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The Steely Group
http://www.thesteelygroup.com
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Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development
Remote, MA US
Posted: 02/18/2026
2026-02-18
2026-03-20
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Job Category: Operations and Development
Job Number: 4867
Job Description
As a Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development, you will be a critical leader within the R&D organization. Reporting directly to the SVP of Research & Development, you will shape clinical strategy, design and execute clinical trials, and drive development of innovative therapies.
This role requires outstanding interpersonal skills, strong learning agility, creativity, and the ability to analyze precedents — even from other therapeutic areas — to generate innovative, patient-centric solutions.
Essential Functions
Clinical Leadership & Strategic Planning
This role requires outstanding interpersonal skills, strong learning agility, creativity, and the ability to analyze precedents — even from other therapeutic areas — to generate innovative, patient-centric solutions.
Essential Functions
Clinical Leadership & Strategic Planning
- Lead clinical development activities as both an individual contributor and cross-functional leader.
- Develop and refine the Clinical Development Plan (CDP).
- Integrate regulatory, safety, and operational considerations.
- Apply creative, cross-therapeutic analytical thinking.
- Lead preparation of clinical documents (protocols, SAPs, CSRs, etc.).
- Provide medical oversight ensuring safety and data quality.
- Analyze and interpret clinical data and present strategic implications.
- Train internal and external teams.
- Support scientific publications and external collaborations.
- Participate in regulatory interactions.
- Represent the client at scientific and strategic external meetings.
- Build strong relationships across R&D.
- Use interpersonal influence to align complex stakeholder groups.
- Promote creativity and cross-functional learning.
- MD or MD-PhD required.
- 8+ years of clinical drug development experience.
- Rare disease experience preferred.
- Gastroenterology experience preferred but not required.
- Academic PI experience may be considered.
- Strong knowledge of clinical research methodology.
- Ability to analyze complex clinical data.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and competitive landscape.
- Exceptional communication and influence skills.
- Proven leadership guiding cross-functional teams.
- Ability to build trust, navigate ambiguity, and drive alignment.
- Ability to learn new therapeutic areas quickly.
- Creative problem solver.
- Able to apply cross-therapeutic insights.
- Experience overseeing CROs and vendors.
- Strong project management and execution discipline.
- Excellent written and oral scientific communication.