Director, Clinical Sciences, Oncology

1925 GlaxoSmithKline LLC; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biopharma company in London is seeking a Director of Clinical Sciences, Oncology. This role involves developing and leading oncology strategies, ensuring high-quality clinical trial designs, and driving components for regulatory submissions. Candidates should have an advanced degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a senior role.
• Experience in leading a team and clinical development.
• Knowledge of drug development and regulatory processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead oncology strategies for product launches.
• Ensure high quality of clinical trial designs.
• Drive clinical components for regulatory submissions.

Skills

Oncology experience

Pharmaceutical industry experience

Clinical development experience

Strong communication skills

Leadership skills

Team management

Education

Advanced degree (e.g., MS, PhD, PharmD)

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Director, Clinical Sciences, Oncology, London

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Client:

GSK

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

As the Director of Clinical Sciences, Oncology, you will be responsible for developing and leading GSK medium and long-term oncology development strategies for GSK’s oncology pipeline. You will work closely within a matrix organization to ensure that the oncology clinical team have the highest quality capabilities and expertise. You will also ensure the optimal launch of new products and appropriate optimal patient use of currently available GSK Medicines through leadership and collaboration.

Please note: This position requires an on-site office -based presence 2 to 3 days a week in the Waltham- MA.; UK (London or Stevenage); Upper Providence- PA.; Switzerland (Zug); or Poland (Warsaw).

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

In this role you will:

• Ensure delivery of quality study strategy and design, understand the analysis and interpretation of data throughout the study.
• Lead or contribute, as appropriate, to the end to end (protocol concept to final study report) delivery of clinical development activities which ensure consistency with the clinical development strategy for regulatory approvals, reimbursable medicines, and successful lifecycle management; demonstrate ability to incorporate global considerations into strategic and operational decisions.
• Understand the asset’s biological mechanism, clinical strategy, scientific interpretation of disease and target-based literature.
• Integrate data from internal, and external academic, conference and competitor sources. Appropriately interact with Key External Experts (KEEs), Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), collaborators, advisory boards, etc.
• Implement new business processes and strategies and may also proactively identify issues and propose strategies to manage implications and risks on clinical study/Clinical Development plan (CDP). Ensure the high quality of protocol documents are developed aligned to the CDP to effectively determine a medicine’s potential efficacy, safety profile, key areas of product differentiation and value to patient in the shortest possible timeframe.
• Drive/contribute to clinical components of the IB, and documents for regulatory submissions and advisory requirement, including scientific advice, IND, EoP2, pre-NDA/BLA meetings, NDA/BLA and MAA documents.

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Advanced degree (e.g. MS, PhD, PharmD) is required
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Oncology experience preferred.
• Experience in the Pharmaceutical industry with specific experience leading a team with progressively more senior positions and responsibility
• Experience in clinical development
• Experience and understanding of the drug development, regulatory and commercialization process, including clinical trial development.
• Strong communication skills appropriate to the target audience, promoting effective decision-making where necessary. Good leadership and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of disease-specific research priorities, public health needs, competitor landscape, clinical practice trends and treatment guidelines evolution
• Knowledge of worldwide regulatory and safety requirements as pertains to drug development, research projects, and/or market support.
• Experience managing, developing and motivating a team to deliver results in a timely manner
• Ability to identify, hire, and coach talent to improve performance
• Experience in change management, restructuring, and building capabilities
• Strong team leadership skills in line management and matrix environments
• Experience identifying, assessing and understanding the needs of key decision makers and stakeholders and building effective relationships in a matrixed environment
• Experience in setting high performance standards and measures, driving accountability throughout the function and mentoring staff
• Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk
• Managing individual and team performance.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Implementing change initiatives and leading change.
• Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.
• Developing people and building a talent pipeline.
• Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
• Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.

Please visit to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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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