
Associate Director, Medical Affairs Operations – External Research Program
美国–远程, 美国 - 宾夕法尼亚州 - 费城, 美国 - 马里兰州 - 弗雷德里克, 美国 - 加利福尼亚州 - 圣莫尼卡, 美国 - 加利福尼亚州 - 海边, 美国 - 加利福尼亚州 - 福斯特市医疗事务正式员工职位描述
Kite’s External Research Program (ERP) advances our enterprise portfolio through external innovation and data generation. This role will oversee the implementation of all clinical and observational investigator-sponsored and collaborative studies.
Program Planning Execution
- Provide day-to-day oversight of administration and operations for ISRs and collaborative studies from concept approval to study closure in partnership with global and local Medical Affairs teams, Translational Medicine, Legal/Compliance and external stakeholders across multiple regions
- Oversee preparation for governing body meetings
- Lead study start up team and collaborative program study teams
- Support relationships with alliance partners
- Ensure timely tracking of project obligations; financial planning, operational, manage all issues and conflict proactively to the benefit of the projects
- Ensure effective, accurate, and timely communication to meet the needs of the asset team and stakeholders
- Contribute process improvements and new project management approaches, methods, resources, and capabilities
- Provide insights into the overall Kite portfolio that guide near-, mid-, and long-term planning
- Ensure data compliance and adherence for ERP planning, implementation, reporting, KPIs and communication
- Demonstrate a partner of choice mindset with external researchers and reinforce standards and expectations for all Kite teams to present externally
Basic Qualifications
Doctorate and 2+ years of project management experience
OR
Master’s and 8+ years of project management experience
OR
Bachelor’s and 10+ years of project management experience
OR
Associate and 12+ years of project management experience
OR
High School Diploma/GED and 14+ years of project management experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Medical, pharmacy or advanced scientific degree essential
- 7+ years of relevant biopharmaceutical experience, including experience working on strategic initiatives, project planning and/or project management
- 5+ years of biopharmaceutical and/or management consulting experience
- Experience of working in an international environment
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of Project Management and its application to drug development with sound understanding of drug development process
- Understanding of Phase 4 trials and mandatory registries
- Excellent organizational skills including attention to detail and prioritization
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, meeting facilitation and presentation skills
- Displays flexibility, targeted problem-solving skills, and resourcefulness to cultivate path forward in ambiguous and constrained circumstances
- Demonstrated skills and success in relationship building, negotiation and influencing
- Prior experience creating dashboards in Smartsheet or Excel to give a visual representation of key metrics, status updates, and task priority
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