Director, Global Oncology Patient Advocacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Oversee the creation and implementation of Immatics' worldwide oncology patient advocacy strategy encompassing discovery, development, and commercialization.

• Establish and uphold global patient advocacy standards, ensuring strategic alignment, best practices, and organizational capabilities.

• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Clinical Sciences, Medical Affairs, and HEOR/Evidence Generation teams to weave patient perspectives into development programs.

• Enable input from patients and advocacy groups into clinical development plans, study concepts, protocol design, endpoint selection, informed consent materials, recruitment and retention strategies, and patient experience initiatives.

• Identify opportunities to enhance study feasibility, patient experience, recruitment, retention, and diversity through patient engagement.

• Assist in launch readiness and post-launch patient access initiatives across Authorized Treatment Centers.

• Develop and implement the global patient advocacy strategy in alignment with corporate and medical affairs objectives.

• Lead initiatives focused on knowledge-sharing, capability-building, and patient-centric approaches throughout the organization.

• Act as a global subject matter expert on patient advocacy and engagement.

• Build and maintain compliant partnerships with global patient advocacy organizations and patient communities.

• Represent Immatics in external patient advocacy forums, partnerships, and initiatives.

• Monitor external trends, patient needs, and developments in the advocacy landscape, translating insights into actionable recommendations.

• Collect, synthesize, and communicate patient insights to support the organization's decision-making processes.

• Integrate patient perspectives into medical strategies, evidence plans, educational initiatives, and disease-area priorities.

• Foster a patient-centric culture through education, communication, and capability development.

• Assess and communicate the impact of patient advocacy efforts on business goals and patient outcomes.

• Report directly to the Vice President of Medical Affairs.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in life sciences, healthcare, public health, social sciences, or a related field is required.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in patient advocacy, healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, clinical development, medical affairs, public health, or related fields is required.

• Proven track record in developing and executing global patient advocacy, patient engagement, or patient-centered strategies.

• Experience in leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across various regions and organizational levels.

• Outstanding interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, along with strong presentation capabilities.

• Proficient and confident in presenting to senior leadership and engaging patients and advocates in layman's terms.

• Demonstrated experience in incorporating patient perspectives into clinical development, study design, protocol development, patient experience initiatives, or evidence-generation activities.

• Willingness to travel up to 40% of the time.

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the requirement for current or future sponsorship.

• Successful completion of background checks, reference checks, and pre-employment drug screening where permissible.

• An advanced degree (MPH, APRN, PharmD, or PhD) is preferred.

• Established relationships with global patient advocacy organizations, patient communities, and external stakeholders are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive rates for Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

• 4 weeks of vacation, awarded upfront each year and prorated for the first and last year of employment.

• 12 company-paid holidays.

• 7 days of sick leave.

• 100% employer-paid life insurance up to 1x annual salary, capped at one hundred thousand dollars.

• 100% employer-paid short- and long-term disability coverage.

• 401(k) with immediate eligibility and company matching.

• Partially paid parental leave for eligible employees.

• Additional voluntary employee-paid benefits and services, including accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance, identity theft protection, and pet insurance.

• An innovative working environment.

• A collaborative organizational culture.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Global impact.