Overview
In this role you will provide medical leadership across lung cancer drug development, guiding study design, safety oversight, and data interpretation within the Oncology Clinical Development programme. You will work with cross-functional teams and external experts to integrate physician expertise into programme decisions and scientific communications. The role combines clinical strategy, regulatory interactions, and mentorship to ensure patient-centred, high-integrity clinical programmes. You will be on-site at Stevenage (with planned move to Cambridge by early 2029) and collaborate to advance outcomes for patients with cancer through scientific leadership and cross-functional partnerships.
Pay / Benefits
- annual bonus
- share-based long-term incentive program
- health care and other insurance benefits (employee and family)
- retirement benefits
- paid holidays and vacation
- paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
Responsibilities
- Provide medical oversight across study design, conduct, and data interpretation in the clinical programme
- Lead medical monitoring and safety oversight to ensure consistent clinical judgment and patient safety
- Interpret complex clinical and safety data to inform programme-level decisions and CDL-driven strategy
- Integrate medical considerations across study execution with cross-functional teams and CDL guidance
- Contribute senior medical input into protocol development and patient-centred study design
- Engage with investigators, KEEs, and scientific leaders for external engagement and advisory activities
- Mentor Medical Directors and develop medical capability within the programme
- Participate in regulatory interactions and contribute to external scientific forums
- Lead or contribute to oncology clinical development-wide initiatives and workstreams
- Provide leadership within the Clinical Matrix Team to align disease-area strategy and safety
- Support talent development and performance discussions within Oncology Clinical Development
Key requirements
- Medical degree and advanced specialty training in oncology or haematology (fellowship or country-equivalent)
- Experience leading lung cancer drug development, including early phase trials
- Clinical and pharmaceutical experience in oncology clinical development across multiple studies
- Experience in medical monitoring, safety evaluation, and interpretation of clinical data
- Understanding of clinical development processes, GCP, ICH guidelines, and global regulatory frameworks
- Experience operating in cross-functional matrix teams and influencing programme-level decisions
- Strong scientific communication and stakeholder engagement
- Influence and collaboration across internal and external audiences
- Leadership and people development
- Medical monitoring and safety oversight
- Regulatory interactions and health authority discussions
- Clinical trial design and protocol development
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