Medical Director, Multiple Myeloma

GlaxoSmithKline; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline in the United States is seeking a Medical Affairs Medical Director with strong clinical and scientific training to guide medical strategy, generate insights, and oversee external scientific engagement. The role focuses on input to medicine strategy and execution of tactical plans across lifecycle activities.

The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional teams, develop medical materials, and partner with Medical Communications, Training, and Information to ensure alignment with

Qualifications

• PharmD/MD/PhD or advanced degree in a relevant clinical/scientific field.
• 4+ years of industry and/or clinical experience in oncology.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional work in a matrix environment.
• Strong disease and therapeutic area knowledge in hematology/oncology.
• Excellent networking, communication, and influencing abilities across internal/external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to build internal/external networks and manage medical governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of US medical affairs plans.
• Drive medical tactics, materials, communications plans, and external insights.
• Collaborate with Medical Communications, Scientific Training, and Medical Information teams.
• Define patient journey and align with global franchise strategies.
• Contribute to investigation design, evidence planning, and collaboration with Global Medical/R&D teams.
• Advance scientific engagement with external experts and key accounts to support lifecycle management.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Medical governance

Stakeholder engagement

Oncology knowledge

Networking & influencing

Education

Advanced clinical or scientific doctorate (MD/PhD/PharmD) with hematology/oncology specialization

Board certification or residency/fellowship in hematology/oncology/oncology pharmacy

Clinical research/epidemiology/implementation science training

Job description

Position Summary

A Medical Affairs Medical Director has strong clinical and scientific training and can take on many aspects of medical affairs work (insight generation, scientific communications, external scientific engagement, provision of medical advice to internal stakeholders). The focus of the Medical Director is to provide input and expertise into the medicine strategy, develop and execute the related tactical plans, support external scientific engagement, and provide insight and deeper understanding of the data generated including recommending medical statements.

Responsibilities

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

• Supports the US Medical Affairs Lead with development and execution of US medical affairs plans, and as needed.
• Leads planning and execution of medical tactics; contributes to medical material development, communication plans, application of external stakeholder insights.
• Partners with Medical Communications & Scientific Training and Medical Information to ensure medical materials created align with US medical strategy and business needs.
• Understands, interprets, and applies the external environment and competitive knowledge to all medical activities and can define the patient journey.
• Provides input into the selection of US investigator sponsored studies in alignment with the global franchise.
• Understands and communicates clinical and market access data requirements for the US market; in partnership with the US Medical Affairs Lead, provides input to shape clinical and health outcomes evidence plans to support anticipated US Market needs.
• In partnership with the US Medical Affairs Lead, provides input into the design of clinical trials, development plans, and integrated evidence planning; coordinates with relevant Global Medical colleagues and R&D (Research & Development) technical experts, e.g., Global Value Evidence and Outcomes and Epidemiology, as required.
• In collaboration with field medical, leads/contributes to appropriate US scientific engagement between GSK and external stakeholders/accounts to advance scientific and medical understanding including the appropriate development and use of our medicines, management of the disease, and patient care.
• Partners with all relevant internal stakeholders to ensure successful execution of all medical activities to support life cycle management, ensuring integrity of scientific content.
• Applies sound medical governance for all activities.

Work arrangement: This role is hybrid. You will work from home and on-site as needed for team collaboration, stakeholder meetings, and key events. Some travel will be required for meetings and conferences.

Basic Qualifications

• PharmD, PhD, MD or advanced degree.
• 4+ years industry and/or clinical experience in the oncology therapeutic area.
• Demonstrated success leading and managing cross-functional work.
• Disease and therapeutic area knowledge.
• Robust experience networking, communication, and influencing to work effectively in a complex matrix environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong internal and external networks.

Preferred Qualifications

Education and credentials

• Advanced clinical or scientific doctorate (MD, PharmD, PhD) with hematology/oncology specialization.
• Board certification or residency/fellowship training in hematology, oncology, or oncology pharmacy (BCOP).
• Formal training in clinical research, epidemiology, or implementation science.

Therapeutic area depth

• Direct experience in multiple myeloma or plasma cell disorders
• Familiarity with BCMA-targeted modalities - ADCs, bispecifics, CAR-T and the sequencing questions across them.
• Experience supporting a product with a REMS program, or with complex multidisciplinary safety monitoring (ocular, ophthalmology co-management, cardiac, neurologic).

Medical Affairs capability

• US Medical Affairs experience at a launch or early post-launch asset.
• Track record in evidence generation: RWE study design, ISS/IIS review, integrated evidence planning, external research collaborations.
• Publication and congress planning, including authorship on peer‑reviewed manuscripts.
• Experience with compendia and guideline submissions (NCCN, pathways) and the compendia evidence package.
• Prior work in MLR/promotional review, medical governance, or medical information.

Engagement and ways of working

• Established relationships with academic and community Hematology/oncology key external experts.
• Experience with advisory boards, scientific workshops, and peer-to-peer or independent medical education programs.
• Field medical partnership - MSL training, insight synthesis, scientific narrative development.
• Experience working across a global/local matrix with Global Medical Affairs and R&D.

What we value

We look for people who put patients first, communicate with clarity and respect, and act with integrity. We welcome applicants who bring different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences. We support growth, learning and teamwork. If you want to help shape medical strategy that can improve care for people with cancer, we encourage you to apply.

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