Healthcare Resume

This Senior Director of Clinical Research Healthcare resume example (included below) was written for a physician-scientist seeking a clinical R&D role in that pharmaceutical industry. It demonstrates this healthcare leader’s metrics-driven accomplishments in clinical research and medical affairs. This executive healthcare resume sample was awarded the prestigious global TORI award in the Best Healthcare Resume Category by Career Directors International.

Jim is a client who wants to leverage his experience in drug clinical trials, advisory expertise as a medical affairs leader, and background in clinical practice as a physician to move to a similar position focused on research for drug discovery and building awareness and support for new drugs.

The branding title, “Senior Director, Clinical Research,” along with the branding tagline, “Driving Delivery of the Pharmaceutical R&D Portfolio,” tells the reader upfront who he is and what he does. The summary paragraph that follows provides an overview of the expanse of his experience (14 years), breadth of his expertise (R&D programs, pre-launch, and commercialization) specialty medical areas, the caliber/size of pharma companies where he has worked (global pharmaceutical industry giants), and what he does with the results (translating findings into clinical development opportunities and advising on future design of studies).

The box below the profile summary statement begins with an additional branding statement that demonstrates how he contributes to the patient world through his work (Synergizing Efforts for Drugs that Restore Patient Vitality) and contains supporting bullet points that illustrate how he does it. The box concludes with a list of his key skills and medical specialties.

Because the candidate needs to demonstrate both his clinical research skills and his background in clinical practice and teaching, I created two separate experience sections, leading with the more relevant clinical research and medical advisory roles. The roles contain a summary of his duties, followed by bullet points that demonstrate his effectiveness in the key areas mentioned in the box – building networks, planning, and leading clinical trials, and driving awareness of new drugs, as well as any added value, such as growing internal teams. The graphic illustration at the top of page two brings together into a chart some of the specific drugs for which Jim played a major role over the course of his career.

The second experience section provides a brief overview of his teaching and clinical practice experience, punctuated by a few key achievements. The healthcare resume example concludes with a listing of Jim’s board certifications, education, and professional associations.

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