Respiratory- Subject Matter Expert

About the role

We’re building out our network of Clinical Subject Matter Experts and are looking for a board-certified respiratory physician (pulmonologist) to partner with us on a 1099 contract basis. You’ll act as a trusted clinical advisor across the lifecycle of our respiratory trials - from protocol design and feasibility through to study delivery, safety oversight, and sponsor engagement. This is an ad-hoc, as-needed engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert review of respiratory trial protocols, advising on inclusion/exclusion criteria, endpoints (FEV1, exacerbation rates, PROs), safety monitoring, and procedural feasibility from a practising clinician’s perspective.
• Sense-check recruitment assumptions, identify practical barriers to enrolment, and advise on site and investigator selection within the respiratory community.
• Lend clinical and scientific credibility to prospect conversations, helping the Commercial team articulate Lindus’s value to respiratory-focused sponsors.
• Participate in feasibility calls and scientific discussions where SME input strengthens our position.
• Offer ad-hoc clinical guidance on safety signals, adverse events, and patient safety considerations across active respiratory trials, working alongside our internal medical team.
• Act as a peer voice to investigators and external KOLs where helpful, supporting Lindus’s reputation as a credible scientific partner in respiratory medicine.
• Share insights from clinical practice and the wider pulmonology community to help shape SOPs, training materials, and study management approaches for respiratory trials.

Requirements

• You’re a board-certified pulmonologist / respiratory physician with an active US medical licence and a track record of clinical practice in pulmonary and/or critical care medicine.
• You bring meaningful exposure to clinical research - whether as a principal investigator, sub-investigator, sponsor-side medical monitor, scientific advisor, or contributor to protocol development.
• You can translate clinical reality into research design - flagging recruitment challenges, refining endpoints, and pressure-testing study assumptions before they become problems.
• You’re comfortable advising across respiratory indications spanning asthma, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, sleep-disordered breathing, respiratory infections, or other pulmonary sub-specialties.
• You’re comfortable speaking to spirometry, lung function endpoints, and respiratory biomarkers - and can advise on what makes them robust (or fragile) in a trial setting.
• You bring strong communication skills and can hold your own in a room with sponsors, regulators, and cross-functional clinical teams.
• You’re responsive and reliable, and able to turn around expert input on tight timelines when trials demand it.
• You’re comfortable working independently as a 1099 contractor, managing your own schedule and engagements alongside your wider clinical commitments.
• You’re excited to share your expertise across multiple studies and help shape best practice in respiratory research.

Qualifications

• You embody Lindus Health values: Be Transparent, High Agency, and Benefit Patients.

Skills

• Strong clinical knowledge and experience in respiratory medicine.
• Ability to translate clinical realities into research design and protocol development.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working with clinical research organizations (CROs) and pharmaceutical companies.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and good clinical practices (GCP).

Benefits

• Competitive 1099 rate tied to the engagement, with flexibility to focus on the trials and topics where your expertise adds the most value.
• A flexible, ad-hoc engagement model designed to fit around your clinical practice — no minimum hours, no commitment to a fixed schedule.
• Direct exposure to a high-quality portfolio of clinical trials and innovative sponsors working in the respiratory and pulmonary space.
• The chance to shape how respiratory research is run, partnering with a team that’s genuinely changing healthcare for the better.
• A collaborative, mission-driven culture where your clinical expertise is genuinely valued and acted on.

Pay

Competitive 1099 rate tied to the engagement, with flexibility to focus on the trials and topics where your expertise adds the most value.

Schedule

A flexible, ad-hoc engagement model designed to fit around your clinical practice — no minimum hours, no commitment to a fixed schedule.