AI Clinical Development Lead

The Lead Clinical Scientist will provide clinical leadership for an innovative imaging AI foundation model, ensuring it meets rigorous clinical standards and is validated in real-world settings. This role involves collaborating with developers, data scientists, external physicians, and beta sites, shaping a cutting-edge AI product, and influencing clinical innovation. Responsibilities include guiding model development with expert clinical input, leading evidence creation, initiating research programs, and representing the organization on scientific platforms. The position requires a practicing Radiologist with experience in clinical practice, AI in radiology, clinical research, and intellectual property.

Must Have

• Provide expert clinical input for imaging AI model development.
• Collaborate with external physicians and beta sites for model validation.
• Initiate and shape research programs with internal and external partners.
• Lead evidence creation, including clinical collaborations and studies.
• Conduct in-depth analyses and produce strategic documents.
• Generate and assess intellectual property.
• Represent the organization at international scientific platforms.
• Support operational excellence and prototype development.
• Be a practicing or recently practicing Radiologist with certification.
• Have hands-on experience in clinical practice and AI in radiology.
• Possess a strong background in clinical research, clinical trials, and IP generation/protection.
• Have experience with commercial companies and healthcare-regulated environments.
• Be skilled in data analysis, regulatory compliance, technology assessment, market research, and medical writing.
• Excel at stakeholder management, operational excellence methodologies, and prototype development.
• Be comfortable working in international and cross-functional teams.

Good to Have

• Motivated by the opportunity to shape innovative AI products and influence the future of clinical diagnostics.
• Thrive in environments that require strategic thinking, collaboration, and the ability to simplify complex data for decision-making.
• Open to flexible work locations (Israel, Amsterdam, Bangalore, etc.).

Job Description

The Lead Clinical Scientist will provide clinical leadership for an innovate imaging AI foundation model. This role is pivotal in ensuring the model meets rigorous clinical standards and is validated in real-world settings. You will work at the intersection of clinical science, AI innovation, and product development, collaborating with developers, data scientists, external physicians, and beta sites. The position offers the opportunity to shape a cutting-edge AI product, influence clinical innovation, and collaborate with international teams. You will also contribute to broader organizational goals by supporting other teams within I&D that require clinical input, and by representing the organization internally and externally on scientific platforms.

Your role:

• Guide the development of an imaging AI model by providing expert clinical input on model performance, identifying key clinical findings, and offering feedback on user experience and clinical aspects.
• Collaborate with external physicians and beta sites to validate the model, ensuring clinical relevance and regulatory compliance.
• Initiate and shape research programs in partnership with the Medical Office and external partners, contributing insights to innovation roadmaps and strategies.
• Lead evidence creation efforts, including the design and execution of clinical collaborations and studies to validate innovations.
• Conduct in-depth analyses and produce strategic documents (e.g., white papers, Innovation Briefs) to distill complex information and guide decision-making.
• Recognize and advocate for new capabilities or enhancements within the clinical domain, leveraging experience in clinical and technical advancements.
• Play a key role in generating and assessing intellectual property (IP), ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Cultivate and maintain a comprehensive network within the domain, engaging frequently with R&D leaders and key stakeholders in Clinical and Medical Affairs.
• Represent the organization at international scientific platforms and contribute to thought leadership in clinical AI innovation.
• Support operational excellence and prototype development, ensuring solutions are refined based on clinical feedback.
• Maintain business acumen and stakeholder management skills to drive project success and foster collaboration across teams.

You're the right fit if:

• You are a practicing or recently practicing Radiologist with certification, and have hands-on experience in clinical practice and AI in radiology.
• You have a strong background in clinical research, clinical trials, and the generation and protection of intellectual property, preferably within medical devices or the pharmaceutical industry.
• You have experience working with commercial companies and understand the dynamics of healthcare-regulated environments.
• You are skilled in data analysis, regulatory compliance, technology assessment, market research, and medical writing.
• You excel at stakeholder management, operational excellence methodologies, and prototype development.
• You are comfortable working in international and cross-functional teams, and are open to flexible work locations (Israel, Amsterdam, Bangalore, etc.).
• You are motivated by the opportunity to shape innovative AI products and influence the future of clinical diagnostics.
• You thrive in environments that require strategic thinking, collaboration, and the ability to simplify complex data for decision-making.

How we work together

This is an office-based role. We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Us

At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.

For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.

Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism.

To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

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