Remote Medical Director Jobs
Remote Medical Director jobs are open across the U.S. in health technology, managed care, telehealth, insurance, and digital health, with positions at remote-first firms, distributed clinical teams, and multi-site healthcare organizations. Employers hiring remotely right now include CVS Health, IQVIA, and Optum. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Medical Director – Pediatrics
Role Summary
Are you an accomplished physician executive with a passion for driving systemic clinical excellence and healthcare transformation? We are seeking a visionary, board-certified pediatric leader to step into the role of Medical Director – Pediatrics for a nationally recognized healthcare organization. In this high-impact executive position, you will provide overarching clinical leadership, quality oversight, and strategic medical policy guidance to ensure high-quality, evidence-based, and cost-effective care across an expansive network. Collaborating closely with clinical and operational leaders, you will champion peer reviews, utilization management, and provider engagement initiatives. This long-term opportunity allows you to leverage your extensive clinical expertise to shape pediatric healthcare delivery on a national scale, all from a flexible remote environment.
Duties & Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership & Quality Governance
Clinical Oversight: Provide strategic clinical leadership and medical policy guidance for comprehensive pediatric healthcare services across multiple business units.
Quality Assurance: Lead robust peer review activities, clinical governance, quality reviews, and complex medical necessity evaluations.
Policy Development: Support the formulation, optimization, and implementation of evidence-based clinical policies, procedures, and medical guidelines.
Performance Partnership: Partner dynamically with operational and clinical leadership to monitor, evaluate, and improve provider performance and patient outcomes.
Metric Evaluation: Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs), utilization management data, and HEDIS/quality metrics to drive continuous organizational success.
Compliance & Accreditation: Support rigorous accreditation processes, regulatory compliance, and organization-wide Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives.
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to substantially enhance both the patient and provider experience.
Strategic Planning: Act as a trusted physician executive, participating in long-term strategic planning and multidisciplinary corporate initiatives.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Educational Credentials: Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree.
Board Certification: Current Board Certification in Pediatrics.
Licensure: An active, unrestricted state medical license.
Clinical Depth: Minimum of 10 years of hands-on clinical physician experience in pediatrics.
Leadership Experience: Minimum of 5 years of dedicated physician leadership experience in a role such as Medical Director, Associate Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, Department Chair, or Service Line Director.
Quality Frameworks: Proven experience directing peer reviews, quality improvement structures, and provider performance management.
Core Competencies: Exceptional communication, collaborative relationship-building, and executive leadership skills.
Desired Qualifications
Managed Care Expertise: Prior leadership experience within a Health Plan, Managed Care Organization (MCO), or Integrated Delivery Network.
Utilization & Review: Direct experience handling Utilization Management, Medical Necessity Reviews, and credentialing oversight.
Accreditation Knowledge: Strong familiarity with NCQA, HEDIS, Joint Commission, URAC, or related accreditation bodies.
Modern Care Delivery: Background in Population Health systems, Value-Based Care models, and leading multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Location and Work Type
Work Type: Full-Time, 40 hours per week. Long-term contract opportunity.
Work Setting: 100% Remote (Candidates must reside within approved states).
Location: USA – Remote
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
Hourly Rate: $140.00 – $145.00 per hour.
Perks: Enjoy the ultimate work-life balance with a fully remote schedule while making a profound, macro-level impact on pediatric healthcare systems nationwide.
If you're interested, please reply to this advertisement or directly email your resume to me at DSalgado@teemagroup.com or by calling/texting (949) 295-5951.
I strive to reply within 48 hours. Looking forward to connecting with you soon. Thank you!
#WorkwolfMedical Director – Pediatrics
Role Summary
Are you an accomplished physician executive with a passion for driving systemic clinical excellence and healthcare transformation? We are seeking a visionary, board-certified pediatric leader to step into the role of Medical Director – Pediatrics for a nationally recognized healthcare organization. In this high-impact executive position, you will provide overarching clinical leadership, quality oversight, and strategic medical policy guidance to ensure high-quality, evidence-based, and cost-effective care across an expansive network. Collaborating closely with clinical and operational leaders, you will champion peer reviews, utilization management, and provider engagement initiatives. This long-term opportunity allows you to leverage your extensive clinical expertise to shape pediatric healthcare delivery on a national scale, all from a flexible remote environment.
Duties & Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership & Quality Governance
Clinical Oversight: Provide strategic clinical leadership and medical policy guidance for comprehensive pediatric healthcare services across multiple business units.
Quality Assurance: Lead robust peer review activities, clinical governance, quality reviews, and complex medical necessity evaluations.
Policy Development: Support the formulation, optimization, and implementation of evidence-based clinical policies, procedures, and medical guidelines.
Performance Partnership: Partner dynamically with operational and clinical leadership to monitor, evaluate, and improve provider performance and patient outcomes.
Metric Evaluation: Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs), utilization management data, and HEDIS/quality metrics to drive continuous organizational success.
Compliance & Accreditation: Support rigorous accreditation processes, regulatory compliance, and organization-wide Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives.
