Medical Director / Senior Medical Director, Psychiatry

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Austin, TX

6d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Our detailed, goal-oriented Medical colleagues manage the safety profile of new drugs in clinical trials. As part of your work with beginning-to-end trial experience, you will expand your knowledge and experience working on clinical trials through every stage of drug development. This includes management and oversight of all contracted services.

Must be legally authorized to work in the hiring country without sponsorship.
Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening(where applicable).

The Medical Director/Senior Medical Director Psychiatry position provides medical oversight of clinical trials to ensure company SOPs, client directives, good clinical practice, and regulatory requirements are followed. Attends and presents at investigator and sponsor meetings, provides medical consultation to clients, investigators and project team members and supports business development activities, and provides medical review and analysis for clinical trial serious adverse events

Requirements

• MD or equivalent required.
• Active medical licensure preferred but not required.
• Clinical experience in Psychiatry.
• Formal training in Psychiatry (i.e residency and/or fellowship).
• Patient treatment experience (comparable to 2 years).
• Suitable clinical trial experience in a Contract Research Organization or pharmaceutical company (comparable to 1-2 years) in the industry (for Senior Medical Director Level).
• Therapeutic expertise in Psychiatry.
• Strong decision-making, problem solving, organizational skills and analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of relevant safety databases (e.g. Meddra).
• Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally.
• Ability to work independently, analyze work with attention to detail, process and prioritize sensitive complex information.
• Proficiency in basic computer applications.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and team building skills.
• Understanding guidelines (FDA, ICH, EMA and GCP).
• Working knowledge of biostatistics, data management, and clinical operations procedures.
• Ability to act as a mentor/trainer to other staff.

Nice To Haves

• Preference towards individuals with clinical development/medical monitoring experience (for Senior Medical Director Level).

Responsibilities

• Ensures tasks delegated to medical monitors are properly executed.
• Adheres to applicable regulations and ICH guidelines regarding clinical trials, regulatory documents, and safety issues.
• Adheres to client SOPs/directives and project specific WPDs for assigned projects.
• Adheres to PPD’s corporate policies and SOPs/WPDs.
• Provides medical consultation to team members and answer all study related medical questions.
• Communicates clearly with associates and clients, maintaining an open line of communication to ensure all procedures are followed appropriately.
• Provides therapeutic training and protocol training on assigned studies, as requested.
• Monitors all safety variables (AE, laboratory abnormalities, changes in patient medical status, evaluation of prescribed concomitant medication for protocol restrictions, and un-blinding requests) of clinical studies.
• Discusses all medical concerns with principal investigators and clients (e.g.discussion regarding interpretation of inclusion/exclusion criteria) raised during the course of a study, using proper medical judgment in the interpretation and decision making with regard to clinical situations as they relate to the investigational study.
• Provides medical review of adverse events of special interest, serious adverse events and clinical outcomes events reported by study sites.
• Performs data review as specified in the client contract and data validation manual including review of coding listings and/or full safety data to assess for potential safety concerns.
• Attends and presents at investigator and sponsor meetings.
• Provides medical consultation to clients, investigators and project team members.
• Supports business development activities.
• Provides medical review and analysis for clinical trial serious adverse events.

Benefits

• competitive remuneration
• annual incentive plan bonus
• healthcare
• a range of employee benefits
• innovative, forward-thinking organization
• outstanding career and development prospects
• exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree