Medical Director, Clinical Partnerships

About Leap

Leap is one of the fastest-growing benefits solutions and a category-defining pioneer in employer specialty pharmacy. We are reshaping how life-changing therapies are delivered and financed, ensuring patients get the treatment they need while employers finally get a fair deal.

Specialty drugs and infusions represent nearly 10% of all healthcare spend and are the fastest-growing cost category for employers. Leap tackles this challenge with a novel approach: eliminating hidden markups, expanding access to high-quality infusion providers, and bringing clarity and fairness to how therapies are priced and paid for.

We’re proud to partner with numerous Fortune 500 companies and leading TPAs. Each patient we serve creates immediate ROI: lower costs, improved access, and better care. Join us as we redefine what’s possible in specialty care.

About the Role

Leap Health is hiring a Medical Director, Clinical Partnerships to build physician relationships, guide clinical governance, and help more patients access safe, clinically appropriate specialty infusion care.

As Leap’s first dedicated physician leader for provider engagement and clinical partnerships, you’ll connect clinical evidence with the questions that matter to prescribers, patients, and partners. You’ll lead physician-to-physician conversations, help shape clinical protocols and drug strategy, and represent Leap in discussions with manufacturers, specialty pharmacies, infusion centers, and health plans.

You’ll collaborate closely with Clinical, Life Sciences, and Product teams to strengthen clinical programs, shape partnerships, and translate provider insights into better care coordination and patient access. This is a hands-on opportunity to shape a growing function and become a trusted external clinical voice for Leap.

Key Responsibilities

Provider Engagement & Clinical Consultation

• Lead physician-to-physician conversations with prescribing providers to address clinical questions, discuss site-of-care suitability, and support timely, coordinated care.
• Lead physician review of escalated clinical and safety concerns, partnering with Clinical Operations to provide timely guidance and clear next steps.
• Engage providers when unresolved concerns have prevented patients from moving forward with Leap, identifying whether a clinically appropriate path exists.
• Develop provider education and engagement approaches that build understanding of Leap’s care model, clinical standards, and patient support.
• Translate recurring provider concerns and feedback into improvements in clinical programs, policies, and workflows.

Clinical Governance & Drug Strategy

• Serve as physician lead for the Clinical Governance Committee, partnering with pharmacy and nursing leaders to guide evidence-based decisions.
• Provide medical review and approval of clinical protocols, administration criteria, and exceptions within established governance processes.
• Partner with Clinical Strategy & Affairs leadership to shape Leap’s Specialty Drug List and clinical optimization strategy, including preferred products, biosimilars, and site-of-care pathways.
• Evaluate clinical evidence, treatment guidelines, and emerging therapies to inform program development and expansion.
• Establish clear standards for physician review, documentation, and escalation to support consistent, timely decisions.

Clinical Partnerships & External Representation

• Serve as a physician representative in discussions with manufacturers, specialty pharmacies, infusion centers, health plans, and other strategic partners.
• Build relationships with physician groups, medical societies, clinical leaders, and patient advocacy organizations relevant to specialty infusion care.
• Communicate Leap’s clinical approach through partner presentations, educational discussions, and other external forums.
• Collaborate with Life Sciences and partnership teams to evaluate opportunities and design programs that address clinical needs, provider workflows, and patient access.
• Bring external clinical perspectives and stakeholder feedback into Leap’s strategy and program development.

Cross-Functional Clinical Leadership

• Partner with Clinical Strategy & Affairs and Clinical Operations to translate clinical evidence and physician insight into practical policies and care pathways.
• Collaborate with Product to incorporate provider needs and clinical requirements into tools, workflows, and program design.
• Advise Life Sciences, Client Success, Sales, and Marketing on clinical positioning, educational materials, and partner questions.
• Support expansion into new therapeutic areas by identifying clinical requirements, evidence needs, and opportunities for specialist input.
• Advise executive leadership on clinical trends and opportunities to strengthen provider trust, patient access, and program quality.

Qualifications

Required

• MD or DO with an active, unrestricted U.S. medical license and completed residency training.
• At least five years of clinical practice experience.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust with physicians and lead constructive peer-to-peer conversations about clinical evidence, safety, and care delivery.
• Experience in physician leadership, provider engagement, clinical partnerships, medical affairs, or clinical program development.
• Ability to evaluate clinical evidence and translate it into clear recommendations for clinical and nonclinical audiences.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines and representing a clinical perspective with external stakeholders.
• Comfort balancing strategic work with hands-on clinical consultation and execution in a growing organization.

Preferred

• Board certification in a relevant medical specialty.
• Experience with specialty medications, biologics, biosimilars, or infusion care.
• Experience in digital health, managed care, specialty pharmacy, pharmaceutical medical affairs, or another organization focused on patient access and care delivery.
• Participation in clinical governance, protocol development, formulary review, or pharmacy and therapeutics committees.
• Experience developing physician education, engaging medical societies, or serving as an external clinical spokesperson.
• Experience building a new clinical program or function.

At Leap, we’re building an outlier company with real impact — and that takes focus, energy, and commitment. If that excites you, we’d love to hear from you.

Leap is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We’re committed to building a team that reflects a diversity of perspectives, experiences, and identities.