Senior Director, Medical Affairs – Kite Japan

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We have an exciting opportunity within our Medical Affairs team in Japan for Head of Medical Affairs, Kite Japan.

The Head of Medical Affairs Japan (Senior Director) will have overall responsibility for building and overseeing the strategies and tactics for Cell Therapy within the Kite Japan Medical Affairs Department, providing strategic leadership for all Medical Affairs activities and developing and executing Medical Affairs strategic initiatives in Japan. This position will report to the Kite International Region Head of Medical Affairs.

Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. We are at the forefront of immunotherapy and engineered T cell therapy. Our personalized approach is what sets us apart. Unlike traditional pharmaceutical manufacturing, our therapies are not created on an assembly line. With CAR T-cell therapy, we are reengineering a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer — one patient at a time. We also are entering a pivotal time in our history with multiple planned launches and evolving competitive dynamics on a global scale. That means a fast moving, constantly changing environment and innovative culture, where we make discoveries every day – discoveries that include our own capabilities and our individual potential.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develops and leads the execution of disease area Medical Affairs Strategy. Collaborates with the cross-functional Cell Therapy Teams responsible for Plan of Actions (POA) and tracking the execution of each tactic. Chairs Research Review Committee for Kite Assets.
• Responsible for evaluating non-registration clinical research globally, including Investigator sponsored research [ISRs]; Observational research; and Real World Data through registries.
• Ensuring the successful dissemination of innovative clinical information to thought-leaders and fostering medical and scientific information exchange from and throughout the specific disease communities.
• Developing and maintaining positive professional relationships with thought-leaders based on mutual respect and reciprocal scientific information exchange related to medical therapies. This includes obtaining feedback from the independent community of relevant healthcare professionals with regard to disease areas of focus and relevant studies.
• Leads programs that ensure the delivery of timely, accurate and succinct communication of fair-balanced clinical and scientific presentations to healthcare professionals, both proactively and in response to requests for information, consistent with promotional compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Provides timely coaching and constructive feedback within this matrix organization, for Medical Affairs and to other key functional stakeholders.
• Acts as a patient advocate to ensure the successful delivery of therapy; will respond to call centers to triage issues as required.
• Supports robust scientific internal and external training activities and medical communication.
• Local input into global clinical development and medical affairs programs.
• Support developing strategy and tactics for Medical Scientific Liaisons.

Minimum Education and Basic Qualifications:

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. Please see the following for the qualifications and skills required for this role.

• 12+ years Medical Affairs experience with one or more of the following advanced degrees in life sciences: MD, DO, PharmD, or PhD.
• 7+ year’s clinical experience in hematology oncology therapeutic areas is preferred.
• Strategic thinking skills with demonstrated ability to successfully lead the ideation, development of a plan and move to action.
• Demonstrated success managing teams (directly or indirectly) across global matrix organizations.
• A willingness and ability to work hands-on and with a sense of urgency, in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Existing global contacts with hematology institutions and/or hospitals strongly preferred.
• Previous pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Solid working knowledge of regulatory and compliance environment.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively present to and engage with a wide range of audiences.
• Native level Japanese and Professional level English.
• Computer proficiency in all common IT work tools.
• Ability to travel frequently (+/- 30%).

Competencies & other skills:

• Results orientation:

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The individual will have a strong drive to meet and exceed goals, even under adverse circumstances, and is willing to take ownership of problems and make decisions in order to move forward. The candidate will be adept at clearly defining objectives and priorities and establishing appropriate milestones through a strong understanding of the market and innovative approaches. The candidate will assign accountability and incorporate disciplined processes to ensure success and nimbly handle ‘derailments’ with contingency plans and coordination.

• Team leadership:

The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to build, develop, and motivate a team as evidenced by effective hiring, coaching, and mentoring of direct reports. Additionally, this individual will have a track record of successfully leveraging diversity of thought to achieve the highest level of results. The ideal candidate will develop an inclusive culture enabling the team to function comfortably within the current challenging medical landscape to achieve and exceed goals. The candidate will also have constructed an appropriate succession plan and process.

• Strategic Orientation

The successful candidate will be able to articulate evolving priorities for the business, identify opportunities and adapt short-term plans. This includes the ability to strategically assess customer needs and build/execute specific, segmented strategies to educate and inform a diverse set of customers. The successful candidate will have passion for, and success in, developing medical affairs strategies that have measurable educational impact.

• Collaboration and Influence:

The qualified candidate must be able to influence at multiple levels within a matrix team, which He/She will do by demonstrating competence and confidence, being personally accessible and a good listener, use fact-based persuasion, passion, and persistence as appropriate to the audience and issue at stake. Gaining the support and involvement of key internal constituencies will be critical to success, as will influencing those important constituencies external to the company. The successful candidate must therefore have excellent skills at influencing outcomes, and shaping and catalyzing dialogue across and outside the organization. Credibility and integrity are critical attributes to effectively command the respect and trust of key individuals.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunity employer, Gilead Sciences is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable laws. It is also Gilead’s policy to comply with all applicable laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

People Leader Accountabilities

Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.

Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.

Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.