Clinical Partnerships Lead (Medical Director)

About Us

Forus is building an AI-powered network that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma to accelerate new science to patients. Our platform automates the complexity between a doctor prescribing a medicine and a patient starting treatment, including insurance coverage, financial assistance, and supply chain navigation. We provide this support free to doctors and patients, helping them get life-changing medicine faster, cheaper, and easier. The resulting network enables biopharma companies to design better research, launch new drugs more effectively, and invest in harder-to-treat conditions.

About The Role

• Develop and own relationships with medical societies, clinical leaders, physician groups, patient advocacy organizations, and other healthcare institutions
• Create and manage physician advisory boards that provide substantive input into Forus’ products, specialty expansion, and company strategy
• Create mechanisms for physicians and patients to shape what Forus builds and translate their perspectives into concrete product and operating decisions
• Identify partnerships that can expand Forus’ reach, improve medication access, strengthen clinical credibility, or support entry into new specialties
• Partner with product, operations, growth, and life sciences teams to translate clinical insight into better products and partnerships
• Advise the CEO and leadership team on clinical trends, stakeholder priorities, and opportunities across the medical community

Qualifications

• An MD or DO degree and meaningful experience practicing medicine
• Experience beyond direct clinical care in healthcare technology, startups, medical societies, health systems, life sciences, policy, investing, or another operating environment
• Track record of building trusted relationships with physicians, clinical leaders, and healthcare institutions
• Ability to translate between clinical, product, commercial, and operational perspectives
• Strong written and verbal communication that allows you to be an effective participant in both internal debates and external relationships
• High NPS with your former teammates