Medical Director – Ophthalmology
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Medical Director with expertise in Ophthalmology for Parexel's Global Medical Sciences team. Responsible for client engagements and leading medical monitoring for projects.
Responsibilities:
- The Medical Director is a medical expert with specialized therapeutic expertise and some experience across indications, clients and drug development.
- They initiate and maintain medical and consultative relationships with clients, consult on early engagement and pre-award efforts and serve as a medical monitor for contracted projects.
- The Medical Director may take on leadership roles by participating in initiatives, mentoring junior MDs and/or, where appropriate, managing a team of physicians.
- Primary activities will focus on Medical Monitoring Delivery & PV Support.
- The medical monitor will independently deliver all medical support required for successful delivery of the projects according to contracted agreement with the sponsor and according to the assigned role (Global Lead Physician or Regional Lead Physician).
- Medical Expertise and experience in Ophthalmology is essential to the medical monitor role and will be manifested in high quality consultation on protocol development or drug development programs, medical review of various documents, collaboration on internal therapeutic area meetings, training module development, white papers, slide sets, publications etc.
- Client Relationship Building & Engagement, including soliciting and addressing client feedback and suggestions regarding medical study-related activities, are core skills required of the medical monitor.
- Business Development: the medical monitor will provide medical expertise / leadership in Proposal Development Teams (PDTs) for client bid pursuit meetings.
Requirements:
- Experience in clinical medicine (general or specialist qualifications) with Fellowship or specialty training in Ophthalmology, which is expected to be kept up to date.
- A background in clinical aspects of drug development, including all aspects of Medical Monitoring and study design/execution, preferred.
- Clinical practice experience.
- Good knowledge of the drug development process including drug safety, preferred.
- Experience in Pharmaceutical Medicine, preferred.
- Experience leading, mentoring and managing individuals/a team, preferred.
- US Board certified in Ophthalmology.
- Experience as a Physician in Industry or as a clinical trial investigator is required.
- Previous CRO experience is required.
- Medically qualified in an acknowledged medical school with completion of at least basic training in clinical medicine (residency, internship).
- The ability to travel 15% domestically or internationally is required.
Benefits:
- EEO Disclaimer: Parexel is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the US includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.















