Medical Director / VP, Medical & Scientific Affairs (Imaging CRO)
Location: UK (preferred) or remote (US/EU) with international travel Employment type: Full-time
Image Analysis Group (IAG) is a specialist imaging CRO partnering with leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies to design and deliver imaging‑driven clinical trials across oncology, rheumatology, orthopedics, neurology, and rare diseases.
We combine scientific leadership, advanced quantitative imaging, and AI‑powered analytics to accelerate drug development and de‑risk regulatory decisions.
We are looking for a physician leader (MD, Radiologist, Med Physics, Biomedical Engineering or equivalent) with deep experience in clinical trials and medical imaging to join our senior leadership team as Senior Medical Director / VP, Medical & Scientific Affairs.
This person will act as a principal imaging scientist to support internal team and our sponsors and regulators, shape imaging strategies for innovative pipelines, and drive scientific excellence across our global portfolio of trials.
✅Key responsibilities
– Lead medical and scientific strategy for imaging endpoints in early and late phase clinical trials (Phase I–IV) across your therapeutic areas of expertise.
– Partner with pharma and biotech sponsors to design imaging components of clinical development plans, including indication strategy, endpoint selection, eligibility criteria, and imaging-based response assessments.
– Provide medical leadership into protocol design, charter development, reader paradigms, and statistical analysis plans for imaging endpoints.
– Represent IAG in high-level scientific and medical discussions with key opinion leaders, regulatory agencies (FDA, EMA, MHRA and others), and sponsor governance bodies.
– Contribute to regulatory strategy for imaging in support of INDs, NDAs, MAAs, 505(b)(2), biosimilar and radiopharmaceutical submissions, in close collaboration with regulatory and biometrics teams.
– Oversee scientific quality of imaging readouts, including criteria implementation, reader training, and data review, ensuring clinical relevance, consistency, and regulatory compliance.
– Drive adoption of quantitative imaging and AI/ML tools (e.g., advanced image analytics platforms) to improve sensitivity, reproducibility, and decision-making in trials.
– Act as a senior medical voice in business development, supporting key client meetings, RFP responses, solutions design, and long‑term strategic partnerships.
– Serve as a thought leader for IAG through publications, conference presentations, webinars, and advisory board participation.
– Mentor and develop a high‑performing operations, product, medical and scientific team, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, and cross‑functional collaboration.
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