Senior Director of Clinical Science - Lung

Senior Director, Clinical Science – Lung

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic Clinical Science leadership across lung disease area (multiple studies/programs/assets).
• Contribute to disease area strategy with input on development opportunities, scientific considerations, portfolio risks, and emerging data.
• Apply lung cancer expertise to guide study planning, data interpretation, and issue resolution; integrate insights across studies/assets.
• Standardize Clinical Science approaches (medical data review practices, data interpretation principles, key deliverables) and align scientific approaches across the portfolio.
• Provide senior scientific guidance for protocol development/amendments, study design, endpoints, eligibility, and biomarker strategy; serve as lung subject matter resource.
• Contribute to portfolio governance and senior leadership reviews.
• Lead and develop Clinical Science talent (may manage Directors/Principal Scientists/Clinical Scientists).
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, and procedures; support inspection readiness.
• Partner with Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Biostatistics/Data Management, Drug Safety/Pharmacovigilance, Translational Medicine, Medical Affairs, and others.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD or PharmD) + at least 7 years lung oncology drug development experience; OR Master’s in life sciences + 12 years.
• Significant clinical development/clinical science/oncology development experience in pharma/biotech; demonstrated Clinical Science leadership across studies/programs/assets.
• Strong lung cancer disease biology and treatment landscape knowledge; clinical trial design and oncology data review/interpretation experience.

Required Skills

• Change agility; Clinical Development; Clinical Oncology; Clinical Reporting; Clinical Research; Clinical Sciences; Clinical Study/Trial Management; Medical Sciences; Oncology; People Leadership.

Benefits (if applicable)

• Annual bonus and long-term incentive; medical/dental/vision, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, compassionate and sick days.