Description
The Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development - Lung & Head/Neck Cancers is a physician who brings medical expertise, clinical judgement, and a patient-centred perspective to the design, conduct, and interpretation of clinical studies.
In this role, you will:
- Serve as the physician within the clinical programme team, providing medical expertise across study design, conduct, safety oversight, and data interpretation
- Lead medical monitoring activities for clinical studies, ensuring patient safety, clinical integrity, and compliance with the protocol and regulatory requirements
- Interpret clinical and safety data from a physician perspective, generating insights that inform study-level and programme-level decisions
- Partner with the Senior Scientist and cross-functional teams to ensure medical considerations are integrated into study execution and delivery
- Contribute medical expertise to protocol development, ensuring clinical relevance, patient safety, and feasibility
- Serve as a core member of the Clinical Matrix Team (CMT), providing the medical voice in study-level discussions and cross-functional decision-making
- Engage with investigators and Key External Experts (KEEs) to support study conduct, scientific exchange, and external representation of the programme
- Contribute to regulatory documents, Health Authority interactions, and scientific communications from a physician perspective
Detailed responsibilities include:
- Medical Monitoring and Safety Oversight: leading medical monitoring activities, conducting medical review of clinical trial data, interpreting safety data, and participating in safety review forums
- Study Design and Execution: providing medical input into protocol development, applying clinical judgement to support protocol implementation, and partnering with the Senior Scientist to ensure medical considerations are integrated into study execution
- Data Interpretation and Scientific Contribution: interpreting clinical data from a physician perspective, translating findings into insights on safety, efficacy, and patient impact, and contributing to study-level and programme-level data interpretation
- Regulatory and External Engagement: contributing medical expertise to regulatory documents and Health Authority interactions, supporting preparation of materials for regulatory submissions, and engaging with Key External Experts (KEEs), investigators, and scientific collaborators
- Cross-Functional Collaboration and Clinical Matrix Team: serving as a core member of the Clinical Matrix Team (CMT), providing medical leadership within study execution, and collaborating across functions to ensure alignment on study objectives, patient safety, and data quality
The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $222,750 to $371,250.
Benefits include health care and other insurance benefits, retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.