Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development, Oncology (Remote)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic medical oversight for solid tumor oncology programs from early development through registration and post-approval.
• Serve as the medical authority for assigned assets, ensuring scientific integrity, patient safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Guide clinical trial design, endpoint selection, biomarker strategy, and translational integration.
• Oversee medical monitoring and contribute to safety governance committees, including SMCs and DMCs as needed.
• Lead the development and execution of integrated clinical development plans aligned with unmet medical needs and competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Biostatistics, Clinical Operations, and Translational Medicine to drive timely and high-quality trial delivery.
• Contribute to portfolio strategy, asset prioritization, and lifecycle management decisions.

Qualifications

• MD or MD/PhD required; board certification in Oncology, Hematology-Oncology, or a related specialty required.
• Advanced clinical training and experience in solid tumor oncology required.
• 10+ years of clinical and/or pharmaceutical industry experience in oncology, with significant solid tumor focus (thoracic oncology experience preferred).
• Demonstrated leadership in global clinical development and late-phase programs.
• Proven experience with regulatory interactions and contribution to successful filings.
• Track record of strategic leadership across complex, matrixed organizations.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong strategic thinking combined with operational execution skills.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• High ethical standards, sound medical judgment, and strong patient-centric mindset.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience leading registrational or practice-changing Thoracic oncology studies.
• Familiarity with biomarker-driven development and precision oncology approaches.
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, evolving pipeline environments.