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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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