Global Head – Oncology Development

Global Head – Oncology Development

Requirements

• MD with Board Certification (or equivalent) in Medical Oncology or related Oncology Specialty; MD/PhD preferred.
• Considerable pharmaceutical industry experience and a track record of accomplishments is required.
• Experience working on innovative oncology programs that leverage a strong understanding of digital transformation, clinical trial technologies, and data science, including AI/ML applications in clinical development.
• Understands the entirety of R&D across the development/commercial life cycle to allow impact across all functions: discovery, late-stage development, regulatory, manufacturing, and commercial.
• Track record of success working in complex, matrixed, global, and multi-disciplinary organizations with high accountability and multiple lines of reporting.
• Proven ability to strategize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects simultaneously to ensure quality, timely, on-target, and within-budget accomplishment of tasks.
• Attention to detail while discriminating between critical and non-critical activities and following established processes while identifying areas for process improvement.
• Highly developed ethics and integrity, with demonstrated ethical medical decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide significant input on clinical plans, trial design, clinical trial execution, medical governance, at a program level, and ensure appropriate and adequate clinical resourcing.
• Define disease area strategies and priorities, ensure patient focus and robust evidence package to support successful filings, approvals and commercialization and patient access. Accountable for the ethical conduct of studies in the oncology portfolio.
• Operate as a single point of accountability for medical governance at the clinical level. Ensure adequate clinical oversight of clinical research initiatives and provide a global and objective viewpoint of safety and efficacy by cultivating and sustaining a culture of openness and transparency with patient wellbeing as the key driver in decision-making.
• Evaluate, integrate, and scale AI/ML tools to optimize trial design, enhance patient recruitment strategies, and drive real-time data analysis. Foster a deep partnership with data science teams to seamlessly embed real-world evidence, big data, and advanced analytics into clinical decision-making, ensuring smarter, faster, and more adaptive clinical development.
• Responsible for drafting and reviewing medical aspects of core study and regulatory documents (i.e., protocols, investigator brochures, INDs, briefing documents, etc.).
• Manage and maintain strong, effective relationships with key external stakeholders and partners (i.e., Key Opinion Leaders and investigators, consultants, patient advocacy groups and other external clinical trial participants) to ensure that the primary goals of the clinical development programs are met.
• Responsible for exploring opportunities for simplification, ensuring that this area is as effective and as efficient as possible to get drugs to patients faster.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.