Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development & Trials

Gilead Sciences Inc.; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 275,000 - 391,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Stock-based long-term incentives

Paid time off

Job summary

Kite Pharma, a Gilead company, seeks a Senior Medical Director to provide clinical oversight across trials and guide teams in high-quality, timely, cost-efficient studies in line with goals and guidelines. The role involves scientific leadership, regulatory interactions, and cross-functional collaboration across Research, Translational Sciences, Clinical Operations, Safety, and Medical Affairs.

Ideal candidates hold an MD/DO with 6+ years in clinical research or drug development, with preferred

Qualifications

• MD/DO with 6+ years in clinical research or drug development.
• Board certification/specialization in neurology preferred.
• Experience managing phase 1–3 trials; late-stage experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement and conduct clinical trials with PoC and first-in-human studies.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical oversight and medical monitoring to one or more clinical trials.
• Lead project teams to design and implement clinical studies.
• Write protocols, investigator brochures, clinical study reports and review trial documents.
• Conduct investigator meetings and site initiation visits with investigators.
• Develop and deploy drug development strategic plans and meet milestones and budgets.
• Translate research findings into clinical development opportunities.
• Interact with investigators, thought leaders, regulatory affairs, and cross-functional teams.
• Support regulatory filings (BLA, MAA) and respond to regulatory questions.

Skills

MD/DO

Clinical leadership

Clinical trial design

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MD/DO degree

Job description

Kite Pharma, a Gilead company, seeks a Senior Medical Director to provide clinical oversight across trials and guide teams in high-quality, timely, cost-efficient studies in line with goals and guidelines. The role involves scientific leadership, regulatory interactions, and cross-functional collaboration across Research, Translational Sciences, Clinical Operations, Safety, and Medical Affairs.

Ideal candidates hold an MD/DO with 6+ years in clinical research or drug development, with preferred