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We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.
The Director, Regional Marketingis expected to possess a high level of clinical and customer knowledge, and is responsible for engaging and influencing health care professionals to help build educational platforms, generate insights and inform the execution of current and future brand and disease-state strategies. The Regional Marketing role, is a field-based marketing role that works closely with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) and Opinion Leaders (OLs) and requires extensive travel (>60%) within region. This role reports to the Senior Director of US OL and Congress Strategy.
In partnership with commercial leadership, commercial colleagues, and cross-functional partners, this role is responsible for execution of Kite’s overarching commercial US interaction strategy with opinion leaders in the heme, hem/onc, and CAR T treatment areas to advance adoptions for the use of Kite therapies in hematologic malignancy.
The Regional Marketing job responsibilities are focused on the following key areas. All interactions are on-label and consistent with commercial compliance, legal and regulatory guidelines.
This role will support the West region and will be field-based.
Responsibilities:
OL Development and Engagement
Identify, profile, cultivate and maintain long-term partnerships with National OLs/Regional OLs/Emerging leaders within the Hematology community
Developing regional OL strategies and effectively communicating those plans with cross-functional partners to ensure enterprise-wide transparency, collaboration, and alignment with a ONE Kite approach
Interact with OLs to solicit insights and develop advocacy aligned to commercial and marketing strategy and messaging, measured through sentiment analysis
Engage in on-label conversations on topics such as disease diagnosis & treatment, referral dynamics, product positioning, and opportunities for Kite to win
Plan and execute OL interactions and executive encounters at local, regional and national conferences, field visits, and other venues as directed
Serve as a single point-of-contact to resolve commercial OL issues
Work closely and collaboratively with cross-functional partners (e.g. sales, marketing), to maintain OL coordination, but also to manage role clarity among the expertise areas for an enhanced OL and Kite experience
Market Insights & Collaboration
Utilize insights from opinion leaders (OLs) and competitive intelligence to shape and enhance brand strategies and tactical activities
Identify market gaps, anticipate competitor actions, and drive informed strategic planning to ensure market positioning and sustained growth
Facilitate cross-functional planning, recruitment, and execution of regional and national advisory boards
Identify, align and recruit appropriate HCP/OL consultants to meet the needs of marketing and achieve aligned-upon KPIs for each project
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years’ Experience
OR
Masters' Degree and Ten Years’ Experience
OR
PhD and Eight Years’ Experience
Preferred Qualifications:
12+ years of pharmaceutical / biotech industry experience, including prior sales experience in hematology / oncology
2+ years of pharmaceutical / biotech industry people leadership experience
Thorough understanding of the hematology / oncology clinical landscape, ideally with prior experience in cell therapy or stem cell transplant
Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to cultivate relationships with oncology and cell therapy opinion leaders
Willingness and aptitude to stay on the cutting edge of data readouts and communicate implications to Kite
Strong ability to work cross-functionally in a dynamic, fast paced environment
Excellent verbal / written communication skills
Prior leadership experience preferred
People Leader Accountabilities:
Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations, and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop, and realize their purpose.
Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma.
Gilead Sciences Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact ApplicantAccommodations@gilead.com for assistance.
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