Sr Mgr/assoc Director, Regional Medical Affairs

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**Job Description**:
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join us as a Medical Project / Risk Management Mitigation / Training Senior Manager or Assoc Director who will be responsible for medical projects, Risk Management Mitigation activities and medical learning/development (L&D) for the Intercontinental Region. This position reports to the Head of Medical Affairs, Kite Intercontinental Region.

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.

Key Responsibilities

Intercontinental Regional Medical Project (~55%)
- Manage regional medical projects (not limited to medical symposiums, advisory board meetings, preceptorships, internal training curriculum development and training execution) from design to completion, anticipating obstacles and difficulties that may arise, resolving them in a collaborative manner with relevant stakeholders
- Communication and management of external vendors for medical projects
- Provide support at professional meetings, including staffing exhibits, facilitating meetings with TLs and HCPs and etc
- Maintain clinical, scientific, and technical expertise in hematology/oncology and the company’s therapeutic areas of interest

Intercontinental Regional Risk Management Mitigation (~30%)
- Provide leadership and be responsible of Risk Management Mitigation related activities (example and not limited to medical training decks) for the Intercontinental region, including review and updating of training deck where necessary. Work with Intercontinental region Medical Head and GLPS in defining if additional training to sites is required based on updates.
- Adhere to corporate and health care compliance guidance in all activities, including those related to clinical trials, scientific interactions with internal and external groups.

Intercontinental Regional Training (~15%)
- Establish medical training curriculum for Intercontinental region, develop and maintain training materials, organize medical training to meet specific needs of Intercontinental region.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

- Industry experience is essential, ideally including experience within oncology or hematology.
- Must have demonstrated organizational skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills along with excellent judgment and ability to work in a team environment.
- Strong presentation skills are required.
- Ability to travel to domestic and international conferences which will include occasional weekend travel is required.
- Language: Fluent in English

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 system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit


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 system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit


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