Field Medical Director– Pharmaceuticals, Medical & Agentic AI

A79.ai; United States; On-site; USD 330,000 - 387,000; Full time

Job summary

A79.ai seeks a Field Medical Director to partner with pharmaceutical clients in AI implementation for medical affairs. The role blends deep therapeutic expertise with hands-on AI know-how, guiding teams through AI adoption and enhancing patient outcomes. Responsibilities include advising clients, overseeing AI solution design, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates hold advanced life-science degrees and have extensive experience in medical affairs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in medical affairs or clinical development.
• Proven track record deploying AI technologies in pharma.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal medical science–AI advisor to pharma clients.
• Conduct workshops and maturity assessments for medical affairs.
• Develop and deliver custom curricula on AI literacy.

Skills

Presentation

Facilitation

Stakeholder Management

Education

PharmD

MD

PhD

Job description

Field Medical Director– Pharmaceuticals, Medical & Agentic AI

Field Medical Director– Pharmaceuticals, Medical & Agentic AI

A79.ai is a VC-funded technology innovator building an agentic AI platform for biopharma and life-sciences. We empower organizations to transform medical affairs, evidence generation, and patient engagement through intelligent automation and real-time analytics.

Position Summary

A79.ai is a VC-funded technology innovator building an agentic AI platform for biopharma and life-sciences. We empower organizations to transform medical affairs, evidence generation, and patient engagement through intelligent automation and real-time analytics.

Position Summary

As Field Medical Director at A79, you will be A79.ai’s front-line scientific, strategic partner to pharmaceutical and biotech clients as they embark on their AI journey across medical affairs, medical information teams.

Blending deep therapeutic expertise with hands-on AI implementation know-how, you will guide medical affairs teams in identifying high-value AI use-cases, deploying agentic solutions, and driving measurable improvements in stakeholder engagement, evidence generation, and patient outcomes.

Key ResponsibilitiesClient Advisory & Enablement

• Serve as principal medical science–AI advisor to assigned pharma clients, assessing current capabilities, uncovering unmet needs, and crafting phased AI adoption roadmaps for medical affairs.
• Conduct workshops and maturity assessments that benchmark client medical affairs operations against industry best practices and AI-driven possibilities.
• Translate scientific strategy into AI-supported field tactics—from dynamic KOL mapping to automated insight mining and personalized scientific content.

AI Solution Design & Implementation

• Partner with A79.ai product, data science, and engineering teams to configure agentic AI modules (e.g., conversational MSL copilots, NLP insight engines etc) to client requirements.
• Oversee pilot programs and full-scale deployments, ensuring seamless integration with client CRM, data lakes, and compliance workflows.
• Define and track success metrics for AI (e.g., time-to-insight, Pharma satisfaction, HCP satisfaction, evidence output velocity) to demonstrate ROI and refine models.
• Lead or support field medical engagements—advisory boards, congress activities, investigator meetings—demonstrating AI-augmented scientific exchange in real time.

Training & Change Management

• Develop and deliver custom curricula that upskill client MSLs, medical directors, and cross-functional teams on AI literacy, responsible use, and field application.
• Champion a culture of continuous AI-driven insight generation, coaching teams to iterate and expand use-cases post-launch.

Compliance & Responsible AI Governance

• Advise clients on establishing or refining AI governance frameworks that align with FDA, OIG, PhRMA Code, GDPR, and corporate policies.
• Ensure transparency, auditability, and bias mitigation across all AI-enabled medical activities.

Qualifications

• Advanced life-science degree (PharmD, MD, PhD).
• 8+ years in medical affairs, medical information hubs or clinical development, including client-facing consulting or solutions implementation.
• Proven track record deploying digital or AI technologies within pharma medical affairs.
• Deep knowledge of one or more therapeutic areas and the current regulatory landscape.
• Exceptional presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to travel (~40–50%) to client sites and scientific congresses.

Why A79.ai?

At A79.ai, you will work at the intersection of frontier technology and frontline patient care—helping top pharmaceutical companies harness agentic AI to elevate scientific engagement and accelerate innovation. If you are passionate about turning data and automation into better therapies and healthier lives, we invite you to join us and rewrite what’s possible in medical affairs.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Software Development

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