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to substantially enhance both the patient and provider experience.
Strategic Planning: Act as a trusted physician executive, participating in long-term strategic planning and multidisciplinary corporate initiatives.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Educational Credentials: Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree.
Board Certification: Current Board Certification in Pediatrics.
Licensure: An active, unrestricted state medical license.
Clinical Depth: Minimum of 10 years of hands-on clinical physician experience in pediatrics.
Leadership Experience: Minimum of 5 years of dedicated physician leadership experience in a role such as Medical Director, Associate Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, Department Chair, or Service Line Director.
Quality Frameworks: Proven experience directing peer reviews, quality improvement structures, and provider performance management.
Core Competencies: Exceptional communication, collaborative relationship-building, and executive leadership skills.
Desired Qualifications
Managed Care Expertise: Prior leadership experience within a Health Plan, Managed Care Organization (MCO), or Integrated Delivery Network.
Utilization & Review: Direct experience handling Utilization Management, Medical Necessity Reviews, and credentialing oversight.
Accreditation Knowledge: Strong familiarity with NCQA, HEDIS, Joint Commission, URAC, or related accreditation bodies.
Modern Care Delivery: Background in Population Health systems, Value-Based Care models, and leading multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Location and Work Type
Work Type: Full-Time, 40 hours per week. Long-term contract opportunity.
Work Setting: 100% Remote (Candidates must reside within approved states).
Location: USA – Remote
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
Hourly Rate: $140.00 – $145.00 per hour.
Perks: Enjoy the ultimate work-life balance with a fully remote schedule while making a profound, macro-level impact on pediatric healthcare systems nationwide.
If you're interested, please reply to this advertisement or directly email your resume to me at DSalgado@teemagroup.com or by calling/texting (949) 295-5951.
I strive to reply within 48 hours. Looking forward to connecting with you soon. Thank you!
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Who's Hiring
- CVS Health105
- IQVIA12
- Optum12
- Centene12
- The Cigna12
Top Industries Hiring
- Insurance29
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals23
- Consulting & Professional Services10
- Healthcare & Medical Services8
- Technology & Software6
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote medical director jobs.
- MD or DO degree with current unrestricted state medical license
- Board certification in a relevant clinical specialty
- Five or more years of post-residency clinical experience
- Prior experience in physician leadership, management, or administration
- Familiarity with quality improvement frameworks such as HEDIS or NCQA standards
- Experience with utilization management, care management, or value-based care programs
Tips for Your Remote Medical Director Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote medical director openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your specialty and experience and apply directly without sifting through mixed results.
Show async leadership in your materials
Remote employers want evidence you can lead clinical teams without in-person presence. Highlight written clinical protocols you developed, distributed team outcomes you drove, and tools like shared documentation platforms or async video you used to coordinate care.
Target companies built for distributed clinical work
Telehealth platforms, digital health firms, and national managed care organizations already have remote clinical infrastructure. Focusing your search on these employer types means you are interviewing for roles where remote medical director work is the default, not an exception.
Prepare for case-based remote interviews
Remote medical director interviews often include real utilization management scenarios, quality improvement case reviews, or clinical policy questions delivered over video. Practice articulating your clinical reasoning clearly on camera, since written and verbal precision carry extra weight when interviewers cannot read your in-person presence.
Remote Medical Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote medical director job?
Target companies that are built around distributed clinical operations, such as telehealth platforms, digital health startups, managed care organizations, and health tech firms, because those employers already have the infrastructure for a fully remote medical director. Remote employers screen hard for self-direction, clear written communication, and the ability to lead clinical teams without in-person presence. A documented record of cross-functional clinical leadership, quality improvement initiatives you owned end to end, and fluency with async collaboration tools gives you a real edge.
Which companies hire remote medical directors?
Companies hiring remote medical directors right now include CVS Health, IQVIA, and Optum, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote-first health technology firms, national managed care plans, and distributed telehealth platforms make up the largest share of these openings because their clinical oversight model does not require physical co-location.
Can you get a remote medical director job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level medical director roles are harder to land because you must demonstrate clinical leadership judgment before a distributed team can observe it in person. Telehealth startups and digital health companies are most likely to consider candidates stepping into the role for the first time. Showing documented project ownership, clinical quality outcomes, or peer-reviewed contributions in lieu of a title can open doors that a traditional employer would keep closed.
Do you need a degree for remote medical director jobs?
Usually, because most remote medical director roles require an MD or DO as a baseline credential, often alongside board certification in a relevant specialty. Some health tech and utilization management companies weigh demonstrated clinical leadership, published outcomes work, or deep domain expertise alongside formal credentials, but the medical degree requirement is rarely waived entirely for roles carrying regulatory or clinical oversight responsibilities.
Which industries hire the most remote medical directors?
The sectors hiring the most remote medical directors are Insurance, Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors rely on remote medical directors because their clinical operations are distributed across states or delivered through digital channels, making on-site oversight neither practical nor necessary.
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