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Medical Director - Oncology Clinical Development - Immuno-Oncology Combinations

Employer
GSK
Location
Collegeville, Pennsylvania; Waltham, Massachusetts
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Mar 13, 2021

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Do you want to have an essential role in helping GSK bring effective new therapies to cancer patients? If so, the Clinical Development Lead - Immuno-Oncology Combinations, is an excellent opportunity to explore.

GSK is expanding the Oncology Clinical Development organization and we are seeking experienced professionals to join our exciting journey. GSK Oncology has a commitment to the discovery and development of new oncology therapies with the life-changing potential of helping patients with cancer, specifically in four areas of cancer research:

•Immuno-Oncology : using the human immune system to treat cancer
• Cell/Gene Therapy: engineering human T-cells to target cancer
•Cancer Epigenetics: modulating the gene-regulatory system of the epigenome to exert anti-cancer effects
Synthetic Lethality: targeting two mechanisms at the same time which together, but not alone, have substantial effects against cancer

For more information on these areas of focus, read GSK's:


The Medical Director as a study physician will be responsible for clinical research activities pertaining to advancing the development of GSK's clinical portfolio and will also have responsibility for engaging in medical dialogues with relevant scientific and medical leaders in order to lead clinical data generation activities. This individual will also have a leading role in managing effective relationships with Key Opinion Leaders.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with physicians, scientists, regulatory professionals, biostatisticians, regulatory, executive staff and others as necessary to lead the development and execution of clinical trials from beginning to end. Contribute to ongoing or planned interventional clinical trials (phase 1-3)
  • In collaboration with clinical teams, drive clinical trial execution to achieve timely completion and to ensure scientific integrity of clinical studies.
  • Assume medical responsibility for clinical trials including active participation in real-time medical monitoring of studies, including patient eligibility assessment, study design questions and safety data review.
  • Conduct safety monitoring in collaboration with CRO pharmacovigilance group of active clinical studies.
  • Analysis, interpretation and presentation of clinical study data.
  • Participate in authoring of regulatory documents and Collaborate with colleagues in Regulatory Affairs, CMC, Toxicology, Research, Pharmacology to respond to health authority and ethics committee queries.
  • Participate in clinical study report writing and review, using medical expertise to identify ways to best analyze and present data
  • Collaborate with Principal Investigators in the evaluation and assessment 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.
  • Represent GSK at medical meetings, advisory boards and outreach meetings as needed/appropriate.

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Why you?

Minimum Qualifications:

We are seeking a professional with the following qualifications and skills to achieve our goals:
  • MD (or equivalent) with board certification or board qualifications. Specialization in medical oncology preferred. US State Licensure to practice medicine is desirable.


  • At least 3 years of clinical development experience within the academic, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry with focus and strong track record of experience with leading oncology clinical trials.


  • Strong working knowledge of the clinical drug development process. Track record in the conduct/participation in clinical trials (investigator initiated, company sponsored or cooperative group trials) and their subsequent publications.


  • Successful academic research publication history or history of medical practice in a relevant field.


  • Solid personal and professional relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) in medical oncology.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Specialization in medical oncology preferred.
  • US State Licensure to practice medicine is desirable.
  • Strong credibility within the US medical community which includes the ability to reach out to key thought leaders in academia.


Why GSK?

Our values and expectationsare at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:
  • Agile and distributed decision-making - using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigor and risk
  • Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
  • Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
  • Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives.
  • Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
  • Leadership (expertise, self-awareness, high performance behaviors and ability to execute the assigned role) in a matrix and line environment
  • Embedding a culture of individual empowerment across the broader study team


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