Executive Medical Director
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Boston, MA · 1 mo ago
On-siteEducation$230k–$330k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use for each heading only if there is real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. The posting includes salary range: $230,000 - $330,000, plus discretionary annual bonus, benefits eligibility, RSUs. So we have Pay info. Schedule? Not explicitly stated; mentions hybrid work model, travel up to 20%, based in Boston office. No explicit schedule like full-time, part-time, hours. So we should not create Schedule section because no specific schedule info. Benefits? The posting mentions "This role may be eligible for benefits and other compensation such as restricted stock units." Also earlier: "A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance." Also "Rhythm operates in a hybrid-work model." Benefits not detailed but we have mention of benefits eligibility. Should we include Benefits section? The rule: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. "Benefits" could be considered specific enough? It says "may be eligible for benefits and other compensation such as restricted stock units." That's somewhat vague but still mentions benefits. I'd include Benefits section with that info. Also we have "About the role" content: the Opportunity Overview paragraph describing role. Could be under About the role. Responsibilities: list of duties. Qualifications And Skills: combine qualifications and skills? The posting has "Qualifications And Skills" heading with bullet-like paragraphs. We can split into Qualifications and Skills sections if there is distinct content. The content includes Medical Degree & Certification, Clinical Development Experience, Clinical Development Leadership Experience, Trial Phase Track Record, Regulatory Submissions & Interactions, GCP, Compliance & Safety Standards, Leadership & Matrix Influence, Strategic Mindset, Executive Communication, Travel. Those are qualifications and skills. Could treat as Qualifications (education, experience) and Skills (leadership, strategic mindset, communication). But rule: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine into one "Qualifications And Skills" section using
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We need to preserve all substantive info: ensure we don't miss any.
Let's copy responsibilities text:
"Program & Study Leadership: Serve as the Clinical / Medical Lead across multiple complex clinical studies and development programs, ensuring high-quality trial execution, patient safety, and scientific integrity. Act as a senior clinical development resource within the organization, providing scientific and operational guidance to fellow Medical Directors and study teams.
Clinical Development Planning & Protocols: Lead the creation, optimization, and execution of comprehensive Clinical Development Plans (CDPs) and innovative study protocols for new indications, lifecycle management activities, and future pipeline opportunities.
Cross-Functional Matrix Leadership: Provide strategic medical and scientific leadership across cross-functional matrix teams, including Clinical Operations, Biostatistics, Data Management, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Translational Research, and Drug Safety / Pharmacovigilance.
Medical Monitoring Oversight: Provide physician oversight for medical monitoring activities, including subject eligibility evaluation, protocol deviations, endpoint assessment, and emerging clinical issues.
Safety & Pharmacovigilance Strategy: Provide clinical safety leadership across assigned programs, including review of aggregate safety data, SAE evaluation, Benefit-Risk evaluation, and collaboration with Pharmacovigilance to support patient safety.
Global Regulatory Filings & Defense: Lead the clinical authoring, review, and defense of key regulatory documents (including INDs, Briefing Packages, Investigator’s Brochures [IBs], Clinical Study Reports [CSRs], and NDA/BLA/MAA clinical modules) and serve as a primary clinical representative in meetings with the FDA, EMA, and other global health authorities.
Data Interpretation & Dissemination: Direct interpretation, synthesis, and reporting of complex clinical data from ongoing and completed trials, contributing to high-impact peer-reviewed publications, congress presentations, and internal executive briefings. Provide leadership in the interpretation of complex clinical data and support less-experienced team members in developing data interpretation and communication skills.
KOL & Advisory Board Engagement: Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships with external Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators, academic collaborators, and study sites; support and participate in Scientific Advisory Boards and Data Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs).
Mentorship & Team Development: Mentor, guide, and support Medical Directors and cross-functional study team members, sharing clinical development expertise and serving as a resource for protocol design, medical monitoring, regulatory strategy, and study execution. Help strengthen organizational capabilities through knowledge sharing, best practices, and informal leadership across the Clinical Development function."
We'll make each as .
Requirements: from Qualifications And Skills section, we need to separate.
Qualifications (requirements) bullet-like paragraphs:
"Medical Degree & Certification: Doctor of Medicine (MD) or equivalent international medical degree required; Board Certification in Endocrinology, Pediatrics, Genetics, Internal Medicine, or a related specialty preferred.
