Executive Director, Lifecycle Leader

Iovance Biotherapeutics

6d•$290,000 - $330,000•Remote

About The Position

Iovance Biotherapeutics aims to be the global leader in innovating, developing and delivering tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy for people with cancer. We are pioneering a transformational approach to treating cancer by harnessing the ability of the human immune system to recognize and attack diverse cancer cells in each patient. The Iovance TIL platform has demonstrated promising clinical data across multiple solid tumors. We are committed to continuous innovation in cell therapy, including gene-edited cell therapy, which may be a promising option for patients with cancer. Overview The Lifecycle leader (LCL) is responsible for shaping the program vision, strategic context, and lifecycle plan (LCP) across indications globally. The LCL oversees the development and execution of the LCP in line with the company strategy. They are able to navigate complex program challenges, the commercial and development landscape and assess and prioritize development in future indications.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline; advanced or professional degree highly desirable (e.g., PhD, MD, or MBA).
15+ years of bio-pharmaceutical industry experience with at least 5 years of relevant work experiences in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry as a Lifecycle Leader or Program Team Leader.
Must demonstrate strong knowledge of the overall drug development process relevant to biotech/ pharmaceutical companies; commercial launch experience and a depth of experience with drug development is required.
Experience working with or on program strategy teams required.

Nice To Haves

Strong leadership skills from leading cross-functional teams in a matrix organization, with highly collaborative instincts and a track record of resolving conflicts within the team.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with clinical scientists, biologists, manufacturing experts, as well as with regulatory and commercial colleagues at all levels of the organization.
High degree of organizational awareness and understanding of change management and leading innovation.
Possess significant depth and breadth of experience across phases of drug development that enable you to immediately bring considerable strategic value to a project.
Possess understanding of drug development experience and understand what it takes to shepherd an asset through its lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Shaping the program's cross-functional vision, strategic context, and lifecycle plan (LCP) for both current and future business opportunities.
Working with leadership & SMEs (subject matter experts) to build out appropriate internal ways of working to enable best practices around development of data driven recommendations, decision making and communication.
Ensuring timely delivery and managing the associated execution plan and milestones, closely aligning them with the approved LCP, as the single point of accountability in a cross-functional team.
Overseeing integration across Iovance involving multiple stakeholders to ensure optimal program execution in line with program strategy and LCP.
Fostering alignment across the different sub-teams to ensure execution will achieve team and corporate goals (Commercial Team, Development Team, Regulatory Team etc.).
Facilitating clear decision-making by incorporating cross-functional input to address high-impact issues, including co-creating solutions to complex challenges in real time.
Leading the team in framing program needs and developing a range of options and recommendations for presentation to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), ensuring transparent communication with senior leadership, highlighting relevant scenarios, assumptions, and risks to inform decision-making and trade-offs.
Ensuring the inclusion of subject matter experts (SMEs) and situational members in discussions, guided by a predefined agenda set with guidance from the Program Manager.
Accountable to the ELT for program recommendations and framing them within the context of the broader portfolio.
Accountable for day-to-day management of the program to ensure all established deliverables with high program impact remain on track and in line with program strategy.
Ensuring the health of the team, creating a highly functional environment with collaborative ways of working where debate and honest feedback are encouraged.
Risk identification and mitigation planning.
Ensuring financial stewardship of approved and recommended projects.
Clear communication throughout organization of key milestones, deliverables and progress.
Ensure appropriate resourcing of functions to achieve program goals and vision.
May work with Development and Commercial Teams to define the disease area strategy and to execute a business plan with clear deliverables and resource needs. This includes defining priorities and an approach to leveraging external opportunities in close collaboration with Business Development and academic experts.
Advocating on behalf of Iovance and effectively communicating scientific/medical/clinical concepts in both written and oral communication to both internal and external stakeholders.
Must adhere to Iovance Biotherapeutics’ core values, policies, procedures, and business ethics.
Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.