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GSK

Medical Director – Clinical Development, Aging

GSK

. Provide clinical and scientific leadership to clinical and translational studies or programs for asset-level projects .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $189,750 - $316,250 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in clinical development processes, regulatory interactions, and cross-functional collaboration within clinical and translational studies. Possesses strong analytical and strategic thinking skills to drive innovation and ensure patient safety in clinical trials.

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Medical DegreeClinical Trial ConductGCP and ICH GuidelinesRegulatory InteractionsCross-Functional Matrix Leadership

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Hard Skills
Clinical Development PlansMedical MonitoringClinical Data InterpretationClinical Trial DesignTranslational Studies ExecutionIND/NDA SubmissionsSafety ReviewPharmaceutical DevelopmentBiotechnology Clinical DevelopmentHuman Translational Data Analysis
Soft Skills
Scientific CommunicationInfluencing StakeholdersTeam LeadershipChange ManagementMentorship
Certifications & Qualifications
Postgraduate Clinical TrainingBoard CertificationAdvanced Specialty Training
Industry Keywords
Clinical ResearchRegulatory FrameworksAging ResearchPublic Health NeedsClinical Practice TrendsDrug DevelopmentMatrix EnvironmentKey External Experts EngagementClinical Efficacy EndpointsReal-World Data

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Google Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide clinical and scientific leadership to clinical and translational studies or programs for asset-level projects
  • Contribute to assessment of potential mechanisms and targets, target validation programs, life-cycle expansion, and innovative clinical development opportunities
  • Develop and execute clinical development plans and contribute to foundational and real-world data, translational, and biomarker capabilities
  • Align translational and clinical plans and study designs with project strategies
  • Develop sections of core regulatory documents
  • Generate data and evidence to determine target efficacy, safety profile, differentiation, and route to becoming a medicine
  • Define and deliver clinical pillars of the translational table
  • Deliver clinical development and study timelines and endpoints, including pharmacology, mechanism, and clinical efficacy endpoints
  • Establish and maintain relationships across Biology, Translational Sciences, Commercial, Regulatory, Clinical Operations, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and Statistics
  • Provide oversight of R&D evidence generation strategy and study delivery
  • Design clinical development plans, study protocols, and associated documents across all development phases
  • Support regulatory interactions and prepare briefing documents, presentations, questions, and responses
  • Provide medical monitoring and safety oversight of study participants
  • Ensure scientific integrity and overall safety through medical governance
  • Lead the Clinical Matrix Team for a program and serve as a clinical point of contact
  • Lead end-to-end clinical development strategy for early programs
  • Engage with regulatory agencies, key opinion leaders, clinical investigators, and internal review boards
  • Assist with clinical evaluation of business development opportunities
  • Monitor advances in research, trial methodologies, competition, and regulatory developments
  • Identify transformational opportunities that may significantly benefit patients
  • Integrate cross-disciplinary inputs into Medicine Profile clinical components
  • Resolve study and clinical development challenges
  • Drive innovation and develop new scientific and technical solutions
  • Influence stakeholders, inspire teams, and manage conflicts
  • Apply enterprise mindset, strategic thinking, data analysis, and adaptability in ambiguous environments

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Medical Degree
  • Completion of a formal postgraduate clinical training, clinical residency or specialty training in Internal Medicine, Pathology, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience in clinical trial conduct, including medical monitoring, safety review, and clinical data interpretation
  • Strong working knowledge of clinical development processes, including GCP, ICH guidelines, and global regulatory frameworks
  • Ability to apply clinical judgement to support study design, patient safety, and real-time medical decision-making within a structured clinical development framework
  • Experience operating effectively within cross-functional matrix teams in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or academic clinical trial environment
  • Strong scientific communication skills, with the ability to translate clinical data into clear insights for internal and external audiences
  • Experience with research and development across different areas of human disease-relevant biology and clinical specialties beyond a single organ
  • Completion of advanced specialty training, fellowship or country-equivalent higher-level qualification leading to recognition as a medical specialist through formal certification, board certification, or country specific professional designation
  • Experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology clinical development across early phase studies
  • Clinical experience in relevant specialty and/or relevant therapeutic areas, with direct exposure to clinical research or drug development in industry or postgraduate work
  • Robust knowledge of aging research priorities, public health needs, competitor landscape, clinical practice trends and treatment guidelines evolution
  • Knowledge of and experience in the execution of clinical and/or translational studies including generation and analysis of human translational data and conduct of preclinical biological experiments in relevant model systems
  • Experience working with global regulatory agencies and managing global clinical trials in relevant disease area
  • Prior experience contributing to regulatory interactions, including IND submissions, scientific advice, NDA/MAA filings
  • Demonstrated experience engaging with Key External Experts, investigators, and scientific collaborators in aging disease areas
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and a matrix environment to design and execute trials to regulatory standards
  • Experience in contributing to IND/CTA, NDA, BLA, or MAA submissions
  • Strong skills in analytical thinking, business acumen, change management, clinical research, clinical trial designs, decision making, influencing, leadership, matrix leadership, mentorship, people management, risk management, and strategic thinking

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Annual bonus
  • Eligibility to participate in a share based long term incentive program
  • Health care and other insurance benefits for employee and family
  • Retirement benefits
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation
  • Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave