Sr. Medical Director, Rheumatology - US Remote
About The Position
Fortrea is seeking a Senior Medical Director, Rheumatology, to support development of innovative therapies for autoimmune diseases, including emerging cell and gene therapy technologies. The role provides medical leadership across clinical programs from early development through global registration studies, including clinical strategy, medical oversight, and collaboration with sponsors. The Senior Medical Director serves as a medical representative in client interactions, business-development discussions, and proposal presentations. The position fosters relationships with global clinical operations teams and may act as the Leading Physician for Phase I–IV clinical trials. It includes serving as a study physician, providing medical monitoring oversight, contributing to protocol development and study design, and working collaboratively with project teams. The role is highly client-facing and involves regular executive-level engagement with clients, external partners, and other stakeholders. This is a remote position based in the USA, with occasional national and international travel for sponsor and investigator meetings and relevant scientific or industry conferences. Varied hours may be required.
Requirements
- MD degree.
- Board certification in Internal Medicine.
- Specialization in Rheumatology and broader therapeutic experience in autoimmune diseases.
- At least 3 years of substantial drug-development knowledge and extensive clinical research experience within the pharmaceutical or CRO industry, or as a clinical trial investigator.
- Strong scientific communication and client-facing capabilities, including presenting scientific expertise, supporting proposals, and strengthening external partnerships.
- Full professional proficiency in English.
Nice To Haves
- Specific expertise in cell and gene therapy in autoimmune diseases.
- Industry experience that includes clinical-trial medical monitoring or other relevant clinical-development or trial experience at a CRO, pharmaceutical company, or regulatory agency.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-level medical therapeutic-area and clinical-trial subject matter expertise, regionally or globally.
- Contribute scientific and technical expertise and interact with client medical teams, project teams, key opinion leaders, principal investigators, and sites.
- Partner with clients and internal teams on business development, including shaping clinical and medical strategy for proposals, bid defenses, and client discussions.
- Oversee medical monitoring activities to ensure timelines and quality of medical deliverables, and assign physician resources as required.
- Serve, as appropriate to the scope of work, as Global Lead, Regional, or Program Project Physician across multiple indications.
- Contribute drug-development expertise and medical strategy for study and program execution.
- Provide input on, review, and revise protocols, case report forms, training materials, project-specific tools, analysis-plan design, clinical trial reports, and new drug applications.
- Prepare materials for and participate in investigator meetings, and assist at site initiation visits.
- Provide medical and scientific expertise to the project team.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k).
- Paid time off (PTO) or flexible time off (FTO).
- Company bonus where applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
