Job Overview
The Medical Director provides senior medical, clinical, and scientific leadership across IQVIA projects, with a primary focus on Global and Regional Medical Monitoring and medical strategy support. The role serves as a medical expert throughout the project delivery lifecycle, ensuring patient safety, scientific integrity, and regulatory compliance, while also contributing medical expertise to business development and client engagements.
Key Responsibilities
Medical Monitoring & Scientific Oversight
- Serve as Global and/or Regional Medical Advisor on assigned clinical trials.
- Provide medical and scientific guidance to Project Leaders and clinical teams.
- Support investigative sites with protocol clarifications, inclusion/exclusion decisions, patient eligibility, and safety issues.
- Perform medical review of study documents including Protocols, Investigator Drug Brochures (IDBs), CRFs, CSRs, and patient narratives.
- Conduct medical review and clarification of trial‑related Adverse Events (AEs) and, as applicable, Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) in collaboration with Pharmacovigilance.
- Support medical input into Analyses of Similar Events (AOSE) and adverse event coding, as required.
- Deliver therapeutic area and indication training to clinical project teams.
- Participate in investigator meetings, project kick‑offs, team meetings, and client meetings.
- Provide 24/7 medical support for urgent protocol‑related queries in line with local labor laws.
Medical Strategy & Business Development
- Provide expert medical input into the development of medically sound delivery strategies for complex, multi‑region clinical studies.
- Contribute to proposal development, including medical monitoring strategy and budget input.
- Advise internal stakeholders on protocol feasibility, regulatory considerations, standard of care, competitive landscape, site and investigator selection, and patient recruitment assumptions.
- Participate in bid defense meetings and strategic business development presentations to prospective clients.
- Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of industry, scientific, regulatory, and therapeutic area developments; contribute to publications as appropriate.
Qualifications
- Medical degree (MD or equivalent)
- Minimum 5 years of clinical practice experience required.
- Specialty training and/or board certification in Oncology
- Typically 5–7 years of relevant experience in clinical medicine in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or CRO industry.
- Experience supporting global or regional clinical trials preferred.
- Strong clinical, scientific, and regulatory knowledge within the relevant therapeutic area.
- Proven ability to provide medical consultation across multiple, complex projects.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong command of English (written and spoken).
- Ability to work effectively in a matrixed, global environment with internal and external stakeholders.
- High level of initiative, flexibility, and professional judgment.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
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