We're looking for a Medical Director of Imaging Science with cancer imaging research experience who is passionate about Clinical Radiology Research in Oncology to better understand and effectively treat cancer. We’re looking for someone interested in driving novel research and evidence development, developing innovative new techniques and methodology and looking to lead research projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven collaborative environment. Here's what you need to know about the role, our team and why Flatiron is the right next step in your career.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you'll work with Flatiron’s research teams to provide clinical and research leadership, ensuring quality and translating real-world data into insights that benefit cancer patients.

Your focus will be to move forward and standardize our scientific approach to imaging-based cancer research, applying your training to the real-world setting in which Flatiron operates. In this role you can expect to play a critical and leadership role in helping to shape our methodology on using and integrating real world cancer imaging to understand cancer care and cancer-related outcomes at scale to create high quality real-world evidence. You will be seen as a thought leader, scientist, clinician, collaborator and teacher to cross-functional internal teams as well as to our partners. In addition you’ll:

• Drive the creation of a comprehensive imaging science strategy in support of internal Flatiron research initiatives, immediate and near term biopharma partner needs, emerging regulatory and other stakeholder needs, and long term Flatiron scientific objectives
• Work with key opinion leaders in radiology and third party imaging vendors to inform the imaging strategy and roadmap at Flatiron
• Lead or support data-driven research projects involving colleagues within Flatiron, and in collaboration with external partners in life science companies, academia, government, and other stakeholder organizations. These research projects include:
• hypothesis-driven real-world observational studies;
• primary research projects focused on the integration of imaging into clinical measures of endpoints;
• research focused on defining the limitations of real-world imaging and developing solutions in a research and regulatory context;
• exploring new ways in which imaging may be used to support clinical decision making and research
• Serve as a source of thought leadership, and provide internal team and external guidance through the development of novel processes and products as it relates to the integration of imaging data in a real-world setting, including but not limited to developing novel methodology to assess response on retrospectively-collected unscheduled scans
• Collaborate across a team of clinicians, statisticians and technologists to ensure the highest scientific quality and relevance of our products and data
• Contribute to data model development, analyses, results interpretation and publications
• Build and manage scientific teams
• Support business development due diligence activities as required

Who You Are

You're an oncology imaging expert, research scientist, and proven leader with at least 10-15 years of experience spanning across oncology and imaging science, having led and published clinical radiology research. You have experience and keen interest in working cross functionally internally with clinicians, quantitative scientists (i.e. biostatisticians, epidemiologists, data scientists), engineers and other technologists, and with external partners, to create novel ways to use cancer imaging to explore imaging-based endpoints and deliverables with real-world data.  You are looking to lead and support research projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. You’re a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who seeks and gives candid feedback, and values the chance to make an important impact.

• You are a physician (i.e. MD required) board certified within the discipline of Radiology and with particular focus in oncology imaging across various disease and tumor types or a PhD in imaging science with relevant professional experience in oncology clinical research
• You have formal training in research methodology 
• You are intimately familiar with oncology response criteria commonly used in clinical trials (e.g. Lugano, RECIST, etc.), both as a clinical radiologist and clinical researcher
• You have expertise and experience in either drug, diagnostics or device development with interest/experience in enterprise imaging, scan software development, development of imaging agents
• You have worked/are familiar with key opinion leaders in this field and have a strong network to leverage for research projects
• You can easily explain scientific and clinical radiology terms to a non-medical, highly sophisticated audience, and a willingness to teach and learn
• You have outstanding communication skills (written and verbal, both formal and informal)
• You have strong organizational, management, matrixed leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills, as well as a passion for leading and developing teams
• You have the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• You are effective at driving collaboration, achieving results, influencing, and resolving conflicts across internal and external project teams
• You have comfort with ambiguity and are excited about working in a passionate, fast-paced, technology-driven culture

Extra Credit 

• You have expertise and interest in imaging informatics 
• You have a health outcomes research background
• You have expertise in data analytics
• You have been an co-investigator/research scientist in the development and/or validation of a radiographic-based endpoint used in oncology clinical research