Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development - GU

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For candidates seeking to be located at our Stevenage site, this role will temporarily be based ever, the Company plans to relocate its offices to Cambridge, UK. The location of this role will therefore subsequently change to Cambridge, UK in accordance with timelines to be set by the Company. The relocation is currently proposed to take effect by early 2029.

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting‑edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success.

We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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Cancer is unrelenting, but so are we. At GSK, we are committed to transforming outcomes for people with cancer through innovative science, bold ambition, and strong partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem. We focus our science where it can matter most — advancing care in cancers with high unmet need, grounded in a deep understanding of disease biology and deliberate scientific choices that connect discovery to meaningful impact in the real world.

The Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development - GU (Genitourinary) is the physician within the clinical program team, bringing medical expertise, clinical judgement, and a patient‑centred perspective to the design, conduct, and interpretation of clinical studies. This role is accountable for medical monitoring and safety oversight, ensuring that patient safety and clinical integrity are maintained throughout study execution.

Operating within the clinical strategy defined by the Clinical Development Lead (CDL), the Medical Director partners closely with the Senior Scientist and cross‑functional teams to ensure that the physician perspective is fully integrated into study delivery. The role serves as a core member of the Clinical Matrix Team (CMT), contributing to study‑level decisions, investigator engagement, and regulatory interactions.

For more complex or multi‑study programs, the Medical Director may provide medical guidance to other physicians within the program and contribute to broader clinical discussions that inform program‑level decisions led by the CDL.

• Serve as the physician within the clinical program 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 program‑level decisions led by the CDL
• 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 within the framework defined by the CDL
• 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 program
• Contribute to regulatory documents, Health Authority interactions, and scientific communications from a physician perspective

• Lead medical monitoring activities for assigned clinical studies, including real‑time clinical decision‑making on patient eligibility, protocol‑related medical queries, and safety oversight
• Conduct and oversee medical review of clinical trial data, both directly and through oversight of delegated medical review activities
• Inte…