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Salary: USD 180,000 - 250,000 / annual
Edison Scientific builds AI scientist agents to accelerate drug development and clinical research. We are seeking a Clinical Operations Subject Matter Expert to join our Forward Deployed team, working embedded with pharma and biotech partners alongside our engineers.
In this role, you will serve as the clinical operations authority ensuring our AI agents produce outputs that are operationally sound, protocol-ready, and aligned with how clinical teams actually execute studies. You'll evaluate AI agent performance on clinical trial design tasks, work directly with partners' clinical operations and development teams to identify workflow optimization opportunities, and bring real-world trial execution knowledge to inform platform improvements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Evaluating and improving AI agent performance on clinical operations tasks including protocol development, study design, site feasibility, patient enrollment strategy, and clinical data analysis
- Designing benchmarks and acceptance criteria for clinical trial-focused agent workflows
- Partnering with clinical operations and development teams at client organizations to integrate AI agents into trial planning and execution workflows
- Serving as the clinical operations authority on AI-generated outputs, assessing operational feasibility, GCP compliance, and alignment with real-world trial execution
- Collaborating daily with Forward Deployed Engineers and Computational Biologists on each account
- Supporting engagement scoping, success metrics, and technical evaluation with GTM
This is embedded, partner-facing work requiring you to build relationships with clinical leaders, understand their operational constraints and regulatory requirements, and feed that knowledge back to improve how the platform reasons about trial design, feasibility, and execution.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of experience in clinical operations or clinical development within pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, ideally within a sponsor organization
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
- Experience designing Phase I through III clinical trials with strong expertise in study design and protocol development
- Experience in oncology, immuno-oncology, immunology, cardiovascular, neurology, or hepatology (MASH) therapeutic areas
- Experience analyzing clinical trial data and translating findings into operational decisions
- Strong knowledge of GCP guidelines and regulatory requirements for clinical trial conduct
- Familiarity with end-to-end trial lifecycle from startup through closeout
- Ability to travel domestically 20-40% of the time
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Medical monitoring or Study Management experience
- Familiarity with clinical trial management systems (CTMS), EDC platforms, or trial analytics tools
- Python proficiency
- High comfort with ambiguity and fast iteration
