Dir, Patient Advocacy (Heme)

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of patient advocacy strategies aligned with corporate objectives.
• Identify key patient populations, understand their needs and challenges, and create impactful engagement plans.
• Build and nurture strong, long-term relationships with patient advocacy organizations, patient groups, caregivers, and key opinion leaders.
• Serve as a primary liaison between these external stakeholders and the company.
• Champion the integration of patient and caregiver insights across various internal teams, including Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Regulatory, and Market Access.
• Create actionable recommendations that inform clinical development, endpoint relevance, access strategy, and patient support initiatives.
• Ensure patient perspectives inform decision-making, strategy, and product development.
• Partner with Clinical Operations, Medical Affairs, Marketing, and Commercial teams, as well as external Contract Research Organizations (CROs), to integrate patient-centric initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure patient perspective is internally understood and incorporated into company culture.
• Manage operational processes for patient advocacy materials, including strategically managing budget and patient advocacy organization charitable donations/sponsorships.
• Provide insights into health policy, access, and reimbursement trends to ensure patient organizations are well-informed and to help shape strategies that improve patient access to therapies.
• Ensure all patient engagement activities are conducted in accordance with regulatory and ethical guidelines.

Job Description

Candidate Profile:

• 10+ years of experience in patient advocacy, patient engagement, patient affairs, or related functions within the biopharmaceutical industry, required.
• Experience in oncology and/or rare diseases, preferred.
• Experience working with non-profit organizations, preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare, public health, or a related field, required.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills are essential.
• A deep understanding of compliant patient engagement practices and the drug development lifecycle is critical.
• Experience leading and managing direct reports preferred.

Travel and Location:

• Remote position.
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time.

Job Requisition ID

12229

Salary Range

The salary range for this role is $191,000 - $230,000. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.

Benefits

Employees in this position are also eligible for Short-Term and Long-Term incentive programs. Servier also offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package that includes benefits such as medical, dental, vision, flexible time off (Servier provides unlimited sick time and flex time, and does not accrue time off), 401(k), life and disability insurance, recognition programs among other great benefits (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

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