Clinical Development Experience: Minimum of 8-10 years of clinical development experience within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, including experience leading global clinical development programs and regulatory interactions; Experience in rare disease, endocrinology, obesity, metabolic disease, pediatrics, or related therapeutic areas strongly preferred.
Clinical Development Leadership Experience: Demonstrated success serving as a senior medical leader within a Clinical Development organization, including mentoring and developing other physicians and providing technical leadership across multiple studies or programs.
Trial Phase Track Record: Demonstrated track record of successful clinical trial design, medical oversight, and execution across Phase 1 through Phase 3 clinical studies, including registrational/pivotal trials.
Regulatory Submissions & Interactions: Proven experience leading clinical components of global regulatory filings (IND/NDA/BLA/MAA) and direct participation in formal interactions with regulatory agencies (e.g., FDA, EMA, PMDA).
GCP, Compliance & Safety Standards: Deep expertise in GCP/ICH guidelines, pharmacovigilance reporting standards, ethical conduct of clinical trials, and global clinical regulatory policies."
We'll make each as under Requirements.
Skills: remaining:
"Leadership & Matrix Influence: Exceptional leadership and matrix collaboration capabilities, with demonstrated success influencing cross-functional teams and external stakeholders and serving as a trusted subject matter expert and mentor within a Clinical Development organization.
Strategic Mindset: Demonstrated ability to balance scientific rigor, patient needs, regulatory requirements, and business priorities within a fast-paced biotech environment.
Executive Communication: Superior written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to convey complex medical/scientific concepts clearly to diverse internal and external audiences.
Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally as necessary (up to 20%). This role is based out of our corporate office in Boston, Massachusetts. Rhythm operates in a hybrid-work model. Candidates applying must be willing and able to be in the Boston office in coordination with their department and business needs. This role may involve some travel."
We'll make each as under Skills.
Benefits: from text: "A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance. This role may be eligible for benefits and other compensation such as restricted stock units." Also maybe mention hybrid-work model? That's more schedule/benefit. We'll include Benefits: discretionary annual bonus, eligibility for benefits, RSUs.
Pay: "The expected salary range for this position is $230,000 - $330,000. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, level, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law." Also mention discretionary annual bonus and RSUs but we already put bonus in Benefits; could also mention in Pay. To avoid duplication, we could keep bonus in Benefits and Pay only salary range. But the instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. If we put bonus only in Benefits, we still preserve it. Pay section will have salary range. That's fine.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO statement, etc. Remove those.
Now output HTML fragment: use
for each heading only if there is real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. The posting includes salary range: $230,000 - $330,000, plus discretionary annual bonus, benefits eligibility, RSUs. So we have Pay info. Schedule? Not explicitly stated; mentions hybrid work model, travel up to 20%, based in Boston office. No explicit schedule like full-time, part-time, hours. So we should not create Schedule section because no specific schedule info. Benefits? The posting mentions "This role may be eligible for benefits and other compensation such as restricted stock units." Also earlier: "A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance." Also "Rhythm operates in a hybrid-work model." Benefits not detailed but we have mention of benefits eligibility. Should we include Benefits section? The rule: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. "Benefits" could be considered specific enough? It says "may be eligible for benefits and other compensation such as restricted stock units." That's somewhat vague but still mentions benefits. I'd include Benefits section with that info. Also we have "About the role" content: the Opportunity Overview paragraph describing role. Could be under About the role. Responsibilities: list of duties. Qualifications And Skills: combine qualifications and skills? The posting has "Qualifications And Skills" heading with bullet-like paragraphs. We can split into Qualifications and Skills sections if there is distinct content. The content includes Medical Degree & Certification, Clinical Development Experience, Clinical Development Leadership Experience, Trial Phase Track Record, Regulatory Submissions & Interactions, GCP, Compliance & Safety Standards, Leadership & Matrix Influence, Strategic Mindset, Executive Communication, Travel. Those are qualifications and skills. Could treat as Qualifications (education, experience) and Skills (leadership, strategic mindset, communication). But rule: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine into one "Qualifications And Skills" section using Qualifications And Skills. However the instruction says use headings like Qualifications, Skills separately if content exists. But we can decide to combine to avoid thin sections. However we need to follow instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It gives examples but not mandatory to use all. It says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we can decide to have Qualifications and Skills separate if there is distinct content. Let's see if we can separate: Qualifications: Medical Degree & Certification, Clinical Development Experience (8-10 years), Clinical Development Leadership Experience, Trial Phase Track Record, Regulatory Submissions & Interactions, GCP, Compliance & Safety Standards. Skills: Leadership & Matrix Influence, Strategic Mindset, Executive Communication, Travel (maybe). That seems reasonable.
