About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Medical Director – Peptide Therapeutics based in United States.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior clinical authority for peptide therapeutics programs, ensuring high standards of patient care, clinical quality, and safety.
- Develop, implement, and continuously refine evidence-based clinical protocols for peptide therapies across metabolic health, longevity, regenerative medicine, and other relevant indications.
- Review emerging scientific literature, clinical studies, and real-world evidence to inform treatment protocols and clinical decisions.
- Provide medical leadership for the introduction of new peptide therapies and expansion into additional clinical service lines.
- Recruit, onboard, mentor, and supervise physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to promote consistent, evidence-based prescribing practices.
- Ensure compliance with federal and state requirements related to telehealth, prescribing, pharmacy partnerships, and applicable peptide therapies.
- Partner with Product and Technology teams to incorporate clinical safety measures, treatment algorithms, and decision-support tools into the telehealth platform.
- Monitor clinical outcomes, adverse events, and quality metrics, and lead continuous quality improvement initiatives.
- Review patient education materials, provider training resources, and scientific communications from a medical perspective.
- Support strategic relationships with pharmacies, laboratories, research organizations, and other clinical partners.
- Advise executive leadership on clinical strategy, emerging therapeutic opportunities, and developments across the peptide therapeutics landscape.
- Represent the clinical organization in scientific discussions, industry collaborations, and professional engagements as needed.
Requirements
- MD or DO with an active, unrestricted medical license in at least one U.S. state; multi-state licensure is preferred.
- Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Endocrinology, Obesity Medicine, or another relevant specialty.
- 7+ years of clinical experience, including significant experience with peptide-based therapies and physician leadership.
- Demonstrated expertise prescribing and managing a broad range of peptide therapeutics, including metabolic, regenerative, longevity, and other evidence-based treatment protocols.
- Experience evaluating emerging clinical research and translating scientific evidence into clinical protocols and best practices.
- Experience developing clinical guidelines, treatment pathways, and quality assurance initiatives.
- Previous experience as a Medical Director or in another physician leadership position within a healthcare organization, telehealth platform, specialty practice, or innovative care model.
- Experience supervising physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or distributed clinical teams.
- Strong understanding of telehealth regulations, prescribing compliance, clinical governance, and healthcare quality standards.
- Familiarity with clinical research, protocol development, and the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding peptide therapeutics is highly preferred.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.
- Professional-level English communication skills and availability to work U.S. business hours.
Conditions
- Opportunity to shape clinical strategy and medical governance within a fast-growing telehealth environment.
- Remote-first work environment with a globally distributed team.
- High level of ownership and autonomy with limited organizational bureaucracy.
- Opportunity to influence the development of scalable, patient-centered clinical models.
- Exposure to emerging therapeutic areas spanning metabolic health, longevity, regenerative medicine, and peptide therapeutics.
- Collaborative environment with Clinical Operations, Product, Technology, Regulatory, and executive leadership teams.