# Head, Oncology Clinical Development- ADCs

**Company**: GSK
**Location**: Stevenage
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $242,250 to $403,750
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Head, Oncology Clinical Development- ADCs, will report to the SVP, Head of Oncology Clinical Development. The role holder will be accountable for the design and implementation of the clinical development strategy across a particular asset across multiple tumor types spanning early- and late-phase development.

**Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:**

- Clinical Development Strategy & Portfolio Leadership:

- Accountable for end-to-end clinical development of an MOA-focused, multi-tumor asset, including registrational trials, regulatory approval, and initial market launch.

- Shape and drive the scientific and clinical development strategy for the asset and disease areas, aligned with Oncology Tumor Team strategy and broader Oncology portfolio priorities.

- Evaluate, champion, and enable the use of novel approaches where they add clear scientific, operational, or decision-making value to clinical development.

- Program Oversight, Governance & Visibility:

- Provide oversight and connectedness across the asset program, maintaining visibility to progress, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs across the Oncology portfolio.

- Serve as the default senior clinical representative at key governance forums for the asset.

- Represent the Oncology Clinical Development organization internally and externally.

- Cross-Functional Leadership & Connector Role:

- Act as a senior connector across functions, partnering closely with Oncology Research, Precision Medicine/Companion Diagnostics, Medical Affairs, Commercial, and Global Product Strategy.

- Drive asset alignment across research, development, and commercialization planning.

- Build and sustain strong internal and external partnerships.

- Culture & Capability Building:

- Foster a culture of empowerment, scientific excellence, inclusion, and collaboration.

- Actively remove organizational barriers and enable teams to operate effectively and autonomously.

- Standards, Processes & Continuous Improvement:

- Contribute to the establishment and continuous evolution of clinical development standards, processes, and best practices across Oncology.

- Ensure timely access to relevant external scientific and competitive intelligence.

**Skills & Capabilities:**

- Senior clinical and scientific leadership in early- and late-phase oncology drug development.

- Strong ability to translate science and translational insight into differentiated clinical development strategies.

- Proven capability to operate at portfolio level, balancing priorities, risk, and resources.

- Credibility and effectiveness representing Clinical Development at senior governance forums.

- Advanced cross-functional and matrix leadership skills.

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Medical degree (MD, MBBS, MBChB or international equivalent).

- Board certification/eligibility or registration in a primary or medical specialty.

- Oncology drug development experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

- Leadership experience of early- and focused late-phase oncology development programs.

- Experience leading Antibody Drug Conjugate or other targeted oncology development programs.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Board certification/eligibility or registration in medical oncology, hematology/oncology.

- Strong experience in governance leadership, scientific narrative ownership, portfolio influence, and executive-level decision-making.

- Experience in translational research.

- Experience utilizing innovative development approaches.

**Salary:** The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $242,250 to $403,750.

**Benefits:** Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits, retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

## Skills

### Required
- Clinical Data Interpretation
- Clinical Trial Designs
- Clinical Trials Monitoring
- Digital Fluency
- Drug Development
- Drug Regulatory Affairs
- Evidence Based Decision Making
- Executive Presence
- Hematology and Oncology
- Learning Agility
- Matrix Leadership
- Real World Evidence (RWE)
- Scientific Presentations
- Strategic Direction

### Nice to have
- Board certification/eligibility or registration in medical oncology, hematology/oncology
- Strong experience in governance leadership, scientific narrative ownership, portfolio influence, and executive-level decision-making
- Experience in translational research
- Experience utilizing innovative development approaches

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