Regional Scientific Director, Mid-Atlantic

How You Will Achieve More:

The Regional Scientific Director (Associate Director level) serves in a customer-facing medical role to establish trusted partnerships within the healthcare community covering Intellia’s CRISPR-based, first-in-class gene editing programs.  Key responsibilities include scientific exchange, medical education and insight identification with PIs, KOLs, healthcare multidisciplinary teams and referral HCPs.  RSDs will support both the nex-z and lonvo-z programs.

Mid-Atlantic Region will include: Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina

Responsibilities:

The RSDs will focus their engagement efforts to KOLs and trial sites providing the following:

Scientific Engagement Activities

• Engagement with KOLs across ATTR amyloidosis and HAE within territory to provide education on our CRISPR gene editing platform and reactively educate on the MoA and clinical data on nex-z and lonvo-z.
• Understanding of patient journey at key centers and identification of site capabilities and preferences regarding gene editing.
• Development of individualized scientific engagement plans for key KOLs aligned with scientific narrative and medical strategy.
• Identify external insights and knowledge gaps through listening for key intelligence topics of interest and timely reporting via CRM
• Medical Congress attendance to enable KOL engagement, medical booth staffing, scientific session coverage, insights gathering and reporting
• Institutional presentations on Intellia scientific evidence, as appropriate.

Clinical Trial Awareness and Enrollment Focused Activities

• Provide scientific support for Phase 3 clinical trials during site start up, activation and recruitment through scientific education and operational insights
• Establish, cultivate, and maintain scientific relationships with Investigators and study site teams
• Identify barriers to site activation and/or patient recruitment, and discuss solutions with Investigators, study site teams, and institutional administrative team members to address and remove these barriers.
• Escalate site feedback or concerns to Intellia clinical teams
• Develop a robust understanding of clinical practice and referral associated with gene editing therapies.
• Ensure compliance and high level of scientific integrity in all interactions, including completion of trainings on time and adherence to policies

About You:

• Demonstrated success working in a highly matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Ability to critically assess situations to prioritize the importance, urgency and risks, and present leadership with recommendations.
• Ability to anticipate change and to flexibly adapt to changing business needs.
• Self-starter and team player with a collaborative spirit and results orientation.
• Organized, able to multi-task to meet timelines in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to accuracy and detail.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and project management skills across a variety of interaction mediums including in person, digital, email, phone, etc.
• Ability to understand and clearly and effectively communicate complex scientific and medical information to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are imperative; strong interpersonal skills commensurate with the need to collaborate closely with partners, investigators, contractors, consultants, and team members across functions