Join us in redefining what it means to work for a CRO. Working at Rho, you’ll be joining a team who take healthcare and clinical research personally, with shared experiences that drive a passion to heal, cure and solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges.

At Rho, we’re committed to you just as you’re committed to us. You’ll have the opportunity to experience a thriving company with real stability - financial, workforce, and corporate, which has created a safe environment to innovate and develop over a long and rewarding career. With a collaborative team of smart, talented, and positive people, you’ll be celebrated and respected for your expertise and given the freedom to think creatively, challenge the norm, and problem-solve.

We are currently hiring a Medical Director with in depth Psychiatry expertise to join our team!

As a Medical Director here at Rho, you will provide medical, clinical, and scientific advisory expertise to Rho’s clients and project teams. You will interact with senior management, customers, and project teams to ensure the safety of subjects in clinical trials; ensure the scientific and ethical integrity of clinical trial design and conduct; provide medical input to clinical programs; and provide clinical development and regulatory input as needed. 

Our Medical Team will tell you, joining Rho has been one of their best career moves in terms of contentment, financial rewards and career growth, which is why we have such stability in the group!

This role can be remote anywhere in the US or hybrid in Durham, North Carolina.

• Serve as Medical and Scientific Advisor on assigned projects and provide guidance to project managers on the medical and scientific aspects.
• Provide medical support to investigative sites and project staff for protocol-related issues.
• Perform the following:
  • Review and clarification of trial-related Adverse Events (AEs) and coding.
  • Medical case review of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), including review of case documentation and patient narratives.
  • Medical data review for clinical studies.
  • Medical review of the protocol, Investigative Drug Brochure (IDB), and/or Case Report Forms (CRFs).
  • Medical review of the Clinical Study Report (CSR), patient narratives, and other high-profile documents such as marketing application, clinical safety/efficacy summaries and overviews.  
• Participate in the development of Medical Monitoring portion of client proposals including the budgeting process.
• Support Business Development activities by reviewing and providing medical/scientific input and guidance on Requests for Proposals (RFP), as well as being an active participant and Rho representative at bid defense and other meetings with sponsors. Requires travel.

A medical degree from a fully accredited (LCME or ex-US equivalent) medical school, along with an active medical license is required.  In addition, a minimum of 5 years of experience in clinical medicine beyond residency and at least 5 years of clinical development experience – ideally in the pharmaceutical or closely related industries – are required.  Specialty board certification is required.

• Good understanding of general clinical medicine and strong expertise in Psychiatry is required;
• Good understanding of research methodologies and clinical trial design, including biostatistics.
• Good understanding of scientific and ethical regulations and guidelines pertaining to clinical research, including knowledge of federal drug development regulations and guidelines.
• Ability to establish and meet multiple concurrent priorities, deadlines, strategic department goals and objectives.
• Skills in providing consultation and advice on multiple assignments required, as well as initiative and flexibility.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ideally with experience/expertise in public speaking and engaging external stakeholders.

A few more things to know about us:

Benefits: Rho provides a comprehensive benefits package for all benefit-eligible employees, which includes medical, vision, dental, HSA, FSA, EAP, life & disability insurance and 401(k). All employees are eligible for paid time off, holidays, parental leave and bereavement leave.

Diversity and Inclusion: As a global, full-service CRO driven by our collective experiences, we view each of our backgrounds as a vital component in our formula for success and we strive towards building a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees every day. By valuing and tapping into each employee’s unique and different personal experiences, we are able to uplift employee dignity and belonging, foster more strategic creativity, and more quickly arrive at breakthrough solutions that help us heal the world.

Flexibility: We encourage a work-life balance that allows employees to bring their best selves to work while being passionate about their lives outside work.

As required by pay transparency laws in some states, Rho provides the range of starting compensation (annual salary or hourly rate) it reasonably expects to pay for a given role. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to role responsibilities and location as well as candidate skill set and level of experience. The range of starting pay for this role is $230,000-$280,000 per year.

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