responsibilities as the program evolves, with potential for increased involvement over time.

Qualifications:

• PhD in a relevant scientific discipline with significant expertise in bone biology, skeletal remodeling, or osteoporosis research.
• Extensive knowledge of osteoblast and osteoclast biology, bone remodeling mechanisms, and preclinical bone disease models.
• Proficiency in bone research methodologies such as micro CT, histomorphometry, and biomechanical testing.
• Demonstrated scientific leadership through program ownership, mentorship, or collaborative industry experience.
• Ability to translate laboratory science into strategic program direction and communicate effectively with non-scientific audiences.
• Experience advising or leading within a biotech or related industry preferred; strong academic and translational leadership backgrounds also considered.
• Comfortable operating at a strategic level and providing high-level scientific guidance.
• Willingness to engage on a part-time, flexible basis with occasional travel as needed.

Published Category: Discovery Research & Preclinical