Director, Real World Evidence Center of Excellence

We’re here for one reason and one reason only – to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. We’ve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But we’re not finished yet. Join Kite, as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies, and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.

As Director, Medical Affairs, Real World Evidence Center of Excellence, you will be responsible for leading Kite’s evidence generation strategy and execution in several key areas:

• Post-marketing requirement (PMR) registries for the Australia/Canada/Europe (ACE) and Intercontinental (ICR) regions.
• Epidemiological expertise to support pipeline planning as well as ACE and ICR safety and pharmacovigilance activities.
• Development of strategically aligned scientific publications using real-world evidence (RWE).
• Leadership of specialized analyses of real-world data, including registries, claims, and electronic health records, to support RWE studies.

You will also manage epidemiologists and data analysts engaged in RWE studies. The role also entails collaboration with the cross-functional team including Clinical, Medical, Safety, Commercial, Research, and Technical Operations, to identify and lead strategically aligned projects where RWE can support organizational objectives including regulatory and technical initiatives, pipeline acceleration, and patient access. You will also serve as a leader of RWE in scientific forums, and collaborate with external physicians, scientists, and researchers, as well as alliance partners, on RWE activities.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Leading study concept development and execution of incidence/prevalence, burden of illness and natural history of disease assessment for business and development and early development indications.
• Strategic and tactical support for cross-functional RWE development including registries, burden of illness/natural history of disease for regulators, payers and clinicians.
• Providing leadership and oversight of non-interventional study protocols, regulatory documents, and scientific publications.
• Provide excellent people leadership to team members, including fostering a candid, constructive feedback culture, cultivating the team’s development, and identifying and investing in succession planning.
• Adapt performance metrics and dashboards for RWE projects to quantify and enhance impact.
• Provide expertise on RWE and observational research to cross functional teams including brand strategy teams for assigned brand/pipeline, newly launched, and marketed product(s).
• Assess research gaps and objectives across key partners and disease areas to determine proactive RWE/observational research strategy.
• Possess superb communication skills with adaptability to address technical and non-technical audiences, and comprehensive understanding of strategies to translate observational research methods and results for patient benefit.
• Effectively manage internal and external stakeholder expectations regarding strategic objectives and execution of research.
• Provide RWE expertise and input for regulatory filings (e.g. MAA, BLA, sBLA) as well as response to questions from regulatory authorities in the context of clinical trial applications, filing procedures, or pharmacovigilance/safety inquiries.
• Develop, execute and deploy integrated evidence generation plans, develop contingency plans, provide technical and strategic advice, and meet milestones and budgets.
• Provide RWE leadership in scientific forums, and interact with clinical investigators and thought leaders, external stakeholders (medical experts, advisory boards, patient advocacy groups) and internal stakeholders (Research, Translational Sciences, Clinical Operations, Safety, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and Commercial).

Your profile:

• Doctoral degree (e.g. PhD, MD, ScD, PharmD) in Epidemiology or related discipline, such as Outcomes Research, Medicine, Biostatistics from an accredited institution, with a minimum of 8+ years of relevant, post-graduation experience with doctoral training OR Master’s degree (e.g. MSc) in Epidemiology or related discipline, such as Outcomes Research, Medicine, Biostatistics from an accredited institution with 10+ years of relevant experience with Master’s training.
• Preferred: minimum of four (4) years of professional experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. In addition, experience with Post Marketing Requirement (PMR) registries is highly preferable.

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.