Director, Precision Diagnostics - Oncology

Director - Precision Diagnostics - Oncology

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.
 

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, molecular diagnostics, clinical laboratory science, or related field.
- 6+ years of experience in diagnostic development, biomarker strategy, and/or clinical assay development, with at 2+ years direct experience in oncology diagnostic development.
- Experience integrating diagnostics into clinical trial design and familiarity with clinical trial design elements such as efficacy endpoints, biomarker testing, data management and human biological specimen management and operations.
- Experience in regulatory requirements for diagnostics or companion diagnostics and quality management systems, including FDA and EU medical device regulations and QSR regulations, GMP manufacturing, ISO13485, etc.

- Diagnostic protocol and analysis plan development required to support diagnostic development and regulatory submissions

- Management of cross-functional projects, timelines, and budgets in a matrix environment.
- Stakeholder management, including working with clinical teams, external partners and clinical laboratories.

Preferred Qualifications
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MD) in a relevant discipline.
- Experience developing next-generation sequencing (NGS), PCR, immunohistochemistry, or other oncology biomarker assays as diagnostics and/or for clinical use.
- Experience contributing to regulatory submissions or interactions for diagnostic devices or assays.
- Familiarity with laboratory accreditation standards and clinical laboratory operations.
- Experience partnering with commercial teams to enable diagnostic launch and market adoption.

- Demonstrated ability in clear, effective, cross-team, open communications and collaboration.

Working Model
This is a hybrid role based in the United States. You will be expected to work on-site regularly and collaborate closely with colleagues across sites.

What We Value

We seek people who bring curiosity, humility, and a patient-first mindset. We welcome different perspectives and encourage inclusion. We support professional growth and offer opportunities to lead complex, high-impact work that advances care for people with cancer.

How to Apply

If you want to help shape diagnostics that improve patient outcomes, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter describing your relevant experience and why this role matters to you. We look forward to hearing from you.

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• If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $189,750 to $316,250. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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