Medical Director

Hlx Life Sciences; Greater London; On-site; GBP 138,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Hlx Life Sciences is seeking an experienced Medical Director / Research Physician to provide medical and scientific leadership across its clinical development programmes. This hands-on role progresses novel therapeutics from preclinical to first-in-human studies and beyond.

The successful candidate will lead medical oversight for assigned studies, shape development strategy, design protocols, monitor safety and engage with regulatory bodies, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• MD, MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
• 5+ years' biotech/pharma clinical development experience.
• Strong early clinical development / FIH experience.
• Experience designing and medically leading clinical studies.
• Protocol and regulatory document development experience.
• Strong understanding of clinical and safety data.
• Experience taking assets through to clinical proof of concept.
• Experience within a small/emerging biotech environment beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Act as the medical lead for assigned studies and contribute to clinical development strategy.
• Design and protocol development, medical monitoring, safety oversight and regulatory interactions.
• Collaborate closely with Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Biometrics and Translational teams.

Skills

Clinical development

FIH experience

Medical leadership

Protocol development

Safety monitoring

Regulatory interactions

Regulatory strategy

Biotech experience

Education

MD/MBBS/MBChB or equivalent

Job description

FREELANCE/CONTRACT: Medical Director / Research Physician – Clinical Development

I'm supporting an innovative clinical-stage biotech looking to appoint an experienced Medical Director / Research Physician to provide medical and scientific leadership across its clinical development programmes.

This is a hands-on development role for a physician who has experience progressing novel therapeutics from preclinical development into first-in-human studies and through clinical proof of concept.

The successful individual will act as the medical lead for assigned studies, contributing to clinical development strategy, study design, protocol development, medical monitoring, safety oversight and regulatory interactions, while working closely with Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Biometrics and Translational teams.

We're particularly interested in physicians with:

• MD, MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
• 5+ years' biotech/pharma clinical development experience
• Strong early clinical development / FIH experience
• Experience designing and medically leading clinical studies
• Protocol and regulatory document development experience
• Strong understanding of clinical and safety data
• Experience taking assets through to clinical proof of concept
• Experience within a small/emerging biotech environment beneficial

This is an opportunity to take a highly visible role within a lean development organisation and have meaningful influence over both individual studies and broader development strategy.