Disease-Area Clinician — Trial Endpoints & Prescribing

Modern MedEd; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 27,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking US-based disease-area clinicians to join a paid pilot evaluating drug-development programs. This fully remote, independent-contractor role offers flexible hours with 10–20 hours over 1–2 weeks.

You will create and critique rubrics, interpret trial endpoints, and assess real-world uptake in your specialty, with potential for ongoing engagement based on performance.

Qualifications

• US-based disease-area clinician (MD/DO) actively practicing.
• Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs.
• Deep expertise in a specific therapeutic area.
• Board-certified and actively practicing in your specialty.

Responsibilities

• Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
• Interpret clinical trial endpoints and judge whether results would change prescribing
• Assess implications for real-world uptake in your therapeutic area
• Apply this across the pilot's set of drugs and programs

Skills

Clinical expertise

Biotech familiarity

Board-certified

Active practitioner

Education

MD/DO

Job description

Mercor is partnering with a biotech and pharma research team on expert human-evaluation work — creating and critiquing rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs. We're seeking a disease-area clinician for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.

Responsibilities

• Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
• Interpret clinical trial endpoints and judge whether results would change prescribing
• Assess what that means for real‑world uptake in your therapeutic area
• Apply this across the pilot's set of drugs and programs

Requirements

• US-based disease-area clinician (practising physician, MD/DO)
• Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs
• Deep expertise in a specific therapeutic area
• Board-certified and actively practising in your specialty

Engagement Details

• Duration: Approximately 10–20 hours over a 1–2 week pilot
• Remote — US-based

Why Participate

• Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs
• Recurring engagement for strong contributors

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.