Director, Patient Advocacy & Professional Engagement

Company Description

Insmed is a global biopharmaceutical company on a mission to transform the lives of patients living with serious and rare diseases. Our most valuable resource is our employees, and everything we do is motivated by a patients-first mentality. We are dedicated to growing our team with talented individuals from around the world who are willing to challenge the status quo, solve problems, and work collaboratively with a sense of urgency and compassion.

Guided by our core values of collaboration, accountability, passion, respect, and integrity, we aim to foster an inclusive, diverse, and flexible work environment, where our employees are recognized for leaning in and rolling up their sleeves. If you share our vision and want to work with the most dedicated people in the biopharma industry, come to Insmed to accelerate your career.

Recognitions

 

Consistently Ranked Science’s Top Employer

Insmed is dedicated to creating a collaborative environment where our team can thrive. Every day, our employees turn their passion for science and research into innovative solutions for patients. That’s why we’ve been named the No. 1 company to work for in the biopharma industry in Science’s Top Employers survey for four years in a row.

 

  

 

 

A Certified Great Place to Work®

We believe our company is truly special, and our employees agree. In July 2024, we became Great Place to Work-certified in the U.S. for the fourth year in a row. We are also honored to have been listed on the Best Workplaces in Biopharma™, Best Workplaces in New York™, PEOPLE® Companies That Care, Best Workplaces for Women™, Best Workplaces for Millennials™, and Best Medium Workplaces™ lists.

  

 

Overview

As the Director, Patient Advocacy & Engagement, you will play a pivotal role in building and leading patient advocacy and professional society engagements in respiratory, with a focus on PAH and PH-ILD, Your primary focus will be on cultivating positive relationships with patient communities, advocacy groups, and individual patients, to better understand their needs, experiences, and challenges. You will be instrumental in providing the patient voice and perspective as we design and implement our clinical development programs. You will be the bridge between patients, patient organizations, and our organization, ensuring their perspectives influence our decision-making processes, clinical development strategies, and patient support initiatives. You will lead the strategic review of educational funding requests, taking requests from review through to approval and contracting. You will ensure all policies and processes are followed, especially when it comes to CME guidelines. You will advise internal customers, both medical and marketing on the development of company led education.

Responsibilities

• Patient & HCP Advocacy and Engagement:
• Develop and implement a Patient Organization engagement strategy aligned to internal business needs and patient community needs.
• Collaborate and co-create with Patient Organizations to identify and implement innovative initiatives to empower patients to seek optimal and informed care.
• Participate and support Patient Organization events, workshops, and conferences to promote awareness and cultivate patient community engagement.
• Collaborate and co-create with Professional Medical Associations to identify and implement innovative initiatives intended to address the evolving medical science related to Insmed therapeutic areas, as directed.
• Provide insight into Health Policy and Access & Reimbursement trends to ensure Patient Organizations have a thorough understanding of the access and reimbursement landscape.
• Patient Engagement:
• Implement a systematic strategic framework to ensure patient experience is incorporated into all critical business decisions across the asset lifecycle
• Engage with patient advocacy groups, foundations, and individual patients to see their point of view and needs as it related to Patient-Focused Drug Development
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key team members in the patient community.
• Patient-Centric Strategy:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure patient perspective is internally understood and incorporated into company culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure patient needs are considered at all stages of product development.
• Represent the company in external forums and conferences related to patient advocacy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure patient perspective is internally understood and incorporated into company culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure patient needs are considered at