At Clearside Biomedical, we strive to recruit people who share our vision to develop technology that provides a ground-breaking impact to medicine and superior care to patients. We are proud of what we do and believe we create an excellent working environment where every employee contributes to the development of the company.
Clearside Biomedical offers a competitive total compensation package including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off, and a matching 401(k) program.
We currently have an opening for a Medical Director to join our team. This role will collaborate with the CSO to assist the company in executing a global strategy for development, submission, approval and life cycle management of a Clearside product. This position is a great opportunity in a Drug & Medical Device Biotech company.

The key responsibilities are:
• Collaborate and assist in developing scientifically sound and business driven project strategies including risk assessments and contingency planning in line with the overall strategy of the company
• Under the guidance of the Head of Pharmacovigilance, perform medical review of safety information, and specifically SAE’s, from all clinical trials
• In conjunction with the Head of Pharmacovigilance, perform monthly reviews of masked safety data from all ongoing clinical trials
• Responsible for medical review of all protocols and protocol amendments, including medical review of ICF’s, protocol amendments, case report forms
• Perform medical review of protocol deviations
• Collaborate in the design of clinical trials from the standpoint of medical strategy
• Assist the engineering team in risk management activities including health hazard analyses, DFMEA’s, Use FMEA’s, and Risk Management Plans
• May represent the company in scientific organizations, industry associations, standards organizations, and regulatory group meetings regarding clinical and regulatory expertise
• Develop and foster relationships with clinical investigators, KOLs and Advisory Board members in order to advance corporate development and commercial objectives
• Collaborate in the preparation of scientific/clinical slide decks for presentations and in development of manuscripts for publication
• Collaborate with business development in understanding the competitive market and in the evaluation of potential partnership or licensing opportunities

Minimum Qualifications:
• Education MD or DO; BE or BC in Ophthalmology
• Experience: Minimum 2 years in clinical practice (post training); ideally with clinical research experience

Skills and Abilities:
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Must have the ability to assimilate a wide variety of information, and to work independently in a fast moving organization
• Must have the ability to interface professionally with a wide spectrum of internal and external partners, regulatory agencies, and industry executives, academic and key opinion leaders in the scientific/medical arena
• Ability to work and communicate in a cross functional team environment
• Strong ability to meet and exceed deadlines
• Strong integrity and interaction with senior management



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