Senior Director, Medical Affairs
Ocular Surface Programme
Reports to the Chief Executive Officer · Based in India, with recurring in-person presence in the United Arab Emirates

This is a scientific-fidelity role, not a clinical-operations role. Trial execution sits with a contract research organisation. Study design sits with the CEO. This role owns the transmission of the design into the clinic: that investigators understand it, apply it correctly, and that any drift is detected early and escalated — never quietly absorbed

. Design fidelity in the clinic
Own investigator training on the tissue-state eligibility framework, the structural grading scales, and patientreported outcome administration, across all participating sites and indications.
Investigator, expert and institutional engagement
Act as principal scientific relationship owner for UAE clinical partners and health-authority stakeholders.
Sustain and deepen the established investigator relationships in India and Japan.
Evidence and publication strategy




Own the publication plan for a study intended to be a landmark first-in-human result, and drive it to delivery.
Set congress and scientific-communication strategy.
Requirements
Medical degree, with 10+ years in medical affairs and substantial depth in ophthalmology.
Demonstrated ownership of multi-site, multi-investigator scientific standardisation or diagnostic-competency programmes — at scale, and with measurable outcomes.
Regional medical strategy experience across emerging, Middle East or Asia-Pacific markets

The first twelve months — what success looks like
Investigator training and grading calibration complete and documented before first patient in.
Measured inter-rater reliability on the structural grading axes across all opening-stage sites, meeting a prespecified threshold.
Every eligibility decision documented against the framework; borderline cases escalated, none absorbed.
Publication plan agreed and in motion, with the first outputs scoped

📌 Senior Director, Medical Affairs (Bengaluru)
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