Associate Medical Director, Clinical Development

Job Description:

Location: This position may be performed remotely, but requires the flexibility and willingness to travel as needed.

The Opportunity
The Associate Medical Director, Clinical Development plays a key role in the design, execution, and oversight of clinical trials supporting the development of innovative therapeutics in epilepsy (pediatric and adult). This position provides strategic and scientific leadership across all phases of clinical development, working cross-functionally with regulatory, safety, clinical operations, and other key stakeholders to ensure successful trial execution and regulatory submission.

Primary Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and execution of clinical strategy and clinical development plans for assigned programs.
• Provide medical and scientific leadership for clinical trials, including protocol design, medical monitoring, and data interpretation.
• Serve as a medical lead on cross-functional clinical study teams.
• Review and author clinical documents including protocols, investigator brochures, clinical study reports, and regulatory submissions (INDs, NDAs, etc.).
• Monitor and ensure patient safety during studies in collaboration with pharmacovigilance.
• Assist with the selection and management of clinical trial sites and key opinion leaders (KOLs).
• Participate in the preparation of regulatory documents and support interactions with global health authorities.
• Review and analyze emerging data from ongoing studies and contribute to decision-making processes.
• Present clinical study results internally and externally at investigator meetings, advisory boards, and scientific conferences.
• Contribute medical leadership and guidance to business development efforts

Qualifications and Key Success Factors

• Medical Doctor (M.D.), Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.), Ph.D. or non-US equivalent of M.D./Ph.D. Specialty training in neurology and epilepsy is highly desirable.
• At least 3 years of clinical trial experience, with clinical development experience in neuroscience being highly desirable (fellowship, residency, or academic research may count toward experience depending on role).
• Strong understanding of clinical research methodology, GCP, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with early- to late-phase clinical trials preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Ability to analyze complex data and present scientific information clearly and effectively.
• High level of integrity, ethics, and professionalism.

The physical and mental requirements of our roles include but are not limited to regular use of a computer, devices or other office equipment, clear communication, and occasional movement.  You'll need comfort with screen work, basic hand coordination, and focus.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

Compensation & Benefits

At Praxis, we believe that taking care of our people (and their people) is important, so we provide a world class benefits package to help you thrive.  This includes 99% of the premium paid for medical, dental and vision plans.  We also provide company-paid life insurance, AD&D, disability benefits, and voluntary plans to personalize your coverage. Thinking about the future?  We match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% on eligible 401(k) contributions and sweeten the deal with long-term stock incentives and ESPP.  We provide a discretionary quarterly bonus, an extremely flexible wellness benefit, generous PTO, paid holidays and company-wide shutdowns.  Not to mention, you'll also be joining a phenomenal crew of colleagues who are smart, engaged and inspiring.  We aim high, collaborate hard, and produce results.  Let’s achieve the impossible together! 

To round out our world-class total rewards package, we provide annualized base salary compensation in the range listed below.  Final salary range may be modified commensurate with job level, education, and experience.

Annualized Base Salary

$200,000 - $230,000 USD