Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs – Auto Immune & Pipeline

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs

• Scope: Autoimmune portfolio and solid tumor pipeline assets

• Work model: Office-based/hybrid (3 days onsite)

• Office locations: Santa Monica, CA, Foster City, CA, or Parsippany, NJ (with planned Santa Monica relocation considerations beginning January 2027)

Description

You will provide strategic and operational leadership for Kite’s autoimmune portfolio and solid tumor pipeline assets in a highly visible matrix leadership role. You will shape and execute global Medical Affairs strategy across the product lifecycle, ensuring scientific excellence, patient-centric decision-making, and compliant engagement with the medical community. The role supports evidence generation, insight capture, medical education, and launch readiness, translating science into real-world impact for patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision and disease area ownership for assigned disease areas and integrated cross-functional product/disease strategies

• Set and oversee global Medical Affairs strategy, including medical plans of action (POAs) and priority cross-functional initiatives

• Serve as a senior medical thought partner grounded in science, clinical practice, and patient need

• Provide strategic direction, medical monitoring, and operational oversight for evidence generation activities

• Lead Medical Affairs contributions to launch planning for scientific readiness and regional execution excellence

• Provide expert medical input to global product development to support robust differentiated data packages

• Systematically capture and synthesize internal and external insights into actionable strategies and activities

• Engage with the global medical community and build/maintain a thought leader and expert network

• Represent Global Medical Affairs at national and international scientific congresses and stakeholder forums

• Ensure development and training of Medical Affairs team members and strengthen disease-area/functional expertise

• Provide oversight of the disease area budget and steward resources

• Contribute to and lead broader organizational initiatives at departmental, national, and international levels

• Collaborate compliantly with Clinical Research, Sales, Marketing, Market Access, and PVE to support shared objectives

• Contribute to regional/country Medical Affairs plans with global strategic guidance where required

• Stay current with Medical Affairs best practices and scientific advances to elevate team performance

Requirements

• Doctorate degree (MD, PhD, PharmD or equivalent)

• 12+ years of experience in Medical Affairs and/or clinical research

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong clinical/scientific expertise in autoimmune diseases and/or cellular therapies

• Demonstrated success leading in a global matrix environment

• Proven commitment to patient-centric values, ethics, and compliance

• Strategic mindset; collaborative, results-driven leadership style

• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and communication skills

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, international setting

• Willingness to travel approximately 35%

People Leader Accountabilities

• Create Inclusion

• Develop Talent

• Empower Teams

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus eligibility (may vary)

• Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary)

• Paid time off

• Benefits package including company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans (subject to plan terms)