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Medical Director jobs: 403 open roles

Open medical director jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $275,000 a year.

The market for medical director work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Clinical function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Medical and health services managers”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open medical director jobs
403

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$275,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to grow 24% from 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$123,860

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
62,300

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
AI use among medical and health services managers is little observed so far.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Clinical openings that ask for AI skills
1%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Clinical openings that are remote
7%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. regulatory compliance6%
  2. 2. onboarding5%
  3. 3. excel5%
  4. 4. project management4%
  5. 5. risk management3%
  6. 6. strategic planning3%
  7. 7. gcp3%
  8. 8. hipaa3%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

More on Clinical roles

Where medical director experience can go next

Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.

  • Clinical informatics

    Close fit · A few months

    Physician informaticists shape the systems clinicians use, with regular hours and no night call.

    Carries over: Clinical judgment, Workflows doctors actually use, EHR experience

  • Clinical operations and care coordination

    Close fit · A few months

    Medical director and clinical operations roles lead care delivery from the system side.

    Carries over: Running clinical teams, Quality and safety, Care pathways

  • Consulting

    Adjacent · A few months

    Healthcare consulting firms and payers hire physicians to advise on care, cost and quality.

    Carries over: Clinical credibility, Problem solving, Health system knowledge

  • Compliance and risk

    Adjacent · A few months

    Utilization review, quality and regulatory roles value a physician’s judgment, with steady hours.

    Carries over: Clinical standards, Documentation, Patient safety

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Open medical director jobs

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Medical Director salary

The middle half of medical director listings that state pay run from $236,000 to $308,500. See the full medical director salary breakdown.

Clinical jobs in the rankings

Rankings about clinical jobs

Clinical jobs · Top Clinical employers · All rankings

Where medical director jobs are

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Medical Director jobs by city and state

Employers hiring medical directors

  • Desort 74
  • National Veterinary Associates 44
  • i4 Search Group 9
  • Unitedhealth Group 9
  • VCA 8
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 8
  • Hiring & apply 7
  • CareVet Home 7
  • GSK 5
  • Takeda Development Center Americas 5

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