Scientific Director, Medical Affairs
About The Position
The Senior Cellular Therapy Medical Director represents Iovance Medical Affairs as a TIL cell therapy therapeutic area expert in educational, strategic, and tactical discussions with internal colleagues and external experts and investigators. Reporting to the Executive Scientific Director, Medical Affairs, the role applies clinical expertise and recent surgical and/or cell therapy experience to support healthcare providers in patient care, including perioperative workflows and tumor procurement. The position also collaborates with cross-functional teams to align territory activities and support medical strategies consistent with corporate objectives. The role supports providers in optimizing tumor tissue for lifileucel manufacturing, leads best-practice discussions with surgeons on tissue procurement, and supports authorized treatment center medical onboarding and ongoing patient- and product-specific questions. It provides clinical and trial support across Iovance trials and investigator-sponsored trials, represents Medical Affairs at internal and external venues, contributes to medical content and strategic plans, and partners with Scientific Communications on publication planning. Travel is approximately 30%.
Requirements
- Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with firsthand clinical or surgical experience.
- Degree from an accredited and recognized school.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills, including presenting complex scientific and surgical concepts to diverse audiences and facilitating discussions with surgeons and other HCPs.
- Excellent analytical skills and experience translating medical, clinical, and surgical information into Medical Affairs strategies to improve tumor procurement quality and manufacturing success.
- Ability to critically review and interpret data, including evaluating surgical variables that affect product quality and outcomes.
- Demonstrated customer-focused orientation and credibility with customers.
- Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, including aligning scientific initiatives with organizational goals and adapting to changes in the industry.
- Expertise leading development of influential scientific content aligned with the therapeutic landscape, including use of PowerPoint for presentations.
- Knowledge and application of data sources, reports, and tools for creating plans, including insights into surgical workflows and tumor procurement metrics.
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed.
- Ability to remain standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
- Ability to move about an office and exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, or negligible force frequently or constantly, to move objects.
- Visual acuity for preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer screen, and extensive reading.
- Ability to perform repetitive wrist, hand, and/or finger movements.
- Ability to communicate with others to exchange information.
- Clear conceptual thinking, sound judgment, troubleshooting, problem-solving, analysis, discretion, ability to handle work-related stress and multiple priorities, and ability to meet deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Melanoma, cellular therapy, and/or surgical oncology experience is strongly preferred.
- A minimum of 7–10 years of academic or industry experience is strongly preferred.
- Expertise in conducting hematology/oncology clinical trials is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support and educate providers to optimize tumor tissue starting material for lifileucel manufacturing.
- Lead engagement and best-practice discussions with surgeons on tumor tissue procurement.
- Support authorized treatment center medical onboarding for direct patient care and provide ongoing support for patient- and product-specific questions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and clinical support resource for TIL cell therapy.
- Provide clinical trial support by engaging surgeons across Iovance trials and investigator-sponsored trials.
- Represent Iovance Medical Affairs as a TIL cell therapy expert across internal and external venues, including cross-functional teams, clinical sub-teams, consultants, advisory boards, and steering committees.
- Work cross-functionally with Commercial Quality, Market Access, Clinical Development, and the broader Medical Affairs team.
- Participate in Medical Affairs cross-functional working groups.
- Represent Iovance at professional meetings, congresses, and local symposia.
- Provide clinical input and review disease strategy plans, slides, manuscripts, educational materials, IIT protocols, committee and advisory-board objectives, Standard Response Letters, and Commercial brand plans.
- Partner with Scientific Communications to develop publication strategies and plans, conduct gap analysis, and establish key messages.
- Engage internal stakeholders and external investigators, KOLs, non-physician HCPs, steering committees, and advisory boards as a therapeutic-area medical strategy expert.
- Travel as needed to meet the demands of the role; travel is listed as 30%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
