Regional Scientific Director, Central Region

Role Summary

The Regional Scientific Director (Associate Director level) serves in a customer-facing medical role to establish trusted partnerships within the healthcare community covering Intellia’s CRISPR-based, first-in-class gene editing programs. Key responsibilities include scientific exchange, medical education and insight identification with PIs, KOLs, healthcare multidisciplinary teams and referral HCPs. RSDs will support both the nex-z and lonvo-z programs.

Central region will include: Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas City.

Responsibilities

• Engagement with KOLs across ATTR amyloidosis and HAE within territory to provide education on our CRISPR gene editing platform and reactively educate on the MoA and clinical data on nex-z and lonvo-z.
• Understanding of patient journey at key centers and identification of site capabilities and preferences regarding gene editing.
• Development of individualized scientific engagement plans for key KOLs aligned with scientific narrative and medical strategy.
• Identify external insights and knowledge gaps through listening for key intelligence topics of interest and timely reporting via CRM
• Medical Congress attendance to enable KOL engagement, medical booth staffing, scientific session coverage, insights gathering and reporting
• Institutional presentations on Intellia scientific evidence, as appropriate.
• Provide scientific support for Phase 3 clinical trials during site start up, activation and recruitment through scientific education and operational insights
• Establish, cultivate, and maintain scientific relationships with Investigators and study site teams
• Identify barriers to site activation and/or patient recruitment, and discuss solutions with Investigators, study site teams, and institutional administrative team members to address and remove these barriers.
• Escalate site feedback or concerns to Intellia clinical teams
• Develop a robust understanding of clinical practice and referral associated with gene editing therapies.
• Ensure compliance and high level of scientific integrity in all interactions, including completion of trainings on time and adherence to policies

Qualifications

• Required: Demonstrated success working in a highly matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Required: Ability to critically assess situations to prioritize the importance, urgency and risks, and present leadership with recommendations.
• Required: Ability to anticipate change and to flexibly adapt to changing business needs.
• Required: Self-starter and team player with a collaborative spirit and results orientation.
• Required: Organized, able to multi-task to meet timelines in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to accuracy and detail.
• Required: Excellent presentation, communication, and project management skills across a variety of interaction mediums including in person, digital, email, phone, etc.
• Required: Ability to understand and clearly and effectively communicate complex scientific and medical information to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Required: Excellent written and oral communication skills are imperative; strong interpersonal skills commensurate with the need to collaborate closely with partners, investigators, contractors, consultants, and team members across functions.
• Required: Established track record of effective and influential oral presentations to both large and small audiences within the healthcare profession.
• Required: Ability to complete required training, documentation, expense reporting, and other administrative tasks.
• Required: Valid driver’s license
• Required: Doctorate level or terminal degree (Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or D.O.)
• Required: 3+ years industry or related field experience.
• Required: Extensive clinical trial experience including Phase 3 trials
• Required: Prior pharmaceutical industry experience as a MSL/RSD with solid understanding of scientific exchange in the context of compliance/ regulated environment and robust experience supporting execution of clinical trial.
• Preferred: Therapeutic knowledge in allergy/immunology/HAE, cardiology/ATTR-CM/-PN, or genetic medicine highly preferred.
• Preferred: New product launch experience highly preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness and ability to travel 50-70% including overnight stays.
• Ability to sit or stand for multiple hours at a computer.
• Manual dexterity for keyboarding; may include repetitive movements.