Also we have "Requirements" maybe not separate; the qualifications cover requirements. Could we have a Requirements section? The posting does not have a separate "Requirements" heading besides Qualifications And Skills. So we may not create Requirements section unless we have content. Could treat Qualifications as Requirements. But we can follow the examples: they gave Requirements as possible heading. Since we have qualifications content, we could label it as Requirements. But they also have Qualifications and Skills separate. To avoid duplication, maybe we use Requirements for the mandatory criteria (education, experience) and Skills for the abilities. Let's do that.
Thus sections:
- About the role (from Opportunity Overview paragraph)
- Responsibilities (list)
- Requirements (Medical Degree & Certification, Clinical Development Experience, Clinical Development Leadership Experience, Trial Phase Track Record, Regulatory Submissions & Interactions, GCP, Compliance & Safety Standards)
- Skills (Leadership & Matrix Influence, Strategic Mindset, Executive Communication, Travel)
- Benefits (mention of benefits eligibility, discretionary annual bonus, RSUs)
- Pay (salary range $230,000 - $330,000, bonus, RSUs)
- (Schedule omitted)
We need to preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't lose any details.
Let's extract content.
Company Overview paragraph: not needed for role? Could be part of About the role? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". We can include company overview as part of About the role? Probably yes. The About the role section should contain description of role and maybe company overview. We'll include the company overview paragraph and the Opportunity Overview paragraph.
Responsibilities: list each bullet under "Responsibilities And Duties". We'll capture each line after colon? The text includes headings like "Program & Study Leadership:" then sentences. We'll make each as
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It gives examples but not mandatory to use all. It says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we can decide to have Qualifications and Skills separate if there is distinct content. Let's see if we can separate: Qualifications: Medical Degree & Certification, Clinical Development Experience (8-10 years), Clinical Development Leadership Experience, Trial Phase Track Record, Regulatory Submissions & Interactions, GCP, Compliance & Safety Standards. Skills: Leadership & Matrix Influence, Strategic Mindset, Executive Communication, Travel (maybe). That seems reasonable. Also we have "Requirements" maybe not separate; the qualifications cover requirements. Could we have a Requirements section? The posting does not have a separate "Requirements" heading besides Qualifications And Skills. So we may not create Requirements section unless we have content. Could treat Qualifications as Requirements. But we can follow the examples: they gave Requirements as possible heading. Since we have qualifications content, we could label it as Requirements. But they also have Qualifications and Skills separate. To avoid duplication, maybe we use Requirements for the mandatory criteria (education, experience) and Skills for the abilities. Let's do that. Thus sections: - About the role (from Opportunity Overview paragraph) - Responsibilities (list) - Requirements (Medical Degree & Certification, Clinical Development Experience, Clinical Development Leadership Experience, Trial Phase Track Record, Regulatory Submissions & Interactions, GCP, Compliance & Safety Standards) - Skills (Leadership & Matrix Influence, Strategic Mindset, Executive Communication, Travel) - Benefits (mention of benefits eligibility, discretionary annual bonus, RSUs) - Pay (salary range $230,000 - $330,000, bonus, RSUs) - (Schedule omitted) We need to preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't lose any details. Let's extract content. Company Overview paragraph: not needed for role? Could be part of About the role? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". We can include company overview as part of About the role? Probably yes. The About the role section should contain description of role and maybe company overview. We'll include the company overview paragraph and the Opportunity Overview paragraph. Responsibilities: list each bullet under "Responsibilities And Duties". We'll capture each line after colon? The text includes headings like "Program & Study Leadership:" then sentences. We'll make each as
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About the role
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