Medical Director, Autoimmune Disease

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the medical components of the autoimmune initiative and formulate and implement the clinical development and evidence strategy.

• Offer insights related to disease areas, healthcare professionals, and patients to R&D, Product, Commercial, and Market Access teams.

• Design and supervise clinical validation, clinical utility, real-world evidence, and early clinical experience initiatives.

• Create and evaluate protocols, investigator materials, clinical study documents, regulatory submissions, publications, and presentations.

• Analyze results and propose subsequent actions to program teams.

• Establish relationships with KOLs and investigators, lead advisory activities, and foster scientific collaborations and investigator-led research.

• Collaborate with Biopharma Business Development to incorporate Adaptive assays into drug development initiatives.

• Keep abreast of the changing landscape of autoimmune diseases to assess unmet needs and guide product strategy.

• Cultivate internal expertise in autoimmune conditions and represent Adaptive at scientific conferences and with external stakeholders.

• Outline medical resource plans and recruit, manage, and develop the team as the program expands.

• Oversee assigned budgets, vendors, timelines, and compliance obligations.

• Direct clinical strategy throughout the product lifecycle, from early discovery to commercialization.

• Execute any other duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• MD or DO degree from a recognized institution.

• Medical license in good standing (preferred) or documented prior licensure in good standing.

• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience.

• At least 4 years of post-training clinical, translational, or clinical research experience in autoimmune or immune-mediated diseases.

• A minimum of 4 years of industry experience in clinical development, medical affairs, diagnostics, biotechnology, or biopharma, including work with molecular diagnostics, biomarkers, or precision medicine products.

• Board certification or eligibility in a specialty that addresses autoimmune diseases.

• Experience in developing and implementing clinical evidence plans and prospective studies, including protocols, data analysis, study documents, and scientific publications or presentations.

• Familiarity with diagnostic clinical performance and clinical utility study design, biostatistics, GCP, human subject protections, and relevant FDA, CLIA/CAP, privacy, and quality standards.

• Proven ability to collaborate across R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Biostatistics, Product, Commercial, Market Access, and Business Development.

• Experience in cultivating KOL and investigator relationships and leading advisory boards or scientific collaborations.

• Excellent scientific writing and presentation abilities.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

• Not currently sponsoring candidates requiring work authorization support for this role.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity grant.

• Bonus eligibility.

• Remote work from home options.

• Travel up to 25%.

• Adaptive benefits program (benefits-at-a-glance).

• A diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.