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Treeline Biosciences
Watertown, Massachusetts

Medical Director - Hematology

Medical AffairsFull-Time

Pay as listed: $302k-$371k · Watertown, Massachusetts.

Listed compensation

$302k-$371k

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Job Description

Medical Director - Hematology

Position Summary

The Medical Director provides medical oversight for assigned clinical trials and serves as the primary medical resource for investigators and study teams. This individual is responsible for ensuring participant safety, supporting protocol execution, reviewing clinical data, and contributing to high-quality study conduct in accordance with GCP, regulatory requirements, and company objectives.

Working collaboratively across Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Safety, Biometrics, Regulatory Affairs, and external partners, the Medical Director helps ensure studies are conducted efficiently while maintaining scientific integrity and patient safety.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Oversight

  • Serve as the medical monitor for one or more clinical studies.
  • Review safety data and emerging clinical information throughout study conduct.
  • Provide timely medical guidance to investigative sites and CRO partners.
  • Participate in eligibility reviews, protocol deviation assessments, and subject management discussions.
  • Review serious adverse events (SAEs), adverse events of special interest (AESIs), and other safety information in collaboration with Pharmacovigilance.
  • Support medical decision-making regarding dose modifications, discontinuations, and subject management.

Study Conduct

  • Partner with Clinical Operations to support successful study execution.
  • Participate in investigator meetings, site training, and study initiation activities.
  • Contribute to protocol development, informed consent documents, and study-related medical materials.
  • Review clinical data for consistency, trends, and subject safety.
  • Participate in data review meetings and support database lock activities.

Cross-functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Clinical Operations, Biometrics, Medical Writing, Regulatory Affairs, and Pharmacovigilance.
  • Provide medical input for regulatory submissions and responses to health authorities.
  • Support, safety review meetings as needed.
  • Contribute to preparation of clinical study reports and publications.
  • External Relationships
  • Develop productive relationships with investigators andkey opinion leaders
  • Serve as a medical representative for assigned studies during internal and external meetings.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • MD required.
  • Board certification or board eligibility in hematology / oncology.

Experience

  • 5+ years of clinical experience and/or pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience.
  • Experience serving as a Medical Monitor or Medical Director for interventional clinical trials.
  • Experience supporting Phase 1 clinical studies in hematology / oncology preferred..

Knowledge & Skills

  • Strong understanding of ICH-GCP, FDA regulations, and clinical trial conduct.
  • Experience reviewing safety data and making medical decisions during clinical trials.
  • Ability to interpret clinical data and identify emerging safety signals.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced biotech environment with significant cross-functional collaboration.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Attributes

  • Collaborative team player who enjoys working across functions.
  • Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
  • Comfortable working with external CROs and investigators.
  • Demonstrates sound medical judgment and a patient-focused mindset.
  • Thrives in a dynamic, evolving biotech environment.
  • Operate with a high degree of independence while partnering closely with cross-functional teams.
  • Contribute to clinical development strategy beyond day-to-day study oversight.
  • Support due diligence, investigator engagement, and program planning as needed.
  • Willingness to take on responsibilities that evolve with the company's pipeline and stage of development.

This position is classified as exempt. The anticipated annual base salary range for candidates who will work in Watertown is $302,276 - $370,530.

The final base salary offered to the successful candidate will be dependent upon several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, and other factors.

Treeline Biosciences is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other cities or states.

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Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical monitoringSafety data reviewClinical data interpretationInvestigator management

Medical Affairs — Physician Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$336k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $318k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Medical Affairs pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.2this job 1.5
Below most Medical Affairs listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 249 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Watertown

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$917k≈ 3.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,094/mo≈ 12% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Treeline Biosciences

Biotechnology Research
Watertown, Massachusetts
51-200 employees