Company Profile

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Company Overview

At Vertex, we bring together the brightest minds in the relentless pursuit of creating transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we are one of only a handful of biotechnology companies founded since 1976 that has discovered and developed four or more approved medicines in our own labs. In addition to the four medicines we’ve developed to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, we have ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases.

Our U.S. headquarters are in Boston’s Innovation District, our International headquarters are located in London, UK, and we have research and development (R&D) sites and commercial offices in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America. With more than two-thirds of our employees dedicated to research and development (R&D), we are consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work, including nine consecutive years on Science magazine’s Top Employers list. For company updates and to learn more about us visit www.vrtx.com. You can also get to know us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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  • < a day ago

    Vertex Physician Investigator

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionAbout the ProgramThe Vertex Physician Investigator (VPI) Program is a full-time, immersive opportunity for exceptional early-career physician-scientists who are passionate about solving unmet medical needs and advancing transformative science. Over two years, participants will complete four customized six-month rotations, receive intensive training, and benefit from direct mentorship by Vertex senior leaders. This program is designed to provide a broad understanding of the drug ...

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    Biomarkers Research Fellow (Immunology)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Biomarkers Research Fellow (Immunology) is an independent leader with advanced scientific knowledge and expertise in biomarker development who develops and implements the clinical biomarker strategy for one or more programs and implements the biomarker plan during clinical development with no/minimal guidance. Experience in authoring and supporting regulatory filings and applicable areas of these filings is required. The incumbent is an expert in the field ...

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  • 6 days ago

    Medical Director, Medical Affairs

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Rome, Italy

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Heme Medical Director (HMD) will report to the Senior Country Medical Director and will be accountable for the heme medical strategy in the Country. She/he will be accountable for building, leading and overseeing the heme medical team, for the development and implementation of heme Medical strategy and plans. She/he will work closely with the heme cross functional team colleagues to ensure access to company's products, develop and implement cross functional ...

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  • 9 days ago

    Clinical Development Medical Director (Heme)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:Vertex Pharmaceuticals is searching for an experienced Medical Director to lead strategic and tactical activities for a broad range of ongoing clinical development activities within the Hematology clinical development team. You will work as part of multidisciplinary cross-functional teams on clinical development strategy, clinical trial data analysis and publications, clinical development related data generation activities, ongoing clinical trial execution, and ...

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  • 9 days ago

    Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionVertex is a global biotechnology company that operates at the forefront of scientific innovation. We have brought multiple breakthrough therapies to patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and advanced novel treatments such as CASGEVY, a gene therapy for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia, and JOURNAVX, the first new class of medicine for moderate-to-severe acute pain in more than two decades. Our research pipeline spans more than a dozen programs targeting the underlying mechanisms ...

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  • 9 days ago

    Executive Medical Director, Patient Safety (Hybrid)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Executive Medical Director, Patient Safety/Head Medical Safety and Risk Management will oversee all safety and benefit-risk related activities of the GPS Physician (Disease-area Safety Heads, DST Chairs) and the Aggregate Report Risk Management (ARRM) Groups within the Vertex Global Patient Safety (GPS) Department. As a member of the GPS Senior Leadership Team, the role will contribute to ensuring consistency and compliance in the safety assessment, analysis ...

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  • 9 days ago

    Global Medical Director, Povetacicept

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Global Medical Affairs Strategy Medical Director will provide medical leadership for the Povetacicept programs. Povetacicept (pove) is an enhanced, dual BAFF/APRIL inhibitor in pivotal development for the treatment of IgA Nephropathy (IgAN), primary Membranous Nephropathy (pMN), and generalized Myasthenia Gravis (gMG) that has best-in-class and pipeline-in-a-product potential across a variety of autoimmune diseases. This role will be responsible for developing ...

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  • 9 days ago

    Director, Global Clinical Quality - Quality Oversight Lead (Remote Eligible)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral/Position SummaryThe Director, Quality Oversight Lead within Global Clinical Quality (GCQ) is responsible for strategic and operational oversight of key activities such as inspection readiness, the GCQ operational framework, continuous improvement initiatives, and expert guidance on computer systems assurance in a clinical trial setting. Additionally, the Director will be responsible for providing quality oversight to Clinical Development and Biometrics functional areas. We ...

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  • 10 days ago

    Executive Medical Director, Global Medical Lead (Pain)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Executive Medical Director, Global Medical Lead (GML), Pain is a critical leadership role in Global Medical, responsible for the global medical strategy and implementation and tracking of global activities for a designated disease area(s). Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, disease area specific Integrated Medical Plan development, including the publication plan, global launch strategy and execution, scientific leadership, external medical ...

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  • 11 days ago

    Medical Writing Manager (Hybrid)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Medical Writing Science Manager is responsible for preparing moderately complex clinical and regulatory documents and represents Medical Writing Science as a cross-functional team member at clinical study level activities. This role contributes scientific knowledge and analytical skills to the development of clinical regulatory documentation, under minimal supervision. Key Duties and Responsibilities:Authors moderately complex clinical regulatory documents ...

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