Director, Medical Affairs - Onsite

Overview

Who we are.

Dendreon is making the battle against cancer personal. Our flagship product PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T), was the first FDA approved immunotherapy for the treatment of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer and is made from the patient's own immune cells.

 

If you are looking to positively impact the lives of patients, we want you to join our team. We have Immunotherapy Manufacturing Facilities located in Seal Beach, CA and Union City, GA. A sizeable Research & Development group based out of Seattle, WA, and a highly skilled Commercial team countrywide.

 

Core Values:

• Put Patients First. Every day is a new opportunity to improve the lives of patients living with cancer
• Act with Integrity. Be honest, transparent, and committed to doing what’s right in every situation.
• Build Trust. Building trust takes time. Engage teammates, be candid and transparent. Over communicate and seek feedback.
• Raise the Bar. Harness continuous improvement, foster innovation and elevate our people.
• Drive Results. Be accountable and execute – we win together when everyone performs.

Your Role:  (On-site 5 days a week) The Director, Medical Affairs is responsible for providing oversight to medical information and the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) field team.  In addition, this role will work with the departmental head to implement insight activity collation, tracking and follow throughs, clinical and investigator trial support as well as project planning. 

The Director of Medical Affairs leads and oversees the strategic direction of the Medical Affairs team, focusing on scientific exchange, thought leader engagement, and providing medical expertise across multiple functions (for example Sales Teams, Market Access and Reimbursement, Corporate Account Management, Nursing Services, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Operations). This role is key in bridging the gap between clinical development, commercial functions, and external stakeholders, ensuring the communication of accurate and impactful scientific data.  The role is office-based, requiring moderate travel, and all-encompassing support and essential functions are to be conducted within appropriate, compliant, and safe-harbor requirements.

Responsibilities

Your Work:

• Develops annual field medical affairs strategy, objectives, action plans and budgets that align with company-wide and department objectives.
• Works with clinical operations and the field medical team to identify investigators and study coordinators to support site identification, site initiation, protocol education, and patient enrollment in Dendreon sponsored clinical trials.
• Independently executes medical strategies to ensure clinical information exchange and scientific and medical information dissemination to health care professionals that supports current department and company business objectives.
• Plan and implement regional and national meetings of the medical organization including coordination of congress activities.
• Participates in and represents Dendreon Medical Affairs at medical congresses.
• Manages investigator communications and research progress with current and future Investigator Initiated Trials (IIT).
• Coordinates with Medical Communications and Publications on effective use of current and future evidence on Dendreon products.
• Collects, monitors, analyzes and presents to departmental head and to partners within the company metrics of Medical Information activities (fulfillment of Medical Information Requests for example)
• Ensures that all activities are fully compliant with existing SOPs within, and that field staff comply with applicable scientific exchange guidelines and standards.
• Compiles, develops and submits routine and ad hoc internal and external reports.
• Travel requirements include up to 50%, with overnight stays necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Scope:

• Provide consistent and professional supervision over field based medical personnel and provide direct and specific work assignments and tasks to direct reports.
• Manage new and effective approaches to scientific engagement, including use of new information technology, communication platforms, and visual data tools to provide factual and fair balance medical information to healthcare professionals upon unsolicited request.
• Organize, manage and deliver, when appropriate, scientific presentations and/or product updates to healt