Medical Director

Medical Director / Senior Medical Director   

Nurix Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of targeted protein degradation medicines, the next frontier in innovative drug design aimed at improving treatment options for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases. Powered by a fully AI-integrated discovery engine capable of tackling any protein class, and coupled with unparalleled ligase expertise, Nurix’s dedicated team has built a formidable advantage in translating the science of targeted protein degradation into clinical advancements. Nurix aims to establish degrader-based treatments at the forefront of patient care, writing medicine’s next chapter with a new script to outmatch disease.

As an integral member of the Clinical Development Team, this person will work closely in collaboration with the study teams providing scientific guidance and support.

This role will report to the Chief Medical Officer and will be responsible for developing and contributing to the strategy to advance molecules through the Nurix clinical pipeline. This role will work cross-functionally and participate in the execution of clinical studies including protocols, provide scientific expertise to support site and CRA training, data cleaning/analysis, investigator interaction and support of regulatory filings. In collaboration with the Medical Monitor and Safety team this role will be responsible for safety oversight of clinical trials.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate, contribute and/or lead cross-functional clinical development teams with strong ability to work closely with all team members, address study or other program-specific questions.
• Develop the Global Development plan with senior clinical development staff
• Implement Global Development Plan with strategic clinical science support
• Lead in reviewing and authoring clinical protocols. Read and interpret scientific and medical literature for the use in clinical documents and to assist clinical team decision making.
• Prepare clinical portions of all relevant regulatory filings and meeting packages (INDs, Annual Reports, meeting requests, NDAs, etc.) for US and ex-US Health Authorities.
• Integrate scientific knowledge and operational expertise to ensure translation of clinical research plans into efficiently delivered high-quality studies.
• Acquire and utilize knowledge of clinical trial design and relevant disease indications to assist in study concept and protocol development. Contribute to discussions concerning scientific and procedural aspects of study design. Coordinate with departments to produce the final protocol and informed consent documents.