Medical Director

Summary

Join MindMed, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, as a Medical Director (Associate Director or Director) and contribute to the development of key assets. Expand a small medical team, reporting directly to the CMO. You will serve as the medical monitor for clinical trials, ensuring participant safety and high-quality data. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and external partners. The ideal candidate holds an MD or DO, has at least one year of experience as a medical monitor on Phase I-III clinical trials, and possesses a solid understanding of regulatory guidelines. MindMed offers competitive compensation and benefits, including comprehensive health insurance, a 401(k) program, flexible time off, and generous parental leave.

Requirements

• MD or DO with 3+ years of broad bio/pharmaceutical industry experience in drug development or equivalent in psychiatry
• At least one year as the primary medical monitor on industry-sponsored clinical trials
• Solid understanding of regulatory guidelines for adverse event reporting
• Understanding of drug development processes and knowledge of GCP
• Professional and collaborative

Responsibilities

• Provide medical support and medical advice for clinical trials and safety evaluation within the Clinical team
• Provide medical leadership to the study teams, including creating clinical trial protocols, safety management plans, contributing to site selection, training, and management
• Real-time Medical Monitoring of clinical studies: ensure medical validity of primary endpoint(s) and subject safety; identify emerging safety risks and signals
• Closely collaborate with cross-functional study team members to identify and mitigate medical risks and issues; investigate, review, and share safety results to understand completed studies and improve future ones
• Provide medical information for inclusion in reports submitted to regulatory authorities and support the authoring of regulatory documents
• Develop relationships with investigators, external organizations, and experts to optimize study design and executions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with psychiatric, CNS, or psychedelic drug development
• Board certification in psychiatry
• Pharmacovigilance experience
• Medical coding experience

Benefits

• 100% paid health benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision for you and your dependents
• 401(k) program with company match and immediate vesting
• Flexible time off
• Generous parental leave
• Bonus and equity