Sr. Medical Director Clinical Development

Scientific Search; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 320,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Scientific Search partners with a biotechnology company to fill the role of Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development - Dermatology. Remote location with executive-level leadership responsibilities in shaping development strategy and portfolio priorities.

The candidate will guide regulatory planning and engagement with health authorities while mentoring a team of clinical development physicians and scientists.

Qualifications

• MD or equivalent with extensive clinical development experience.
• Experience leading development programs through major milestones.
• Global regulatory interactions and registration planning experience.
• Leadership of multidisciplinary development teams and portfolio influence.
• Strong business acumen and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical development strategy across multiple programs.
• Drive portfolio prioritization and clinical investment decisions.
• Ensure alignment between scientific, clinical, regulatory, and business objectives.
• Provide senior-level oversight of trial design and execution.
• Lead regulatory interactions and registration planning.
• Mentor clinical development physicians and scientists.
• Represent the organization in investor meetings and partnerships.

Skills

Clinical development leadership

Regulatory strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Medical expertise Dermatology

Strategic planning

Education

MD, DO, MBBS, or equivalent medical degree

Job description

Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development

Location: Remote

Therapeutic Area: Dermatology

Salary: Base in the $320-350k range plus bonus plus equity

Scientific Search has partnered with an innovative biotechnology company that is searching for a Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development - Dermatology. This individual will serve as a strategic clinical leader responsible for shaping clinical development strategy across multiple programs and influencing broader portfolio and development decisions.

The ideal candidate will bring significant clinical research and drug development experience, a strong track record leading development programs through major clinical milestones, and experience with global regulatory interactions and registration planning.

This is an opportunity for an experienced clinical development physician to have significant visibility and impact within a growing biotechnology organization, working closely with executive leadership while helping guide clinical strategy, portfolio priorities, and the advancement of multiple development programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical development strategy across multiple development programs.
• Drive portfolio prioritization and clinical investment decisions.
• Ensure alignment between scientific, clinical, regulatory, and business objectives.
• Identify opportunities to maximize asset value and accelerate development.
• Provide senior-level oversight of clinical trial design and execution.
• Lead interpretation of major clinical data readouts and subsequent development decisions.
• Direct benefit-risk evaluations and registration planning.
• Guide biomarker, translational medicine, and precision medicine strategies.
• Lead interactions with global regulatory authorities.
• Drive registration strategies and health authority engagement plans.
• Support preparation for major regulatory submissions and milestones.
• Provide strategic guidance on evolving regulatory requirements.
• Mentor and develop clinical development physicians and scientists.
• Build scalable clinical development capabilities and establish best practices, governance processes, and operating standards.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership.
• Develop strategic relationships with leading investigators, academic centers, and global KOLs.
• Represent the organization in investor meetings, partnership discussions, scientific congresses, and due diligence activities.
• Support fundraising, licensing, and corporate development initiatives.

Requirements

• MD, DO, MBBS, or equivalent medical degree required.
• Specialty board certification or advanced clinical training preferred.
• 10+ years of clinical research and drug development experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience.
• Demonstrated success leading development programs through major clinical milestones.
• Experience with global regulatory interactions and registration planning.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary development teams.
• Deep expertise in clinical development and drug development strategy.
• Outstanding clinical data interpretation skills.
• Proven ability to influence organizational and portfolio-level decisions.
• Strong leadership and talent development capabilities.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to effectively represent an organization with regulators, investors, partners, investigators, and KOLs.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of value creation within biotechnology.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a resource-constrained biotechnology environment.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Specialty board certification or advanced clinical training.
• Experience providing strategic leadership across multiple development programs.
• Experience guiding biomarker, translational medicine, and precision medicine strategies.
• Experience building clinical development capabilities, governance processes, and operating standards.
• Experience participating in investor, partnership, licensing, due diligence, or corporate development activities.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a smaller, entrepreneurial biotechnology environment.