Territory-preference to reside in one of the following : Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver
Adaptimmune is a fully integrated cell therapy company, designed and built from the ground up with four U.K.- and U.S.-based biotechnology hub locations. Our comprehensive capabilities and teams include preclinical research, clinical development, translational sciences, autologous and allogeneic manufacturing, and in-house commercial and corporate operations.
Our company culture is rooted in trust, inclusion, our capacity to collaborate, and our commitment to being honest and brave in our desire to successfully transform the lives of people with cancer.

The Regional Medical Director (RMD) plays a vital role in the department of Medical Affairs. The primary purpose of the RMD is to establish and maintain peer to peer relationships with leading physicians and thought leaders, effectively communicating unbiased, timely, relevant medical information and capturing and relaying key strategic insights internally. As part of a specialized field-based team of medical scientific experts, the RMD engages with external experts (trial sites, treatment centers, centers of excellence, community) throughout the product life cycle, providing in-depth scientific and medical expertise in oncology and cell therapy, to educate, answer deep scientific questions, to achieve improved patient outcomes.

The RMDs will play a critical role in the U.S. launch of Adaptimmune’s anticipated commercial product(s), responsible for a customized approach to site readiness, patient identification, and disease state, diagnostic and treatment education across centers of excellence, whilst mining strategic insights that will drive product and launch strategy forward. The RMDs will also support early and late-stage development programs in partnership with Clinical development and Operations and other key functions.

This position is available as a remote position from a home‐based office and will have significant expectations for travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop deep relationships and engage regularly with clinical trial sites, investigators, key opinion leaders, HCPs and staff at centers of excellence to understand unique/ unmet needs and serve as a trusted resource of accurate, unbiased, timely information in support of launch, commercialized products and pipeline programs.
• Establish and execute a coordinated strategic medical/ territory plan, aligned to overarching product strategy, prioritizing key business priorities and maximizing efficiency
• Bring back key insights from field-based activities and advisory boards to inform the clinical development program, strategic medical initiatives, and LCM strategies.
• Provide support to clinical operations for investigators in ongoing clinical trials, investigator-initiated research, and registries consistent with company objectives and regulations
• Ensure high quality presentations of scientific data to HCPs in various settings, including advisory boards, investigator meetings, and other appropriate venues to enhance product/disease state knowledge
• Support the medical team at national and regional scientific meetings, including but not limited to staffing medical affairs booths, gathering competitive intelligence, and developing pre- and post‐conference scientific materials.
• Track and provide quantitative and qualitative data from RMD activities that demonstrate customer impact to the broader organization and ensure goal achievement.
• Develop and maintain scientific and medical expertise through continuous learning and knowledge of scientific literature, disease and therapeutic landscape
• Collaborate and support effectively with internal stakeholders, within and outside of Medical Affairs.
• Work closely with legal, regulatory and compliance partners; adhere to best practices and communicate scientifically based materials that are compliant with all legal and regulatory and Company guidelines.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• Minimum 10 years in a pharma/ biotech company including 5 years as RMD; experience in Oncology, product launch
• PharmD, RN, NP
• A thorough understanding of applicable federal and state regulatory requirements for field‐based scientific personnel; successful track record of performance and compliance. 
• Demonstrated scientific and business acumen
• Excellent understanding of clinical development and commercial environment.
• Proficiency with Veeva and Microsoft Office; in depth Word, PowerPoint & Excel.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and networking skills.
• Organizational savvy and leverages internal network to enable alignment and effective execution.

Desirable

• Experience with CAR-T, cell therapy products and rare disease.

At Adaptimmune we embrace diversity and equality of opportunity. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or other legally protected category. It is our intent that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.