Senior Director of Clinical Science - Lung

Senior Director, Clinical Science - Lung (Oncology)

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic Clinical Science leadership across the lung disease area (multiple studies/programs/assets).
• Contribute disease area strategy: development opportunities, scientific considerations, portfolio risks, and implications of emerging data.
• Apply lung cancer expertise (disease biology, treatment landscape, clinically meaningful endpoints) to guide study planning, data interpretation, and issue resolution.
• Standardize Clinical Science approaches and ensure scientific consistency (medical data review, interpretation principles, key deliverables), while allowing program-specific needs.
• Provide senior scientific guidance across studies/programs; support protocol development/amendments, study design, endpoint/eligibility/biomarker discussions.
• Contribute to portfolio governance and senior leadership reviews with cross-study insights.
• Provide people leadership/management (as appropriate) and build capabilities through coaching and mentoring.
• Ensure activities comply with regulatory requirements, company policies, and procedures.

Qualifications / Experience

• PhD or PharmD + at least 7 years lung oncology drug development experience; OR Master's degree + 12 years.
• Significant Clinical Development/Clinical Science/oncology development experience in pharma/biotech.
• Demonstrated lung cancer expertise and strong clinical trial design/data review & oncology data interpretation.
• Experience integrating information across studies/programs; cross-functional leadership in matrix environments.

Required Skills

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

Travel: 0-25%