Remote | Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health — $400,000-$550,000/year

We are sharing a specialised full-time remote opportunity for an experienced Strategic Project Lead with a medical background and strong expertise in healthcare operations, clinical data workflows, cross-functional project management, and AI data initiatives to lead complex healthcare and medical research projects from initial scoping through successful delivery.

The selected professional will take end-to-end ownership of strategic projects involving healthcare domain expertise, medical data operations, and advanced AI training and evaluation workflows. This role combines clinical knowledge with operational leadership, project execution, and stakeholder management to translate complex healthcare requirements into scalable, high-quality data pipelines. The successful candidate will coordinate medical specialists, project leads, and operational teams while maintaining clear communication, quality standards, and delivery priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Healthcare Project Leadership

• Own healthcare and medicine-focused projects from initial scoping and planning through execution and final delivery.
• Translate complex client requirements into clear project specifications, operational objectives, and executable workflows.
• Establish project milestones, delivery priorities, and measurable quality expectations.
• Coordinate the execution of complex healthcare initiatives involving technical and medical domain requirements.
• Maintain strong operational ownership and drive consistent progress across assigned projects.

Medical Data Pipeline Design & Optimisation

• Design and launch healthcare-focused data pipelines supporting advanced AI training and evaluation activities.
• Translate clinical and medical domain requirements into structured data collection, annotation, and review processes.
• Improve pipeline accuracy, usability, quality, efficiency, and scalability.
• Identify opportunities to refine healthcare data processing, validation, and delivery workflows.
• Collaborate with technical and operational teams to maintain reliable medical data evaluation processes.

Medical Expert & Cross-Functional Team Management

• Lead and coordinate healthcare domain experts, medical specialists, and project leads.
• Align medical expertise with project requirements, evaluation standards, and delivery objectives.
• Work closely with operations teams to support efficient onboarding and deployment of specialist contributors.
• Monitor work quality and coordinate improvements across medical and operational workstreams.
• Facilitate effective collaboration between medical professionals, technical teams, and project stakeholders.

Client Engagement & Delivery Management

• Serve as a primary point of coordination for healthcare project requirements and delivery expectations.
• Communicate directly with stakeholders to clarify objectives, specifications, and changing priorities.
• Translate medical and operational requirements into practical implementation plans.
• Coordinate project timelines, dependencies, and deliverables across participating teams.
• Maintain clear, consistent communication concerning project progress and execution.

Operational Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Prepare regular internal updates documenting progress, outstanding issues, and next steps.
• Track project performance against defined milestones and quality standards.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and coordinate improvements to delivery workflows.
• Develop recommendations to strengthen healthcare data operations and specialist team coordination.
• Support continuous improvement of project execution, reporting, and quality assurance processes.

Ideal Profile

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or equivalent medical degree is required.
• At least 2 years of professional experience in medicine, healthcare, clinical practice, medical research, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or healthcare-related initiatives.
• Strong understanding of healthcare systems, medical terminology, and clinical or research workflows.
• Experience managing complex projects from initial planning through delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical or clinical requirements into actionable project specifications.
• Strong organisational skills and experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and deliverables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience collaborating with senior healthcare professionals, medical specialists, or clinical researchers.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams involving technical, operational, and domain-specific contributors.
• Strong analytical reasoning, professional judgement, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ownership of project quality, operational priorities, and delivery timelines.
• Ability to manage evolving client requirements and coordinate effective execution.
• Experience establishing project milestones, managing dependencies, and reporting operational progress.
• Strong problem-solving skills and an execution-focused approach to complex initiatives.
• Experience in fast-paced technology, healthcare, or research environments.
• Familiarity with healthcare data, medical research processes, or clinical documentation workflows.
• Experience managing healthcare-focused, technical, or data-intensive projects is advantageous.
• Previous experience with AI/ML companies, AI laboratories, or advanced AI research projects is preferred.
• Familiarity with data annotation, AI model evaluation, or structured medical data review is beneficial.
• Understanding of data pipelines, quality assurance, and specialist-driven data operations is advantageous.
• Exposure to human-in-the-loop workflows and AI training processes is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate effectively across medical and technical disciplines.
• An entrepreneurial, adaptable, and proactive approach to operational leadership.

Engagement Details

• Engagement Type: Full-time
• Work Arrangement: Fully remote
• Compensation: $400,000–$550,000/year
• 1 available opening
• Required Education: MD or equivalent medical degree.
• Professional Experience: At least 2 years in medicine, healthcare, clinical practice, medical research, or a related discipline.
• Leadership Experience: At least 2 years managing complex projects, operational workflows, or healthcare-related initiatives.
• Professional Focus: Strategic healthcare project leadership, medical data operations, and AI training initiatives.
• Domain Focus: Clinical workflows, healthcare data, medical research, and specialised medical expertise.
• Technical Focus: Data pipeline design, human-in-the-loop operations, quality assurance, and scalable evaluation workflows.
• Leadership Focus: Medical domain expert management, cross-functional coordination, stakeholder communication, and project delivery.
• Responsibilities will include defining healthcare project specifications, launching medical data pipelines, coordinating specialist teams, and managing execution.
• Assignments may involve healthcare data evaluation, medical expert coordination, operational workflow development, and process optimisation.
• Deliverables will include project plans, documented specifications, operational progress reports, quality-controlled datasets, and completed project milestones.
• Experience with AI/ML organisations, medical data annotation, or healthcare-focused evaluation projects is particularly relevant.
• Strong execution skills, medical domain understanding, stakeholder management, and consistent operational ownership are important for successful performance.

About the Platform

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