Medical Director – Peptide Therapeutics

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

📋 Description

• Act as the primary clinical authority for LumiMeds' peptide therapeutics initiatives, ensuring optimal patient care, clinical quality, and safety.

• Create, implement, and consistently enhance evidence-based clinical protocols for peptide therapies across areas such as metabolic health, longevity, regenerative medicine, and other therapeutic applications.

• Assess emerging scientific literature, clinical trials, and real-world evidence to inform treatment protocols and clinical decision-making.

• Provide medical leadership in the launch of new peptide therapies and the expansion into additional clinical service lines.

• Recruit, onboard, mentor, and supervise physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to promote consistent, evidence-based prescribing practices.

• Ensure adherence to federal and state regulations governing telehealth, prescribing practices, pharmacy collaborations, and relevant peptide-related therapies.

• Collaborate with Product and Technology teams to integrate clinical safety measures, treatment algorithms, and decision-support tools into the telehealth platform.

• Monitor clinical outcomes, adverse events, and quality metrics, leading initiatives for continuous quality improvement.

• Conduct medical reviews of patient education materials, provider training resources, and scientific communications.

• Support strategic partnerships with pharmacies, laboratories, research organizations, and other clinical collaborators.

• Advise executive leadership on clinical strategy, emerging therapeutic opportunities, and the evolving landscape of peptide therapeutics.

• Represent LumiMeds in scientific discussions, industry collaborations, and professional engagements as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• MD or DO with an active, unrestricted medical license in at least one U.S. state (multi-state licensure preferred).

• Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Endocrinology, Obesity Medicine, or another relevant specialty.

• Over 7 years of clinical experience, including substantial experience with peptide-based therapies and physician leadership.

• Proven expertise in prescribing and managing a wide array of peptide therapeutics, including metabolic, regenerative, longevity, and other evidence-based peptide treatment protocols.

• Experience in evaluating emerging clinical research and translating scientific evidence into clinical protocols and best practices.

• Proficiency in developing clinical guidelines, treatment pathways, and quality assurance initiatives.

• Previous experience in a Medical Director role or another physician leadership position within a healthcare organization, telehealth platform, specialty practice, or innovative care model.

• Experience supervising physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or distributed clinical teams.

• Strong understanding of telehealth regulations, prescribing compliance, clinical governance, and healthcare quality standards.

• Familiarity with clinical research, protocol development, and the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding peptide therapeutics is highly preferred.

• Exceptional analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.

• Professional-level proficiency in English communication.

• Availability to work during U.S. business hours.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first, globally distributed team.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Professional-level English communication skills and the ability to work during U.S. business hours.