Sr. Cell Therapy Clinical Educator

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.

 

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel). Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

 

Legend Biotech is seeking a Senior Cell Therapy Clinical Educator as part of the Commercial team based Remotely (New England Territory.)

Role Overview

The Cell Therapy Clinical Educator role provides disease state, product efficacy, and product safety education and training to key healthcare providers within Oncology clinics, and health care providers (HCPs) in the hospital and clinic/office setting, professional society meetings, and external programs. The individual will work within a specified region to enhance disease, product efficacy, and product safety knowledge, coordinate and provide staff training, and enhance proper administration. The Cell Therapy Clinical Educator (CTCE) role is a position that is field based and is comprised of nurses and/or APPs working under the general direction of the Region Associate Director, Clinical Education. The CTCE serves as the disease state and product efficacy and safety expert for their assigned territories. The CTCE serves as a resource to clinical leaders by identifying disease state, product efficacy, and product safety educational needs of staff and implements programs to fulfill knowledge gaps. This collaborative approach will serve to provide education and enhanced clinical care. Excellent organizational, creative and analytical problem solving, communication, and presentation and skills are required. This individual must be flexible and adaptable to new and constant changing situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducts peer-to-peer in-person and virtual educational programs through 1:1 physician, APP/Nurse and group presentations.
• Meet with identified customers in each participating practice or facility to engage in discussions regarding safety and efficacy of Legend products, and enroll them in educational programs as needed.
• Must be able to educate and use multiple approaches to explain complex and difficult material and use experiences to illustrate ideas and facilitate understanding while maintaining the ability to stimulate customer interest.
• Promptly respond to internal/external inquiries and requests.
• Collaborate and work cooperatively with commercial team members on various cross-functional projects and regional initiatives to support company goals.
• Provide in-services and educational activities in customer offices and professional society meetings.
• Utilize key resources to support account planning to align with regional and company goals.
• Develops relationships with key nurse opinion leaders.
• Recognize changes and emerging trends within an account to develop and implement alternate plans to achieve objectives.
• Provide consistent follow up to appropriately assess and meet practice needs for education.
• Possess an in-depth mastery of clinical and technical knowledge related to products and disease state management.
• Ensure clear, concise and accurate communication of program information using proper medical terminology utilizing only approved materials and guidelines.
• Maintain the highest level of professional standards in all interactions with customers and other business contacts.
• Monitor, collect, and communicate to the Executive Director, Head of External Engagement on customer insights regarding their need for information regarding disease state, efficacy and safety information with respect to Legend’s marketed products.
• Collaborate with managed care counterparts and/or MSLs to provide ongoing clinical updates that are impacted by reimbursem