Associate Director/Director, Patient Advocacy & Centricity Job at Beam Therapeutics (Cambridge)

Job Description

Beam is looking for a highly energetic and motivated Associate Director/Director, Patient Advocacy and Centricity to join our growing team. This individual will be responsible for leading patient advocacy efforts across no less than 2 programs and help to ensure our core focus on patients here at Beam. This role is responsible for developing and supporting our patient advocacy strategy. The successful candidate will have an ability to represent the patient voice at Beam, educate externally on Beam’s clinical development programs, work well cross-functionally, and problem solve.

Job Responsibility

Engage and partner with patient advocacy organizations, key opinion leaders, policy makers, and patients/caregivers to advance Beam’s patient-oriented objectives and mission
Identify and advance projects, programs, and events to understand and address patient and caregiver needs in the rare disease communities
Collaborate with clinical development and regulatory functions to include the patient perspective in clinical trial design
Compliantly educate advocacy groups and patients on Beam clinical development programs
Collaborate with professional organizations and key opinion leaders to support advocacy and policy engagement and educate on Beam’s science, research, and development programs
Build and lead relationships with various advocacy groups and professional organizations to ensure productive partnerships and alliance
Implement strategies to drive disease awareness, patient speaker engagement, clinical trial awareness, and policy improvements
Oversee company-sponsored patient advocacy events to appropriately engage employees and champion the patient voice and experience to further the patient-centric mindset
Interfaces with medical affairs when a part of the organization to ensure coordination and alignment with KOL, ad boards and medical education activities
Serves as a representative of the organization to ensure information communicated is accurate and up to date regarding organizational activities and industry trends
Stays current of new developments and ideas in the field of advocacy relations and incorporates such developments, ideas and strategies into the development and execution of programs
Ensures department’s adherence to company policies and quality system requirements, as well as other legal and regulatory directives.

Requirements

8+ years of biopharmaceutical/industry experience with 4+ years of patient advocacy experience
Bachelor’s degree required / Advanced degree such as MS, RN, LCSW, CGC preferred
Effective communicator (verbal and written) and strong interpersonal skills that can build and progress relationships internally and externally
Ability to lead and independently drive projects forward with tangible results
Must be agile and able to adapt to the quick pace of a rapidly growing company
Travel: 25-35% (patient meetings, headquarters.)

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