Medical Director, Clinical Theranostics

Summary

Join Telix Pharmaceuticals as the Medical Director, Clinical Theranostics and contribute to the company's strategic goals by leading and managing the Field Medical Team. This expert role involves developing product brand strategies, ensuring field execution of medical and scientific strategies, and leveraging expertise in radiomics, imaging informatics, and dosimetry. You will build and lead a high-performing team, design imaging strategies, analyze data for publications, and establish strategic plans aligned with cross-functional teams. The position requires strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, along with a deep understanding of regulatory guidelines and clinical development. Telix offers a competitive compensation package, including bonuses, equity, generous vacation, and support for learning and development.

Requirements

• MD or PhD in relevant area expertise in nuclear medicine
• 8+ years Medical Affairs experience in Pharmaceutical or equivalent
• 2+ years management experience or equivalent
• Thorough understanding of all applicable regulatory requirements for field‐based scientific personnel
• Experience/expertise in interpretation of scientific data, market research, and competitive intelligence tools
• Track record of success in building, developing and managing high-performing field-based teams
• Excellent communication skills: verbal, written and when giving presentations
• Demonstrated ability to develop medical affairs strategies and tactical plans
• Detailed knowledge of regulations and practices related to industry interactions with healthcare professionals
• Excellent organization skills, planning abilities and budget management
• Ability to quickly understand: complex disease areas, treatments and clinical development plans
• Healthcare landscape, hospitals, healthcare professionals, and patient journey
• Demonstrated ability to build productive collaborations with medical experts
• Able to thrive as part of a team and when working independently
• Proven track record of delivering results that meet or exceed targeted objectives
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability for 60% travel

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, develop, manage, and operationalize the impact of the CTS team
• Recruit, retain and develop outstanding CTSs
• Establish, communicate, and systematically review performance expectations and personal development plans
• Lead, identify, and execute imaging strategies for launch needs
• May support imaging strategies for lifecycle management and clinical trials
• Computational image analysis, evaluation, and interpretation
• Design and analyze imaging data for publication needs
• Establish and execute strategic plan with KPIs and timely tactics, aligned with cross-functional teams and movement of the field
• Establish a culture aligned to Telix, being science-based, seeking internal and external collaborations, ensuring a positive team culture of trust and a proactive and responsive attitude to ensure high-performance
• Build initiatives, identify gaps for tactical execution plan in supporting scientific and medical communications and building collaborative peer-to-peer relationships with external stakeholders supporting investigational and approved products
• Understand regional and national trends, competitor space to inform and align with Medical Affairs and Telix objectives
• Quantify and report CTS team impact on Telix goals and medical objectives, assessing team effectiveness and cross-functional communication and collaboration
• Display fiscal accountability and efficient use of resources
• Ensure high visibility and ongoing communication of team activities, achievements in addition to scientific and medical insights
• Systematically ensure CTS team identify and develop productive collaborations with Key Imaging Leaders, other important stakeholders and organizations
• Establish expectations and tactics to support Telix clinical development and clinical operations, maintaining respective responsibilities and ensuring excellent communication to aid execution of Telix clinical studies
• Ensure the team is skilled in delivering high quality scientific/medical education in a variety of settings, and in gathering valuable feedback to be disseminated throughout the organization
• Ensure comprehensive training to develop and maintain the highest scientific and medical expertise of all relevant diseases, products, development plans, so that CTS’s are acknowledged internally and externally as experts
• Maintain a high level of team knowledge of and appropriately implement current local pharmaceutical regulation and ensure implementation of Telix policies and procedures
• Ensure all CTS activities, including external interactions, are conducted in accordance with Telix objectives, compliance policies and procedures as well as with legal and ethical standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in radiopharmaceuticals
• Oncology is an advantage

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Annual performance-based bonuses
• An equity-based incentive program
• Generous vacation
• Paid wellness days
• Support for learning and development