Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

We are looking for a Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development/Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development Program Lead to join the Medical Science team at Tempus. This position will report to the Vice President, Clinical Development and will be based in the Tempus hub in Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; or Redwood, CA.

Responsibilities Include:

• Work with departmental leadership to advance the strategic development and execution of genomics precision medicine objectives
• Develop and implement precision medicine strategies to support product development at the product and/or indication level
• Drive Clinical Development plans for new precision medicine products, such as genomic assays and algorithmic diagnostics, through the whole lifecycle including clinical validation and clinical utility studies as well as post-market data review across different oncology indications 
• Provide medical expertise and subspecialty clinical context for development and delivery
• Provide clinical perspectives to implement emerging technologies, including AI, into precision medicine development
• Design and conduct studies, including documentation and data analyses
• Serve as a medical monitor for studies, evaluating progress and adherence to protocols, with protocol development, clinical execution, and regulatory documentation
• Lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in a matrix environment including biostatistics, R&D scientists, bioinformatics, operations, legal, business development, scientific communications, marketing, regulatory, and more 
• Deliver Clinical/scientific presentations and publications for medical audiences, including conferences
• Build data partnerships to support precision medicine development
• Engage in collaborations with external clinical research centers and investigators
• Line management responsibilities commensurate with experience, including guiding and aligning team delivery with broader departmental strategies
• Contribute to and implement departmental initiatives to develop departmental capabilities for clinical excellence

Required Qualifications:

• MD degree or equivalent, advanced training in Oncology preferred 
• 7 years of clinical research experience required. Including but not limited to the biotechnology/pharmaceutical, clinical research organization, diagnostics or primary investigator academic research settings
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical thinking, strategic thinking, implementation, and research skills
• Goal oriented, self-motivated, and driven to make a positive impact in healthcare
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Deep therapeutic area experience with a track record of success
• Experience with site engagement and operations in clinical research settings
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Able to work well with external investigators
• Innovative thinker regarding clinical development and study execution

Preferred Skillsets:

• Understanding of or interest in genomics, molecular diagnostics, data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, bioinformatics/clinical informatics, real world evidence, clinical innovation or novel technologies in drug discovery and clinical development
• Previous experience with:
• Leading teams including planning, timely organization of components of the clinical development plan, clinical trial development, and crossfunctional work to achieve successful study execution
• Precision medicine, drug development, medical devices or diagnostics development 
• Medical monitoring, study design and documents, trial oversight and conduct 
• Good Clinical Practice and other regulations governing research, health authority responses and interactions
• Clinical practice guidelines, device and/or drug approvals, label expansions 
• Planning and management of investigator meetings, advisory boards, and other scientific committees 
• Clinical partnerships, consulting, and/or client-facing experience
• Peer-reviewed publications
• Line management

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