Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?
Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.
What You’ll Do:
We are looking for a Medical Director, Tempus Studies, to join the medical science team at Tempus. This person will be responsible for serving as the medical director of high priority observational and interventional studies within the Studies group at Tempus AI. As medical director you will be the primary clinical expert overseeing study design, protocol development, and study execution in collaboration with multidisciplinary cross-functional teams while representing Tempus and the study externally to biopharma collaborators and clinical researchers. In addition, medical leads collaborate with other business units within the organization, providing critical medical input to advance various Tempus AI initiatives.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Serve as a medical director for select programs to advance the business initiatives of Tempus Studies
- Oversee and lead the design and conduct of all stages of select studies
- Provide and source expert medical opinions to guide study design and protocol development across a variety of indications and treatment paradigms
- Lead multidisciplinary teams of trial operations and development experts to execute on key study partnerships in line with appropriate timelines and milestones while providing medical and regulatory expertise as needed
- Represent Tempus Studies externally to launch studies and lead SIVs, scientific advisory boards, steering committees, and other academic and industry collaborations
Required Qualifications:
- MD degree with Oncology expertise or MD with oncology clinical research experience
- 2+ years of clinical trials experience, whether in a clinical research organization, biotech/biopharma company, or as a primary investigator academic research setting
- Previous experience leading teams of trial development and operations personnel
- Experience with clinical trial data review & medical monitoring, site engagement and clinical trial operations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and regulatory interactions
$275,000 - $310,000
The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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What We Do
We bring together one of the world’s largest libraries of multimodal clinical and molecular data with a robust suite of AI tools to help physicians personalize care in real time, connect patients with therapies and clinical trials, and enable partners to accelerate discovery and development of new treatments. With ~8 million de-identified research records and 350+ petabytes of data, Tempus partners with more than half of U.S. oncologists and the majority of the top 20 global pharma companies. Our teams are pioneering work across oncology, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, and beyond—transforming how care is delivered and therapies are developed. At Tempus, every role contributes to our mission: to help each patient benefit from the experiences of those who came before. For more information, visit tempus.com.
Why Work With Us
We’re looking for people who can change the world. People who question the status quo and refuse to shy away from tough problems. For builders who are never done building, and the learners who are never done learning. Passionate individuals with undying curiosity who want to take on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced—head on.
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