Product Manager / Sr. Product Manager - Kite
Product Manager / Sr. Product Manager - Kite
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Job Description
At Gilead were creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years weve tackled diseases such as HIV viral hepatitis COVID-19 and cancer working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gileads team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions and were looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
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 Gilead and help create possible together.
Job Description
Kite is singularly focusing on curing cancer through delivering cell therapy. To achieve this goal Kite BU in Gilead Sciences Japan is in charge of Kite business in Japan.
The (Sr) Product Manager supports the country level product marketing for cell therapies for delivering Kite cell therapy product(s) for patients. S/he develops country level brand strategy and action plans develops relationships with opinion leaders in the country and develops and implements the promotional communication strategy and tactics for the country.
This role reports to the Marketing Director in Tokyo.
The ideal candidate possesses at minimum these three competencies:
Thorough understanding hematology / oncology clinical landscape and the business of cell therapy
Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams with excellent interpersonal skills in order to lead interact with focus resolve conflict and drive consensus among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines
Demonstrated ability to conceive develop and implement multi-dimensional marketing and business plans
Key Responsibilities
Support the country level brand strategy and action plans by leveraging the global and regional strategy and plans
Develop effective working relationships with opinion leaders and other key stakeholders to establish GSJ/Kites cell based therapies in the country
Partner with cross-functional team such as Medical Affairs Value & Access Government and Public Affairs to ensure effective development and implementation of strategies
Conduct performance tracking / monitoring including any required action planning
Utilize high level of business acumen in analyzing and coordinating activities from identified industry trends competitors strategy and practices
Collaborate with Global team to develop local brand plans
Support and implement the promotional communication strategy and tactics ensuring alignment with the overall brand strategy
Work alongside the global US EU and other countries/regions marketing colleagues to develop and produce compliant promotional materials
Manage external agency relationships (i.e. advertising public relations medical education vendors) to develop promotional deliverables
Drive excellence in commercial efforts including business planning / forecasting and KPI reporting
Collaborate with Commercial Operations team to execute brand plan and track it
Ensure all marketing activities are in compliance with regulatory and legal requirements
Support future product planning and brand plan
Support developing business case and/or preliminary brand plan for new products and new indications collaborating with cross-functional team such as clinical development market access regulatory affairs and medical affairs to expand Kite portfolio for cell therapies
Basic Qualifications
Thorough understanding hematology / oncology clinical landscape and the business of cell therapy
Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams with excellent interpersonal skills in order to lead interact with focus resolve conflict and drive consensus among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines
Demonstrated ability to conceive develop and implement multi-dimensional marketing and business plans
Ability to develop maintain and utilize a high level of product and therapeutic disease knowledge to promote the appropriate use of cell therapies to opinion leaders
Excellent and demonstrable command of written and spoken English and proficiency at communicating verbally and in written form
Bachelors degree
Demonstrated experience within the pharmaceutical / healthcare industry to include familiarity with marketing / sales strategy and tactics as well as commercial policies and practices within specialty care
Demonstrated track record of successful product launches and / or sustained commercial growth
Preferred Qualifications
MBA or other advanced degree in similar field
Recent B cell malignancy / oncology experience and understanding of the funding and clinical challenges in this area
Company Overview
Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid long term 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 kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica CA. For more information on Kite please visit . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at Current Gilead Employees and Contractors: Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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