Director, Patient Advocacy

Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGEM) is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to creating new standards of care for patients.

We have strategically built a diversified portfolio of clinical-stage assets that inhibit key drivers of disease or harness the immune system to eliminate diseased cells in both oncology and autoimmune disease. Our portfolio encompasses a wide range of modalities, each with the potential to be best and/or first in class.

Anchored in a deep understanding of oncology, immunology, and translational medicine, we create differentiated ideas, identify the most appropriate targets, and select the optimal modality to develop transformative therapeutics across a wide variety of cancer and autoimmune indications.

We push conventional boundaries from candidate selection to differentiated therapeutic, applying rigorous go/no go criteria at each stage of development to fast-track only the most promising molecules to the clinic and, ultimately, commercialization.

With deep scientific expertise, our teams exercise creativity and urgency to deliver on our promise to bring new therapeutic solutions to patients. 

Summary:

Cullinan Therapeutics is seeking an experienced and motivated patient advocacy leader.  Reporting to the SVP, Corporate Affairs, this critical position will be responsible for building and executing a strategy to identify and prioritize patient advocacy organizations, professional societies, patients and other influential voices to build and sustain meaningful relationships and support the needs of patients and the advocacy community.  

• Build and strengthen relationships with patient advocacy organizations, professional societies, foundations, and patient thought leaders in rheumatology and oncology.  
• Represent Cullinan at patient advocacy organization events. 
• Assess program-specific needs to develop phase-appropriate patient advisory councils.  
• Identify and engage patients and their care teams to provide insights internally and externally to drive enhanced understanding about lived experience. 
• Work collaboratively with medical affairs and clinical development teams to understand pipeline goals and develop supportive patient advocacy engagement strategies. Ensure regular communication, collaboration and coordination with all cross-functional internal stakeholders.  
• Create greater awareness of Cullinan and priority clinical programs among key stakeholders, including policymakers, professional societies, and patient. Educate the patient advocacy community about Cullinan, our commitment to patients and our programs. 
• Establish a grant-writing process to secure funding and support patient advocacy initiatives. 

• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with members of advocacy groups, community leaders, professional societies, patients and policy/access minded patient or provider opinion leaders.
• Demonstrated strategic planning, communication, and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of immunology landscape preferred.
• 10 years of experience in biopharma and working with external stakeholders
• Experience in patient advocacy, patient/caregiver/provider engagement, professional society, market access, government affairs, public health policy, or coalition building preferred.
• Knowledge and appreciation of drug development and regulatory environment required.
• Proven teamwork, collaboration and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to interact and influence at all levels of business.
• Detail oriented, self-initiating and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Cullinan Therapeutics is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment for all employees and applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law.