Cell Therapy VP

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Our team are passionate in the pursuit of excellence and in pushing the boundaries of cancer therapy and Autoimmune disease to deliver life-changing treatments to patients.

Whilst working at Autolus you will enjoy a flexible, diverse and dynamic working environment which actively promotes creativity, leadership and teamwork - together we are ONE Autolus.

Job Description:

Job Title: Vice President, Cell Therapy

Reports to: SVP, Chief Commercial Officer & Country Head (US)

Department: Commercial

Hours: Full Time

Location: U.S., Remote

About Autolus

Autolus is a biopharmaceutical company, advancing innovative therapies at both clinical and commercial stages of development, focused on next-generation, programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. Using a broad suite of proprietary and modular T cell programming technologies, the company is engineering precisely targeted, controlled, and highly active T cell therapies designed to better recognize cancer cells, break down their defence mechanisms, and eliminate these cells. Autolus has a pipeline of product candidates in development for the treatment of haematological malignancies, solid tumours, and autoimmune diseases.

Role Summary

The Vice President, Cell Therapy at Autolus will serve as a key member of the Commercial Leadership Team and is responsible for leading the regional director's managing the Autolus CTAEs and the development of Autolus' corporate relationships with Authorized Treatment Centers (ATCs). This individual must have demonstrated success in all respects of demand creation, i.e., technical knowledge, demand creation techniques, interpreting/analyzing data, and an in-depth understanding of medical field and pharmaceutical industry.

A pivotal aspect of the role is to lead with purpose, emphasizing a patient-focused, customer-focused, and people-focused approach. The Vice President of Cell Therapy will consistently align brand strategy with execution in a thoughtful and purposeful manner, aiming to achieve results that surpass conventional expectations.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Recruits top-tier field leaders from the industry, and oversees the recruitment, training, development, retention, and leadership of the broader cell therapy team.
• Creates, establishes, and maintains a collaborative Autolus US commercial culture
• Collaborate closely with the analytics team/ BAI to understand and leverage available data for strategic and tactical actions across the cell therapy organization.
• Works with regional leaders and teams to create learning plans, recommends training and development solutions, and provides mentoring and coaching as appropriate.
• Work as a strategic partner with the marketing team to ensure alignment between strategy and execution.
• Deeply understand and contribute to insights guiding brand strategies and promotional plans.
• Ability to appropriately balance the Autolus Leadership Areas of Focus: CTAE Team Leadership/vision; Day-to-day Team and ATC business development, Demand creation.
• Clearly communicates expectations, strategic direction internally and externally.
• Role models standard of excellence - One Autolus.
• Exercises judgment, integrity, humility and embraces Autolus culture.
• Develops and maintains solid customer relationships with key executives, decision-influencers and decision-makers at major centers, clinics, and other accounts.
• Tracks and reinforces measures of demand creation effectiveness.
• Oversee staff onboarding , national and regional meetings, teleconferences, and compliance training.
• Accountable for brand performance, ensuring the achievement of launch goals and long-term performance targets.
• Provides counseling and coaching to the CTAE Regional Leadership and CTAE team, responsible for enhancing their demand creation skills, developing expert product and disease state knowledge, customer focus and increasing skills in time management and resource allocation.
• Clearly defines roles, responsibilities, and measurable outcomes for all activities of specialist team. Regularly measures successes and provides feedback on performance.
• Takes a lead role in representing company at professional events and promotes company products at such events.
• Utilizes high level of business acumen in analyzing and coordinating activities from identified industry trends, competitor resources, and best practices.
• Utilizes exceptional project management skills to lead cross-functional projects with broad organizational impact.
• Ensures strict compliance, both in own behavior and team behavior upholding Autolus commercial compliance policies and SOP's.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master's or Bachelor's degree, including +15 years' commercial experience.
• Clinical expertise in hematology/oncology disease - preferably BMT/CART/Leukemia.
• Successfully demonstrates the ability to lead regional leaders responsible for customer facing teams (4+ years' experience).
• Demonstrated ability to successfully launch cell therapy products in a competitive marketplace.
• Strong working knowledge of market access landscape and cascading referral networks.
• Geographic knowledge of targeted academic and non-academic CAR-T centers.
• Proven history of leading cross functional teams and cultivating a collaborative culture.
• Experienced in the development of national, regional and market specific business plans.
• Ability to accommodate extensive overnight travel (60%).

Autolus Leadership Behaviours (incorporating Core Competencies)

Clarify direction and inspire; Using good judgement to set clear and compelling goals that show your team how their work contributes to our purpose and strategy

Deliver goals and plans; Creating joint plans with your team to deliver your goals, holding yourself and others accountable for delivering quality results

Work collaboratively; Cultivating a network of relationships across the organisation and building high performing teams based on mutual trust and respect

Optimise potential; Creating a healthy, engaged and empowered working environment that invests in people and their development.

Role Model our values; Acting as a role model ensuring everything you do is in line with our values of respect, integrity, focus and breakthrough

Autolus is committed to the protection of the personal information that we collect & process and we are fully compliant with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Autolus is committed to providing an inclusive and fair workplace for all. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We also provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

Autolus' success is driven by equality and inclusion; we believe all voices are of equal value and must be heard. Whilst operating with focus and integrity, we are committed to improving diversity and inclusion within our business and our industry.