The Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development will report to the Executive Medical Director / Clinical Development Lead (CDL), Oncology Clinical Development. This position will support our growing oncology portfolio for the treatment of hematological malignancies, working across early‑to‑late stage development with a multidisciplinary team of oncology drug developers.
An on‑site office presence for a minimum of two days a week is required in one of GSK’s UK (London or Stevenage), US (Greater Philadelphia or Waltham), Switzerland (Zug) or Poland (Warsaw) campuses.
Key Responsibilities
* Collaborate with physicians, scientists, regulatory professionals, biostatisticians, executive staff, and others in a complex matrix environment to develop and execute phase 1‑3 interventional clinical trials.
* Use medical expertise to contribute to the end‑to‑end (protocol concept to final study report) and timely delivery of clinical trials while ensuring patient safety, scientific integrity, and consistency with the clinical development strategy, for regulatory approvals, payor reimbursement, and successful lifecycle management; demonstrate ability to incorporate global considerations into decision making.
* Ensure high‑quality protocol development aligned with the Clinical Development Plan to effectively determine a medicine’s potential efficacy, safety profile, key areas of product differentiation and value to patient in the shortest possible timeframe.
* Assume medical responsibility for clinical trials with active participation in real‑time medical monitoring, including patient eligibility assessment, study design questions, and addressing urgent safety questions (with inclusion of Safety/ PV as relevant).
* Assume responsibility for medical review of clinical trial data, both directly and/or via oversight of delegated medical review. Oversee blinded review of data packages intended for IDMCs.
* Review/monitor safety data in collaboration with pharmacovigilance group for active clinical studies.
* Interpret and summarize study results consistent with objectives to define safety, efficacy, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic, and patient reported outcomes, and applicability of data to the targeted patient population.
* Participate in the authoring of clinical study reports and regulatory documents and collaborate with colleagues in Regulatory Affairs, CMC, Toxicology, Research, and Pharmacology to respond to health authority and ethics committee queries.
* Collaborate with Principal Investigators in the authoring of publications (abstracts, posters, manuscripts) associated with clinical data.
* Network extensively to develop long‑term strategic partnerships with thought leaders both internally and externally, in support of GSK’s vision.
* Serve as a core member of the Clinical Matrix Team for one or more assets in development.
* Participate in Oncology Clinical Development‑wide initiatives and workstreams as appropriate.
Basic Qualifications
* Medical degree with board certification/eligibility or registration qualifications in medical oncology, hematology or hematology/oncology.
* Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, clinical academic medicine, or clinical medical practice, in the field of hematology and/or oncology.
* Oncology clinical drug development experience in the conduct of clinical trials (investigator‑initiated, company‑sponsored or cooperative group trials) and their subsequent publications.
Preferred Qualifications
* MD / PhD preferred.
* Clinical experience of managing patients with hematological malignancies.
* Oncology clinical research and drug development experience focused on hematological malignancies, including multiple myeloma.
* Sound understanding of biological mechanisms, clinical strategy, scientific interpretation of disease and target‑based literature.
* Robust knowledge of disease‑specific research priorities, public health needs, competitor landscape, clinical practice trends, and treatment guidelines evolution.
* If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $222,750 to $371,250.
Benefits include an annual bonus, eligibility to participate in a share‑based long‑term incentive program, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
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