Associate Medical Director, Insights & Executive Engagements

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 an Associate Medical Director, Insights & Executive Engagements as part of the Medical Affairs team based Remotely.

Role Overview

The Associate Medical Director, Insights & Engagements, plays a critical role within the Medical Affairs organization supporting the strategic scientific and medical leadership for CARVYKTI. This role is responsible for the design and oversight of structured, centralized insight generation activities that will lead to actionable clinical and scientific insights by engaging with key opinion leaders (KOLs), cell therapy centers, and leading academic institutions and thereby inform the U.S. medical strategy.
In addition to contributing to the overall CARVYKTI medical strategy, the Associate Medical Director leads the execution strategy of national and regional insight-generation initiatives, including advisory boards, expert roundtables, and strategic scientific engagements. The individual will also lead the planning and execution of medical engagement activities at major scientific congresses and collaborate with leading U.S. cell therapy institutions on executive scientific projects. AMD will be working in close collaboration with cross-functional colleagues ensuring excellent coordination of all engagement related activities.
The role will also support the interpretation and internal communication of emerging safety themes derived from aggregated real world experience, advisory boards, and scientific exchange related to Carvykti. In collaboration with pharmacovigilance and cross-functional partners, the Associate Medical Director will help ensure that safety considerations and real-world clinical experiences are translated into medical strategy recommendations, evidence gaps, and future evidence generation priorities alongside the Real-World Evidence Generation Team.
Given the global partnership for CARVYKTI, the Associate Medical Director will work in close collaboration with cross-functional colleagues from Johnson & Johnson to ensure alignment on medical strategy, insight generation, scientific exchange, congress activities, site activation and OOS activities. The role will help facilitate effective coordination across organizations to support the shared goal of advancing scientific understanding and optimal clinical use of CARVYKTI.
This position requires strong scientific expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to engage credibly with leading clinicians, investigators, and institutional leaders in the field of hematologic malignancies and cell therapy and will report directly to the Medical Scientific Director of US MA Strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Insights Generation & Expert Engagement:

• Leads the planning and execution of national and regional insight-generation activities, including Advisory Boards, small-group strategy meetings, scientific exchange sessions with key clinical leaders
• Capture, synthesize, and communicate strategic insights from KOLs, treatment centers, and investigators to inform medical strategy and lifecycle planning.
• Build and maintain strong scientific relationships with leading U.S. cell therapy institutions and academic experts.
• Identify emerging trends, unmet needs, and barriers to CAR-T implementation within treatment centers.

Executive Scientific Engagements:

• Develop and lead executive-level scientific collaborations with key academic institutions, transplant programs, and CAR-T centers.
• Partner with institutional leaders and experts on strategic scientific ini