Standards, Processes & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to the establishment and continuous evolution of clinical development standards, processes, and best practices across Oncology, ensuring consistency, quality, and regulatory readiness.
• Ensure timely access to relevant external scientific and competitive intelligence (e.g., congress data, emerging science, competitor activity) to inform clinical development decisions and portfolio strategy.

Key Characteristics

Expertise in Hematology/Oncology

• Therapeutic Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of hematologic cancers, including disease biology, treatment paradigms, and unmet patient needs and opportunities.
• Clinical Development Excellence: Expertise in designing and executing clinical trials, including early-phase first-in-human and proof-of-concept studies and late-phase pivotal trials.
• Regulatory Acumen: Familiarity with regulatory requirements and processes across major health authorities (FDA, EMA, etc.).
• Scientific Credibility: Established track record of publications, presentations, or contributions to the oncology field.

Leadership and Strategic Vision

• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute a comprehensive clinical development strategy for hematologic cancer programs.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Lead multidisciplinary teams, including clinical scientists, medical directors, regulatory affairs, and biostatistics professionals.
• Portfolio Oversight: Provide oversight for multiple drug candidates and clinical trials, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and therapeutic priorities.
• Innovation: Champion novel approaches to drug development, including biomarker-driven strategies, precision medicine, and immuno-oncology therapies.

Operational Excellence

• Budget and Resource Management: Manage financial and personnel resources efficiently to meet clinical development milestones.
• Risk Management: Identify, mitigate, and manage risks in clinical programs (e.g., safety issues, trial delays, data challenges).
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage clinical trial data and real-world evidence to inform program direction and strategy.

Collaborative and Influential

• Internal Collaboration: Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including R&D leadership, commercial teams, and research units.
• External Partnerships: Build and maintain partnerships with external collaborators, such as academic institutions, contract research organizations (CROs), and patient advocacy groups.
• Communication Skills: Effectively communicate complex scientific and strategic concepts to diverse audiences, including executive leadership and external stakeholders.

Patient-Centric Focus

• Unmet Needs: Prioritize addressing critical unmet needs for patients with hematologic cancers through innovative treatments.
• Patient Engagement: Support initiatives to engage patients and integrate their perspectives into clinical development programs.
• Equity in Access: Ensure clinical trials are designed to be accessible and inclusive for diverse patient populations.

Leadership Attributes

• Visionary Leadership: Inspire teams with a clear vision and passion for advancing oncology therapeutics.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering professional growth and development.
• Adaptability: Demonstrate flexibility in responding to evolving scientific, regulatory, and market dynamics.
• Results-Oriented: Focus on achieving measurable outcomes that drive progress in GSK's oncology portfolio.

Core Values Alignment

• Integrity: Uphold GSK’s core values, ensuring ethical conduct in all aspects of clinical development.
• Innovation: Champion GSK’s commitment to innovation in oncology research and development.
• Collaboration: Foster teamwork and inclusivity consistent with GSK’s culture.

Why You?

This role is offered as a hybrid position based with regular on-site presence expected (typically a minimum of 2–3 days per week) in an office in the US (Collegeville, PA or Waltham, MA), the UK (London or Stevenage/eventual move to Cambridge), or Zug/Baar Onyx, Switzerland. You will join an inclusive team that values openness, curiosity, and practical problem-solving. We want leaders who are motivated to make a measurable difference for patients and who thrive in complex, collaborative environments.

Basic Qualification

• Medical degree with board certification or eligibility in oncology
• At least 10 years of clinical development experience leading global clinical development programs in hematology and oncology in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, or combined.
• Senior clinical and scientific leadership in early- and late-phase oncology drug development, including FTIH through registrational trials and launch readiness.
• Proven track record designing and delivering late-phase clinical trials and regulatory submissions.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and complex multi-stakeholder programs.

Preferred Qualification

• Clinical background in hematologic malignancies or hematology subspecialty.
• Strong ability to translate science and translational insight into differentiated clinical development strategies across disease areas and portfolios.
• Proven capability to operate as an enterprise drug developer at portfolio level, balancing priorities, risk, and resources while maintaining asset-level rigor and accountability.
• Credibility and effectiveness representing Clinical Development at senior governance forums, with strong executive presence and influence.
• Advanced cross-functional and matrix leadership skills, with a natural connector mindset across research, development, medical, commercial, and precision medicine partners.
• Openness to and fluency with innovative development approaches (e.g., AI/ML, novel trial designs, external and real-world data) where they add value.
• Demonstrated strength in leading and developing senior clinical leaders, with accountability for performance, succession planning, and capability building.
• Commitment to fostering a culture of scientific excellence, empowerment, inclusion, and continuous improvement in a complex global environment

Apply

If this role speaks to your experience and ambitions, please apply. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. We are committed to inclusion and to creating a workplace where people can be themselves and do their best work. Join us to help shape medicines that could make a real difference for patients.

Skills

• Business Acumen
• Clinical Data Interpretation
• Clinical Trial Designs
• Digital Fluency
• Drug Development
• Drug Regulatory Affairs
• Executive Presence
• Hematology and Oncology
• Innovative Leadership
• Line Management
• Scientific Presentations
• Strategic Direction

Salary

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 $340,500 to $567,500. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’