Medical Director, Clinical Research (Early-stage)

Scholar Rock

Cambridge, MA Onsite Clinical Research Full-Time

About this role

Scholar Rock is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers life-changing therapies for people with serious diseases that have high unmet need. As a global leader in the biology of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) superfamily of cell proteins and named for the visual resemblance of a scholar rock to protein structures, the clinical-stage company is focused on advancing innovative treatments where protein growth factors are fundamental. Over the past decade, the company has created a pipeline with the potential to advance the standard of care for neuromuscular disease, cardiometabolic disorders, cancer, and other conditions where growth factor-targeted drugs can play a transformational role.

Scholar Rock is the only company to show clinical proof of concept for a muscle-targeted treatment in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This commitment to unlocking fundamentally different therapeutic approaches is powered by broad application of a proprietary platform, which has developed novel monoclonal antibodies to modulate protein growth factors with extraordinary selectivity. By harnessing cutting-edge science in disease spaces that are historically under-addressed through traditional therapies, Scholar Rock works every day to create new possibilities for patients. Learn more about the company’s approach at ScholarRock.com and follow @ScholarRock and on LinkedIn.

Summary of Position:

The Medical Director, reporting to the VP, Clinical Research, will be a member of the early development team, accountable for driving clinical development activities for product candidates from IND through Proof-of-Concept. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing medical leadership for clinical development activities of follow-on indication(s) for apitegromab as well as new product candidates, in alignment with corporate strategy. This position requires a highly motivated physician scientist with hands-on expertise in advancing product candidates to deliver life-changing medicines.