Director US Medical Affairs Strategy Operations
Director US Medical Affairs Strategy Operations
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$ 205615 - 266090
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Job Description
For Current Kite Pharma Employees and Contractors:
Please log onto your Internal Career Site to apply for this job.
Were here for one reason and one reason only to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. Weve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR Tcell therapies have changed the paradigm. But were not finished yet.
Join Kite as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.
Job Description
Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal curing cancer. Every single day we seek to establish a direct line between that purpose and our daytoday work. Would you like to join us in this mission
Kite Medical Affairs Strategy and Operations function is responsible for driving operational excellence and medical effectiveness. This is achieved by working collaboratively within medical affairs and collaborating with crossfunctional stakeholders not limited to commercial development regional teams and Gilead operational teams. Medical affairs Operations ensure the appropriate systems tools and processes are in place to support and enhance Kite medical affairs business effectiveness.
The Medical Affairs Operations and Strategy Lead will serve as an instrumental partner and operational expert to support the successful of the US Medical Affairs strategy. This role involves overseeing crossfunctional projects optimizing processes and ensuring alignment between the organizations medical clinical and cross functional objectives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Medical Affairs operational excellence and leadership with the ability to drive innovative strategies and execute them with precision.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning and Leadership:
Partner with senior leaders to develop and execute the Medical Affairs strategy in alignment with organizational objectives.
Lead the US annual planning process including budget development resource allocation and goal setting.
Monitor and assess industry trends to anticipate challenges and opportunities for the Medical Affairs function.
Governance and Operational Excellence:
Drive operational efficiency by streamlining processes workflows and systems within Medical Affairs.
Enhance and oversee metrics and KPIs to track performance ensuring continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain US governance frameworks to support compliance quality and risk management.
Support the Medical Affairs system and technology roadmap to support 3year business objectives of Medical Affairs
Support the assessment of future technologies for the department and helps direct departmental implementation of new technologies
Partner with IT to ensure project goals are in line with global business plans of action and project plans are tracked.
Partner with Finance to ensure US projects are managed with fiscal discipline and track to budget.
CrossFunctional Collaboration:
Serve as a key liaison between Medical Affairs and other functions (Commercial Development Manufacturing etc. to ensure alignment and coordination.
Facilitate effective communication and information sharing to drive seamless of medical strategies.
Program and Project Management:
Oversee the implementation of strategic initiatives ensuring delivery on time and within scope.
Manage crossfunctional project teams to execute highimpact projects that support Medical Affairs priorities.
Create dashboards and reporting systems to track the progress of key initiatives.
Business Insights and Analytics Support:
Work with GACO team to leverage data and analytics to generate actionable insights that inform medical and business strategies.
Key Leader on the US Medical Affairs leadership team:
Ensures with head of USMA a highperforming team to deliver operational and strategic excellence.
Embodies & fosters a culture of collaboration innovation and accountability within Medical Affairs.
Ensures effective & measurable outcomes for USMAN team.
Basic Qualifications
Advanced scientific degree (i.e. MD PharmD PhD) and 8 years of biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience OR
Masters Degree and 10 years of biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience OR
Bachelors Degree and 12 years of biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience
Preferred Qualifications
Deep Understanding of Medical Affairs business needs and requirements to identify bestinclass solutions
Demonstrated success in developing effective creative solutions to complex problems
Demonstrated excellence in managing highly complex multiple projects simultaneously
Demonstrated success in establishing effective working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external key stakeholders
Strong attention to detail excellent project management and problemsolving skills and thinks creatively
Able to work under limited direction
5 years in medical affairs or leading project delivery role in pharma
Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills to work with medical and/or scientific teams
Ability to independently lead and prioritize multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and function in a fastpaced environment
Work effectively both independently and as part of a team
Ability to learn quickly and comprehensively about new subject areas and environments
Selfmotivation flexibility resourcefulness and problemsolving capabilities
Passion for science
Outstanding Microsoft Word PowerPoint Excel and MS Project
The work you do at Kite will help change how cancer is treated and ensure patients and their families have more time together. Ready to create more tomorrows with us
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Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid longterm durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune systems ability to recognize and tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica CA. For more information on Kite please visit . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at jobs in the United States:
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