Associate Director, Medical Programs

Clinical Operations Manager

Nucs AI is revolutionizing cancer care through cutting-edge AI and medical imaging technology. Founded in 2024 by a multidisciplinary team of oncologists, AI researchers, and healthcare innovators, we're tackling one of medicine's most pressing challenges: the growing demand for accurate, timely cancer diagnostics in the face of rising scan volumes and limited radiologist capacity.

We sit at the intersection of diagnostics and treatment planningbuilding AI-powered tools at the convergence of medical imaging, radioligand therapy, and artificial intelligence. Starting with prostate cancer and expanding across oncology, we partner with world-leading medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies across the US, Europe, and Australia to bring precision oncology into everyday clinical practice.

Our mission is to enhance diagnostic precision and expand access to expert-level cancer care, improving patient outcomes worldwide. We're venture-backed, early-stage, and building a team that blends deep clinical expertise with engineering intensitymoving with the rigor the medical field demands and the speed the problem deserves.

The Opportunity

Nucs AI is building a structured medical programs function to support our expanding portfolio of clinical collaborations, validation studies, and regulatory evidence generation. This is a new role designed to own the operational execution of our medical programsfrom clinical study coordination and site management to data collection, protocol compliance, and cross-functional delivery.

You'll be the operational backbone of the medical team, ensuring clinical initiatives move forward on schedule and to specification. Working closely with the Medical Director, CMO, and Medical Affairs Lead, you'll translate clinical strategy into executed programsmanaging timelines, coordinating with clinical sites, overseeing data workflows, and supporting regulatory documentation.

This role is ideal for someone with clinical operations experience who thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments and wants to play a central role in how a clinical-stage AI company delivers evidence and builds trust with the medical community.

What You'll Do

Clinical Study Operations & Coordination

• Manage day-to-day execution of clinical validation studies, investigator-led research, and data collection initiatives

• Coordinate with clinical sites on study protocols, patient enrollment, data submission timelines, and compliance requirements

• Maintain study trackers, timelines, and milestone dashboards; surface risks and dependencies proactively

• Oversee site onboarding, training, and ongoing communication for multi-site studies

Data Management & Quality

• Manage clinical data collection workflows, ensuring data integrity, completeness, and traceability

• Coordinate data transfer, de-identification, and integration with engineering and ML teams for model training and validation

• Support development and maintenance of clinical data agreements, IRB submissions, and ethical approvals

• Track and resolve data quality issues across sites and studies

Regulatory & Documentation Support

• Prepare and maintain clinical study documentation: protocols, informed consent forms, study reports, and site files

• Support regulatory submissions with clinical evidence summaries, study narratives, and data packages

• Ensure all clinical programs comply with applicable regulatory requirements, GCP guidelines, and internal QMS processes

Cross-Functional Program Management

• Serve as the primary operational liaison between the medical team, product, engineering, and quality functions

• Coordinate medical team inputs into product development, feature validation, and clinical feedback loops

• Support preparation of scientific communications, abstracts, and presentations with clinical data and study results

• Manage vendor relationships for clinical services (CROs, imaging core labs, data management platforms)

Job Requirements

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in clinical operations, medical programs management, or clinical research coordination

• Strong background in clinical study management: protocol execution, site coordination, data management, and regulatory compliance

• Experience managing multi-site clinical studies or investigator-led research programs

• Excellent organizational and project management skills; able to manage multiple concurrent programs with competing timelines

• Strong written communication skills; able to produce clear study documentation, reports, and regulatory supporting materials

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, public health, clinical research, or related field

Bonus Points

• Experience in medical imaging, radiology, nuclear medicine, or oncology clinical research

• Familiarity with AI/ML clinical validation or SaMD regulatory pathways

• ACRP or SOCRA certification, or equivalent clinical research credentials

• Experience with electronic data capture systems, clinical trial management systems, or imaging core lab workflows

• Master's degree in clinical research, public health, or related discipline

• Experience at a MedTech startup or early-stage clinical-AI company

Why Nucs AI

• Mission with real impact Your work directly improves how cancer patients are diagnosed and treated.

• Ground-floor opportunity Early-stage company, meaningful equity, and outsized influence on the direction we take.

• World-class collaborators Work alongside leading oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and AI researchers globally.

• Massive market tailwinds Radioligand therapy and AI-driven oncology are multi-billion dollar growth markets.

• Autonomy and flexibility Remote-first, flexible working. We hire great people and trust them to deliver.

• Equity upside Competitive equity package. We're building something big and want you to share in it.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and a brief note on why this role and Nucs AI excite you.

Equal Opportunity

Nucs AI is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.