Sr. Manager, Patient Advocacy Pipeline

About us

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceuticals and healthcare group with 90 years’ experience, operating in 30 countries with more than 6,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group research, develops and markets innovative drugs in its three therapeutic areas: AIR (products and services that promote respiration, from new-born to adult populations), RARE (treatment for patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases) and CARE (products and services that support special care and consumer-facing self-care).

We are proud to be the largest global pharmaceutical group to be awarded B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes transparent ethical behavior at all levels. 

We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities. 

 

Chiesi USA

Chiesi USA is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and promoting products for the hospital, adjacent specialty and rare disease markets. We are a B Corp™ and Benefit company awarded Top Employer status for six consecutive years and certified as a Great Place to Work. 
At Chiesi, we share an entrepreneurial spirit and act as a force for good, pursuing high social and environmental standards, to ensure the wellbeing of our people, patients, and communities. We offer a work environment where professionals have the opportunity to build a purposeful career focused on helping others while achieving a fulfilling work-life balance, meeting exciting challenges, and engaging in important and rewarding work.

 

What we offer

Chiesi offers competitive benefits, services, and programs that enrich the personal and professional lives of our employees.   Our shared values of passion, innovation, trust and integrity bring out the individual talents and diverse perspectives of each of our colleagues.  Our environment encourages each individual to reach his or her full potential and drive outstanding results. We celebrate that “Every one of us is different. Every one of us is Chiesi."

 

Who we are looking for

Purpose

Chiesi is looking for a highly motivated, collaborative, and compassionate individual for the position of Senior Manager Pipeline Programs, Patient Advocacy at Chiesi Rare Diseases.
The position reports to the VP, Global Patient Advocacy and collaborates actively across geographies and functions. Tasked with developing and executing plans for engagement and insight gathering with early rare disease pipeline area patient communities, this individual will also implement tactics related to global patient advocacy strategies. We are looking for someone passionate about science and also able to engage relevant stakeholders on complex concepts using plain language. This individual must have a desire to make a difference for people living with, and communities impacted by rare diseases by developing and expanding relationship-partnerships with patient advocacy organizations and ensuring that the needs and insights from these relationships are reflected in Chiesi’s decision-making process. You will represent the “voice of the patient” to inform internal cross-functional teams and champion patient-focused projects and programs while balancing community expectations for early-stage research.

Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Global Rare Disease patient advocacy strategy, reflecting Chiesi’s commitment to the patient community.
• Develop and implement plans to engage global patient communities across the Chiesi Rare Diseases pipeline portfolio, working cross-functionally with R&D, Clinical, Strategic Innovation and other business functions.
• Sit on and contribute to relevant program teams   and champion patient insights and key community perspectives in program plans.
• Serve as primary point of contact to build and maintain collaborative, partnerships with stakeholders and patient advocacy groups.
• Compliantly exchange information related to Chiesi Rare Diseases areas of interest while also ensuring that collaborative plans are commensurate with the stage of development for each program under the pipeline umbrella.