[Hiring] Senior Medical Director @Faeth Therapeutics

Role Description

The Senior Medical Director will provide strategic and operational medical leadership across the clinical development lifecycle. This individual will serve as the medical monitor and cross-functional medical lead for assigned programs, ensuring scientific rigor, patient safety, and high-quality data generation while working collaboratively to execute efficiently and successfully. This is a lead role in a small, fast-paced biotech where there will be significant opportunities for creativity, problem-solving and contributing to a range of cross-functional activities.

Reports to: Chief Medical Officer

Location: Remote (U.S.)

Responsibilities

• Medical Monitoring
  • Serve as the primary Medical Monitor for assigned clinical trials.
  • Provide ongoing medical oversight to ensure patient safety and protocol compliance.
  • Review eligibility queries, protocol deviations, and safety data in real time.
  • Collaborate with Safety/Pharmacovigilance on SAE review, signal detection, and benefit-risk assessments.
  • Support investigator communications and training related to medical and safety matters.
• Data Review & Quality Oversight
  • Lead ongoing clinical data review to ensure integrity, completeness, and scientific validity.
  • Partner with Clinical Operations and Data Management to ensure high data quality standards.
  • Identify data trends, inconsistencies, and potential safety or efficacy signals.
  • Contribute to statistical analysis planning and interpretation of study results.
  • Ensure readiness for database lock and regulatory submissions.
• Cross-Functional Clinical Development Leadership
  • Provide strategic guidance across functions to optimize trial design, recruitment, and execution.
  • Contribute to translational and biomarker strategies.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally on briefing documents, INDs, NDAs/BLAs, and agency interactions.
  • Lead medical communications including abstracts, manuscripts, and congress presentations.

Qualifications

• M.D. degree or PA/NP/PhD
• 2+ years as a clinical scientist or medical director in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• Prior experience serving as a Medical Monitor for interventional clinical trials.
• Experience in clinical data review and ensuring data quality.
• Experience leading cross-functional clinical development teams.
• Experience with regulatory authority interactions is preferred.
• Strong communication, ownership and decision-making skills.
• Common sense and flexibility.

Requirements

• Compensation Range: $325,000 - $400,000 (actual compensation may vary based on experience, qualifications and location)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity in a well-funded, clinical-stage biotech
• 100% remote work and flexible schedule
• Health, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• Flexible time off
• Generous parental leave
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Mission oriented, remote first culture