Scientific Director, Medical Affairs

The role

The Senior Cellular Therapy Medical Director serves as a TIL cell therapy therapeutic area expert. This person will support and educate providers on tumor tissue procurement and provide clinical trial support to surgeons.

What you will do

• Support and educate providers to optimize tumor tissue starting material
• Lead engagement and best-practice discussions with surgeons on tumor tissue procurement
• Support ATC medical onboarding and serve as a resource for patient and product questions
• Serve as subject matter expert and clinical support for TIL cell therapy
• Provide clinical trial support by engaging surgeons across Iovance and investigator-sponsored trials
• Represent Iovance Medical Affairs at internal and external venues
• Work cross-functionally to support Commercial Quality, Market Access, Clinical Development, and Med Affairs
• Participate in Medical Affairs cross-functional working groups
• Represent Iovance at professional meetings, congresses, and local symposia
• Provide clinical input and review for disease strategy plans, manuscripts, and educational materials

Required qualifications

• Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with firsthand clinical or surgical experience
• Degree from an accredited and recognized school
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Proficiency in critical data review and interpretation
• Demonstrated customer-focused orientation and credibility with customers
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Expertise in leading the development of scientific content using PowerPoint
• Knowledge/application of data sources, reports, and tools
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed
• Ability to remain in a stationary position standing or sitting for prolonged periods
• Ability to move about inside an office and exert up to 10 pounds of force

Nice to have

• melanoma, cellular therapy, and/or surgical oncology experience
• A minimum of 7-10 years of academic/industry experience
• Expertise in the conduct of clinical trials in hematology/oncology

About the company

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. is the global leader in innovating, developing, and delivering tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapies for patients with solid tumors.