Orthopedics GenAI SME for Medical Research (Flexible)

Cactus Communications; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 165,000 - 248,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, asynchronous engagement

Project-based (no fixed hours)

Job summary

Cactus Communications seeks accomplished physician‑researchers to serve as Subject Matter Experts in Generative AI for medical research. You will guide GenAI-enabled products, support evidence synthesis, and connect clinicians with engineers and product teams to advance research workflows.

Ideal candidates are active physicians with hands-on experience in RCTs, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses, and a strong publication record.

Qualifications

• MD degree with Internal Medicine specialization and active US clinical license required.
• Board certification in Internal Medicine.
• Advanced training (PhD/MPH/MS) in Clinical Research, Biomedical Informatics, or Epidemiology desirable.
• Hands-on experience with RCTs, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses.
• PI experience desirable.
• Familiarity with medical databases and data extraction tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance in product/workflow design for clinical research, including systematic and narrative reviews, RCTs, and qualitative studies.
• Evaluate and validate GenAI outputs for scientific accuracy, methodological rigor, and adherence to CONSORT/PRISMA/GRADE.
• Integrate clinical and biomedical data sources into AI-enabled tools and agents focusing on journal content.
• Collaborate with product managers, GenAI data scientists, UX designers, and developers to define test cases and translate workflows into AI-assisted research capabilities.
• Define evaluation metrics for GenAI agent accuracy, bias, and reliability.
• Provide clinical review throughout model selection, tuning, testing, and refinement.
• Represent the organization in selected customer engagements.

Skills

GenAI knowledge

Clinical research design

Publication track record

Collaborative work

Education

MD in Internal Medicine

Board certification in Internal Medicine

US clinical license

PhD/MPH/MS in Clinical Research or Epidemiology

Peer‑reviewed publications (first/senior author)

Tools

PubMed/Embase/ClinicalTrials.gov/Cochrane

Job description

Cactus Communications seeks accomplished physician‑researchers to serve as Subject Matter Experts in Generative AI for medical research. You will guide GenAI-enabled products, support evidence synthesis, and connect clinicians with engineers and product teams to advance research workflows.

Ideal candidates are active physicians with hands-on experience in RCTs, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses, and a strong publication record.