Executive Director, Early Medical Development

Syneos Health, Inc.; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 193,600 - 367,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or car allowance

Health benefits (medical, dental, and-

401k with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Syneos Health, Inc. in Miami, FL is seeking an Executive Director of Early Medical Development to lead medical strategy and oversee complex clinical studies.

You will serve as a subject matter expert, mentor senior medical staff, and drive governance across asset and portfolio levels to ensure patient safety and scientific integrity. The role requires deep regulatory knowledge and collaboration with cross-functional teams to shape development plans, advise clients, and deliver therapeutic

Qualifications

• Operates as a subject matter expert in one or more indications.
• Provides medical oversight of assigned clinical studies when assigned as a medical monitor.
• Leads governance activities at asset or portfolio level with senior medical personnel.
• Mentors and manages Medical Directors and Medical Scientist staff.

Responsibilities

• Leads interdivisional activities to support corporate objectives and business development opportunities.
• Serves as primary medical contact for customers for assigned clinical studies and as functional lead for medical colleagues.
• Provides input to Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance and to protocol design and amendments.
• Develops and delivers project-specific therapeutic training to project teams and clinical staff.
• Reviews informed consent templates and patient-facing materials; supports site feasibility evaluations.
• Oversees data collection tools, monitoring plans, and analysis plans to ensure data integrity.
• Presents trends and mitigation strategies to customers and project teams to minimize risks.

Job description

Executive Director, Early Medical Development

Updated: July 31, 2026
Location: Miami, FL, United States
Job ID:25110909

Description

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Executive Director, Early Medical Development

Job Responsibilities

• Operates as a subject matter expert in one or more indications.
• Supports talent identification, hiring, development and management of key medical staff needed to meet the strategic needs of the BU. Manages multiple individuals, frequently supervising multiple levels of staff.
• Serves as the Medical Lead in governance activities at the asset level or portfolio level, characterized by strong peer-to-peer working relationship with senior medical personnel within customer companies and strategic planning and problem-solving skills to deliver clinical studies and programs to customer satisfaction.
• Leads interdivisional (Clinical) and cross-divisional (Clinical, Commercial and Consulting) activities in support of corporate objectives, as assigned, in support of innovative business development opportunities with client companies.
• Provides medical oversight of assigned clinical studies when assigned as a medical monitor. Serves as primary medical contact for customers for assigned clinical studies and as the functional lead for medical colleagues:
• Provides medical input and oversight in support of the Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance department.
• Responsible for protocol design and development, upon request. Provides input into protocol amendments.
• Develops and delivers project-specific and therapeutic training to project team members and clinical site staff; provides training to customer staff as needed.
• Provides medical and therapeutic input to Study Start Up, Feasibility, and Subject Identification efforts. This activity includes, but is not limited to, review of Informed Consent Templates and Subject-Facing Materials, and input into site feasibility evaluations.
• Provides medical input into data collection tools, monitoring plans, and review and analysis plans.
• Provides oversight to assigned Medical Scientist staff and Medical Director colleagues to review clinical data. Presents identified trends and issues, and mitigation strategies, to customers and project team members to minimize risks to subject safety or integrity of study data.
• Provides after-hours coverage to clinical studies.
• Adheres to all enterprise policies, work instructions, standard operating procedures, and project plans. Adheres to customer policies and standard operating procedures, as required in project plans.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of FDA and worldwide drug development regulations and national and ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
• Leads medical responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Requests for Information (RFIs) and formulates winning strategies for Bid Defense Meetings (BDMs) as a recognized Thought Leader. Teaches and supervises other medical staff to conduct these activities.
• Contributes to the development of product/clinical development plans, and collaborates with customer and internal colleagues regarding other reports, applications, and regulatory submissions. Locates and engages external experts/consultants/advisors as necessary.
• Represents the Company at scientific and industry meetings. May publish scientific or industry-related articles in industry journals, as requested.
• Participates in BU or cross-functional process improvement initiatives, upon request, and may self-identify initiatives and innovations to advance the mission of the BU.
• At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:
$193,600.00 - $367,800.00

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

Serves in a multi-faceted role as subject matter expert in key indication(s), mentor to Business Unit (BU) staff, manager of other medical directors, and medical monitor for highly complex clinical studies or programs. Regularly represents the BU and enterprise in scientific meetings, business development meetings, and cross-functional process development and process improvement. Provides medical oversight of assigned clinical studies when assigned as medical monitor. Interacts with senior management, customers, and project teams to ensure subject safety and scientific integrity of clinical studies. Serves as a mentor and training guide to Business Unit (BU) staff and project colleagues. Provides medical oversight to clinical studies or other types of projects such as Medical Monitoring-only projects or Commercial or Consulting Projects. Assumes the role of Functional Lead on assigned clinical studies. Supervises, develops, and manages other Medical Directors. Regularly represents the BU and enterprise in scientific meetings and business development meetings. Responsible for asset and portfolio level management for one or more programs with one or more established partnerships or strategic customers. Provides therapeutic area medical input and consultation to internal colleagues and customers. Frequently consults with customers on clinical development plans, protocol design, standard of care, and patient perspectives.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we take into consideration transferrable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Discover what our 29,000 employees already know: work here matters everywhere. We work hard, and smart, all in the name of getting much-needed therapies to those who need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday work improves patients’ lives around the world. Selecting us as an employer secures a career in which you’re guaranteed to:

Syneos Health® (Nasdaq: SYNH) is a leading integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies and apply advanced business practices to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients. We support a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status and will not be discriminated against. If you are an individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to complete any part of our application process, including the use of this website, please contact us if needed to provide alternate means to submit your application.