Associate Medical Director, Insights & Executive Engagements
Legend Biotech
2 months ago
Remote
United States
Medical Affairs
Associate Medical Director, Insights & Executive Engagements (Medical Affairs) — Remote
Role Overview
- Design and oversee structured, centralized insight generation activities to produce actionable clinical/scientific insights by engaging KOLs, cell therapy centers, and academic institutions to inform U.S. medical strategy.
- Lead national and regional insight-generation execution (e.g., advisory boards, expert roundtables, strategic scientific engagements).
- Plan and execute medical engagement activities at major scientific congresses; collaborate with leading U.S. cell therapy institutions on executive scientific projects.
- Support interpretation and internal communication of emerging Carvykti safety themes from aggregated real-world experience, advisory boards, and scientific exchange; translate into medical strategy recommendations, evidence gaps, and future evidence generation priorities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally (including alliance counterparts) to align on medical strategy, insight generation, scientific exchange, congress activities, site activation, and OOS activities.
Key Responsibilities
Insights Generation & Expert Engagement
- Lead planning/execution of national/regional insight-generation activities (advisory boards, small-group strategy meetings, scientific exchange sessions).
- Capture, synthesize, and communicate strategic insights from KOLs, treatment centers, and investigators for medical strategy and lifecycle planning.
- Build/maintain scientific relationships with leading U.S. cell therapy institutions and academic experts.
- Identify emerging trends, unmet needs, and barriers to CAR-T implementation.
Executive Scientific Engagements
- Develop and lead executive-level scientific collaborations with academic institutions, transplant programs, and CAR-T centers.
- Partner with institutional leaders/experts on initiatives addressing key clinical and operational questions in CAR-T therapy.
- Support thought leadership and scientific dialogue in the U.S. cell therapy ecosystem.
Congress Strategy & Execution
- Lead Medical Affairs planning/execution for major hematology/oncology congresses.
- Coordinate Carvykti-related medical activities (advisory/KOL engagements, scientific discussions and expert exchanges, internal insight capture and post-congress reporting).
- Translate congress findings into strategic insights and actionable recommendations.
Safety & Medical Governance
- Contribute to scientific monitoring of Carvykti safety via expert engagements, congress discussions, and clinical insights.
- Capture and communicate emerging safety perspectives from clinicians and treatment centers.
- Collaborate with pharmacovigilance/medical safety/cross-functional teams for appropriate escalation and alignment.
- Support scientific exchange/education related to risk management and safe use of CAR-T therapies.
Alliance & Cross-Company Collaboration
- Align with Medical Affairs alliance counterparts on U.S. medical strategy and CARVYKTI priorities.
- Support joint planning (advisory board strategy, congress engagement planning, key expert interactions) and facilitate cross-organization insight synthesis.
- Participate in alliance meetings, cross-company working groups, and strategic discussions.
- Partner with Field Medical, Clinical Development, HEOR, Market Access, and Commercial teams; identify evidence gaps and opportunities for RWE/investigator-initiated research.
Decision Making
- Typically makes decisions on direction, methodologies, approaches in engagement strategy/execution; may decide on project execution (timelines, milestones, resource allocation within budget). Higher-level approvals for major budget/strategic shifts or major collaborations with significant financial/long-term impact.
Requirements
- MD, PharmD, or PhD in life sciences/medicine or related field (NP/PA considered).
- 3–6+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, or related industry roles.
- Hematology/oncology experience (preferably multiple myeloma) or cell therapy.
- Experience engaging KOLs, academic institutions, and clinical investigators.
- Experience planning/supporting advisory boards, scientific meetings, or congress activities (preferred).
- Demonstrated success managing complex projects and working cross-functionally in a matrix environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex scientific concepts into actionable insights.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 2013 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Experience with SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Concur, Veeva and other PC-based applications; familiar with AI platforms including Copilot.
Benefits
- Benefits are offered exclusively to permanent full-time employees (contractors are not eligible).
Role Overview
- Design and oversee structured, centralized insight generation activities to produce actionable clinical/scientific insights by engaging KOLs, cell therapy centers, and academic institutions to inform U.S. medical strategy.
- Lead national and regional insight-generation execution (e.g., advisory boards, expert roundtables, strategic scientific engagements).
- Plan and execute medical engagement activities at major scientific congresses; collaborate with leading U.S. cell therapy institutions on executive scientific projects.
- Support interpretation and internal communication of emerging Carvykti safety themes from aggregated real-world experience, advisory boards, and scientific exchange; translate into medical strategy recommendations, evidence gaps, and future evidence generation priorities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally (including alliance counterparts) to align on medical strategy, insight generation, scientific exchange, congress activities, site activation, and OOS activities.
Key Responsibilities
Insights Generation & Expert Engagement
- Lead planning/execution of national/regional insight-generation activities (advisory boards, small-group strategy meetings, scientific exchange sessions).
- Capture, synthesize, and communicate strategic insights from KOLs, treatment centers, and investigators for medical strategy and lifecycle planning.
- Build/maintain scientific relationships with leading U.S. cell therapy institutions and academic experts.
- Identify emerging trends, unmet needs, and barriers to CAR-T implementation.
Executive Scientific Engagements
- Develop and lead executive-level scientific collaborations with academic institutions, transplant programs, and CAR-T centers.
- Partner with institutional leaders/experts on initiatives addressing key clinical and operational questions in CAR-T therapy.
- Support thought leadership and scientific dialogue in the U.S. cell therapy ecosystem.
Congress Strategy & Execution
- Lead Medical Affairs planning/execution for major hematology/oncology congresses.
- Coordinate Carvykti-related medical activities (advisory/KOL engagements, scientific discussions and expert exchanges, internal insight capture and post-congress reporting).
- Translate congress findings into strategic insights and actionable recommendations.
Safety & Medical Governance
- Contribute to scientific monitoring of Carvykti safety via expert engagements, congress discussions, and clinical insights.
- Capture and communicate emerging safety perspectives from clinicians and treatment centers.
- Collaborate with pharmacovigilance/medical safety/cross-functional teams for appropriate escalation and alignment.
- Support scientific exchange/education related to risk management and safe use of CAR-T therapies.
Alliance & Cross-Company Collaboration
- Align with Medical Affairs alliance counterparts on U.S. medical strategy and CARVYKTI priorities.
- Support joint planning (advisory board strategy, congress engagement planning, key expert interactions) and facilitate cross-organization insight synthesis.
- Participate in alliance meetings, cross-company working groups, and strategic discussions.
- Partner with Field Medical, Clinical Development, HEOR, Market Access, and Commercial teams; identify evidence gaps and opportunities for RWE/investigator-initiated research.
Decision Making
- Typically makes decisions on direction, methodologies, approaches in engagement strategy/execution; may decide on project execution (timelines, milestones, resource allocation within budget). Higher-level approvals for major budget/strategic shifts or major collaborations with significant financial/long-term impact.
Requirements
- MD, PharmD, or PhD in life sciences/medicine or related field (NP/PA considered).
- 3–6+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, or related industry roles.
- Hematology/oncology experience (preferably multiple myeloma) or cell therapy.
- Experience engaging KOLs, academic institutions, and clinical investigators.
- Experience planning/supporting advisory boards, scientific meetings, or congress activities (preferred).
- Demonstrated success managing complex projects and working cross-functionally in a matrix environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex scientific concepts into actionable insights.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 2013 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Experience with SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Concur, Veeva and other PC-based applications; familiar with AI platforms including Copilot.
Benefits
- Benefits are offered exclusively to permanent full-time employees (contractors are not eligible).