Associate Medical Director jobs in Lowell, MA

Great opportunity to transition your clinical Pulmonary Medicine expertise to Parexel as an Associate Medical Director and make an impact globally!

As an Associated Medical Director at Parexel, you will function as a medical representative on the project team, provide medical consultation as required or requested to clients and other Parexel service groups.

Medical tasks assigned to an Associated Medical Director would include:

• Provision of medical expertise and leadership to Parexel teams during client bid pursuit meetings

• Deliver medical support required for successful delivery of projects according to contracted agreement with the sponsor (i.e., tasks and time per task contracted)

• Consultancy on protocol development or drug development programs

• Perform review of medical and study related documents for medical accuracy, completeness and clarity

• Provide medical expertise and training to other Parexel colleagues

• Review all adverse events reports for accuracy and clinical importance, and characterize their relationship to the study drug, severity and seriousness

• Reviewreports summarizing adverse events provided as required to sponsors, the FDA and other regulatory agencies

• Review summarized listings of safety data, including adverse events, laboratory results, medical history and vital signs, to assess for any trends in safety data and ensure adherence to the study protocol

• Support Business Development and client outreach as needed

• Review industry coding of adverse events and concomitant medications and medical history for accuracy and consistency

• Participate in activities to raise, coordinate and promote Parexel medical expertise both internally and externally including but not limited to internal therapeutic area meetings, training modules development, white papers, slide sets, publications, conference attendance, etc

Successful applicants will be medically qualified based on successful completion of training at an accredited medical school and be US Board-certified in pulmonary medicine w/ extensive experience in adult or pediatric patient care in the pulmonary space with a focus on asthma, COPD, ILD. Experience in Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary Transplant, Cystic Fibrosis, or rare lung diseases is beneficial. While the focus will be adult clinical trials, one may be asked to serve as a medical monitor on pediatric trials when needed with additional internal support provided. Past experience as a physician in industry or as a clinical trial investigator is preferred, but not required. Strong candidates with an interest in clinical trials will also be considered.

Applicants should demonstrate certain skills to be successful in the candidate process:

• Candidates will be working with clients on a daily basis and should possess excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact well with sponsor counterparts as well as internal Parexel team members

• Excellent time management skills

• Excellent verbal and written medical communication skills

• Excellent standard of written and spoken English

• A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning

• Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail

• Stay up-to-date with scientific literature, regulatory guidance, and industry trends

• Willingness to work in a matrix environment and to value the importance of teamwork

• Ability to travel approximately 15% domestic and/or international travel is required

• Based upon current needs, candidates who live East of the Mississippi River are highly preferred to meet the needs of our clients