Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development

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Medical Director overseeing oncology clinical development and managing trial activities. Collaborating with key experts to ensure successful regulatory outcomes and innovative cancer treatments.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeWaltham • Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $222,750 - $371,250 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in oncology clinical drug development, including the design and execution of phase 1-3 interventional clinical trials, while ensuring patient safety and scientific integrity. Possesses strong medical oversight capabilities for clinical trial data and safety monitoring in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

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Medical DegreeBoard Certification in Medical OncologyClinical Trial DesignOncology Drug DevelopmentPatient Safety Monitoring

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Hard Skills

Clinical Trial ExecutionProtocol DevelopmentMedical Review of Clinical DataReal-Time Medical MonitoringEligibility Assessment

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

Pharmacovigilance Systems

Certifications & Qualifications

Board Certification in HematologyBoard Certification in Hematology/Oncology

Industry Keywords

Pharmaceutical IndustryBiotechnologyClinical Academic MedicineHematologyOncology

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with physicians, scientists, regulatory professionals, biostatisticians, executive staff, and others in a complex matrix environment to develop and execute phase 1-3 interventional clinical trials
Use medical expertise to contribute to the end-to-end (protocol concept to final study report) and timely delivery of clinical trials while ensuring patient safety, scientific integrity, and consistency with the clinical development strategy
Ensure high-quality protocol development aligned with the early Clinical Development Plan to effectively determine a medicine’s potential efficacy, safety profile, key areas of product differentiation and value to patient in the shortest possible timeframe
Assume medical responsibility for early phase clinical trials with active participation in real-time medical monitoring, including patient eligibility assessment, study design questions, and addressing urgent safety questions
Assume responsibility for medical review of clinical trial data, both directly and/or via oversight of delegated medical review
Review/monitor safety data in collaboration with pharmacovigilance group for active clinical studies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Medical degree with board certification/eligibility or registration qualifications in medical oncology, hematology or hematology/oncology
Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, clinical academic medicine, or clinical medical practice, in the field of hematology and/or oncology
Oncology clinical drug development experience in the conduct of clinical trials (investigator-initiated, company-sponsored or cooperative group trials) and their subsequent publications

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits
Paid holidays
Vacation
Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave