[Remote] Senior Clinical Science Advisor (Part Time On Call)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting and mission services to U.S. government agencies. They are seeking a Senior Clinical Science Advisor to support Federal Health agencies in advancing evidence-based policy initiatives and clinical trial innovation, while providing scientific consulting across biomedical and public health domains.

Responsibilities

• Support emergent real time clinical trial activities and related regulatory transformation such as new paradigms for validating clinical evidence, novel clinical trial data analyses, and modernized clinical trial operations
• Support development and implementation of Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Real World Data (RWD) strategies that inform regulatory, policy, and scientific priorities
• Provide scientific advising and consulting across a range of biomedical, clinical, and public health areas, ensuring sound methodology, scientific integrity, and alignment with agency standards
• Collaborate with internal and external cross-functional teams—including data scientists, program managers, policy experts, and customer stakeholders—to ensure scientific rigor and mission alignment
• Drive scientific insight, problem solving, and recommendations that enable customers to modernize workflows, accelerate program execution, and achieve measurable mission impact
• Serve as a scientific reviewer and advisor for program initiatives, supporting study design, evidence generation, data interpretation, and best practices for evaluation
• Utilize expertise in regulatory science, biomedical research, and evidence frameworks to guide program decisions, develop methodologies, and support mission-critical projects

Skills

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in a life science or related discipline
• 15+ years of related scientific, regulatory, or biomedical research experience
• Leadership Experience managing large scientific teams; leading scientific studies; and representing clients in government facing activities
• Experience with RWE/RWD methodologies, regulatory science policy, scientific consulting, and public health or biomedical research methods
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. US person is required
• Remote work model with potential travel; ability to collaborate across multiple Operating Divisions within HHS; flexibility to support general scientific consulting needs across programs

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• A vision plan
• A 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

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