Avania is hiring - Senior Medical Reviewer 

Salary Range up to $120,000 + Annual bonus + Benefits

About the role

As a Senior Medical Reviewer at Avania, you will serve as the clinical safety lead for assigned studies, acting as the primary subject matter expert for safety oversight within a CRO environment. In this role, you will provide senior-level clinical input across study teams, partnering closely with clients and internal functions to ensure safety activities are delivered with quality, consistency, and strong scientific judgment. Rather than focusing primarily on routine transactional safety tasks, you will take accountability for the broader clinical oversight of safety deliverables, helping teams interpret study nuances, address evolving sponsor needs, and maintain effective execution across complex projects. You will also play an important role in supporting clinical event committee activities, guiding the clinical content that informs adjudication discussions and helping keep safety operations aligned with study objectives. This is an opportunity to join a growing team at an important stage in its development, where your expertise can help shape ways of working, support future scalability, and contribute to meaningful long-term growth within the organization.

What you'll be doing

• Act as the safety lead for assigned clinical studies, providing senior clinical oversight and accountability for study-specific safety activities.

• Partner with clients as the key safety SME, communicating clearly on clinical safety matters and helping address study-level questions, priorities, and expectations.

• Work cross-functionally with biostatistics, clinical development, clinical operations, data management, project management, and other internal stakeholders to support aligned study execution.

• Review the clinical quality and appropriateness of safety-related content, including materials supporting clinical event committee and adjudication processes.

• Facilitate clinical event committee interactions by helping prepare content, supporting discussions with medical monitors and committee members, and keeping meetings focused on the relevant clinical questions.

• Oversee study safety effort from an operational perspective, including awareness of budgets, efficiency, scope changes, and resource needs, and partner with project management when adjustments may be required.

• Provide guidance and oversight to supporting reviewers and study team members, serving as a senior point of reference without direct people management responsibility.

Candidates who offer a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience listed below are encouraged to apply. With our continued growth we are hiring talent to join us on our journey and grow with us.

What we're looking for

• Significant clinical experience with the ability to apply sound medical judgment to safety oversight in clinical research.

• Prior experience in a CRO setting is strongly preferred, with a solid understanding of how study teams, sponsors, and outsourced clinical trial functions operate together.

• Confidence in a client-facing role, with the ability to act as a trusted safety expert and communicate effectively with sponsors and internal stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of study-level safety oversight, including how to interpret protocol context, clinical data, and operational requirements in support of project delivery.

• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions while maintaining accountability for the quality and consistency of safety-related outputs.

• Experience supporting or contributing to adjudication or clinical event committee activities is valuable.

• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to balance clinical priorities, timelines, and evolving study demands in a fast-paced environment.

• Interest in joining a team that is growing and refining its operating model, with the opportunity to help shape processes and contribute to future scale.

What you'll need

• Proven experience in a senior safety, medical review, or closely related clinical research role.

• Approximately 8 to 10 years of clinical experience or a comparable combination of clinical practice and CRO experience relevant to the role.

• A professional background such as nursing or medicine, with preference for candidates who have applied their clinical training in practice before moving into research-focused roles.

• Demonstrated experience interacting with cross-functional study teams and contributing to the clinical interpretation of safety data within a trial setting.

• Working knowledge of core safety processes, with the judgment to oversee study safety activities even when not performing every day-to-day task directly.

• Ability to assess study demands from both a clinical and operational perspective, including identifying when scope, effort, or sponsor expectations may require escalation or adjustment.

• Strong facilitation and communication skills for work involving medical monitors, committee members, project teams, and sponsors.

• Comfort operating in a role with oversight responsibility rather than direct line management, while still guiding and supporting other contributors on the study.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant clinical or scientific discipline; advanced clinical or research training is advantageous.

What we offer

We offer the opportunity to join Avania at a meaningful point in the growth of our safety organization, where you can make a visible impact on how the team evolves. In this role, you will be part of a medium-sized company that combines the close collaboration and interpersonal connection of a smaller organization with the momentum and ambition of a business continuing to scale. You will have the chance to work on innovative products and contribute to the safety oversight that supports their path to market, while building strong relationships with clients and cross-functional colleagues. This role also offers genuine career development potential, with future pathways that may include broader leadership responsibilities, people management, or progression toward a more strategic principal-level SME track. As part of a collaborative team environment, you will be positioned to expand your exposure across the wider clinical development process and help shape the next phase of growth for the function.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Avania takes pride in being an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status, or any other legally protected characteristic. 

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