Director, Clinical Evidence & Real-World Research

Verily Health; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 291,000 - 328,000; Full time

Job summary

Verily Health is seeking a Director, Physician Researcher – Evidence Generation & Registries to lead clinical and real-world studies, including registry design and endpoint selection, while shaping the evidence strategy across programs.

The role requires deep clinical judgment and expertise in observational research, with external partners such as health systems and academic investigators, and mentoring responsibilities for junior staff.

Qualifications

• MD, DO, or equivalent doctoral-level degree with active or eligible medical licensure.
• 10+ years of experience in evidence generation, real-world evidence, clinical outcomes research, clinical development, or medical affairs in pharma, biotech, health tech, or CRO.
• Experience designing and leading observational studies, registries, or pragmatic trials using real-world data sources.
• Experience in a customer- or partner-facing role leading scientific discussions with external investigators and stakeholders.
• Experience evaluating AI-enabled tools in a clinical research, registry, or real-world data context.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of registries, observational studies, and pragmatic real-world evidence studies, including protocol development, endpoint selection, statistical analysis planning, and data collection instruments.
• Shape Verily's evidence generation strategy and standards across clinical programs, digital health products, and care delivery models.
• Serve as the primary clinical point of contact for external customers, investigators, and partners, presenting study design rationale and representing Verily at conferences.
• Oversee the responsible use of AI-enabled research tools, evaluating outputs for accuracy, bias, and clinical validity against predefined quality standards.
• Partner with biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, product, regulatory, and commercial teams, and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Clinical research leadership

External partner engagement

AI evaluation in clinical research

Education

MD/DO or equivalent

Job description

Verily Health is seeking a Director, Physician Researcher – Evidence Generation & Registries to lead clinical and real-world studies, including registry design and endpoint selection, while shaping the evidence strategy across programs.

The role requires deep clinical judgment and expertise in observational research, with external partners such as health systems and academic investigators, and mentoring responsibilities for junior staff.