Job description
At Neumora, we are pushing the boundaries of science and technology to revolutionize the way patients with brain disease are treated. We are seeking extraordinary individuals to join our team as we grow and advance our pipeline.
The Senior Medical Director provides oversight of the medical and scientific aspects of Neumora clinical studies and works closely with counterparts in Clinical Operations and Biostatistics in ensuring high quality study conduct. In addition, they interact cross-functionally with discovery, biology, toxicology, translational and data science groups to provide medical insights and promote integration of precision medicine strategies in Neumora’s development programs.
Responsibilities:
- Provides clinical development and medical leadership/oversight of clinical programs to ensure timely completion of clinical deliverables.
- Ensures clinical programs support patient safety and provides oversight of patient safety in clinical studies.
- As the primary medical expert for assigned studies, they are the first point of contact internally and externally for questions regarding the studies (e.g. eligibility, enrollment, safety and patient management). Monitors study progress to ensure proper study conduct and adherence to the protocol, leads data review, evaluation, and analyses with support from the cross-functional team. Takes a key role in the authoring of critical study documents (e.g., CSR, IB, protocol synopsis).
- Contributes to the analysis and interpretation of data generated internally or externally and presents study updates, interim results, and final headline data to senior management, as required.
- Provides medical input and contributes to the clinical development sections of regulatory documents such as IND, CIOMS, DSUR, Dossiers, and contributes to responses to regulatory agencies regarding questions about complex clinical development issues (e.g., safety or efficacy).
- Contributes to the cross-functional development of clinical development plans (CDPs) that integrate pre-clinical and early clinical findings and data sciences approaches, working to ensure cross-functional alignment on an ongoing basis throughout the phases of clinical development.
- Collaborates with teams on the development of translational and precision phenotyping strategies and contributes to the design of scientifically rigorous clinical development studies and programs utilizing a data biopsy signature/precision phenotype approach. Ensures that teams appreciate the clinical relevance and applicability of the approaches considered.
- Identifies and engages with external Key Opinion Leaders to address scientific and medical questions relevant to the program.
- Helps identify global study sites and fosters relationships with study investigators.
- Ensures that Serious Adverse Events are properly reported.
- Implements clinical R&D policies, SOPs, and related directives.
- As required, supports any needed due diligence of potential in-licensing drug candidates and/or technologies and presents recommendations to leadership.
Qualifications:
- MD required; Ph.D. and/or board certification in Psychiatry preferred
- Active medical license desirable
- 5+ years of relevant experience as a Medical Director in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry or equivalent with oversight of Phase 2 and 3 studies; Phase 1 experience also desirable
- Psychiatry drug development experience required
- Experience in leading medical and scientific aspects of clinical studies on cross-functional teams
- Ability to critically review, analyze and interpret key aspects of clinical study conduct, including research design, methods, outcome measures, is required
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment and with distributed teams; startup experience preferred
- Effective communication skills and demonstrated ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholders from a variety of professional backgrounds
- Ability to navigate complexity and make risk-based decisions
- Self-starter who can independently lead assigned projects
2025 Company benefits include:
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
401(k) plan: Neumora matches 50% of an employee’s eligible contribution, up to the first 6% of salary (up to 3% employer contribution)
Company Equity (New Hire Awards, Annual Awards, ESPP)
Annual paid time off:
- Accrued Vacation Days: 15 days per year
- Sick Days: 10 days per year
- Company Holidays: 13 days plus summer recharge week in July and winter shutdown in December
Leave of Absence: Paid Medical Leave, Paid New Parent Bonding Leave, Paid Family Leave, paid short-term and long-term disability
Discretionary year-end bonus
The salary range posted describes the minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Actual salary may vary based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Base Salary Range:$332,047-$359,428
Neumora Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded to confront the global brain disease crisis by taking a fundamentally different approach to the way treatments for brain diseases are developed. Our therapeutic pipeline currently consists of multiple clinical and preclinical neuroscience programs that target novel mechanisms of action for a broad range of underserved neuropsychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Our work is supported by an integrated suite of translational, clinical, and computational tools to generate insights that can enable precision medicine approaches. Neumora’s mission is to redefine neuroscience drug development by bringing forward the next generation of novel therapies that offer improved treatment outcomes and quality of life for patients suffering from brain diseases.
Neumora is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
