Director, Scientific Communications

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and proactively refresh an integrated publication strategy across assets, disease areas, and lifecycle stages, balancing launch, lifecycle-management, and pipeline priorities.
• Own the scientific platform and ensure consistent, differentiated narratives across publications, congress disclosures, and related deliverables.
• Integrate asset positioning, evidence assessment, external insights, and the evolving treatment landscape into publication strategy.
• Identify evidence and communication gaps and partner with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Strategy, and other functions to address them.
• Lead portfolio strategy and sequencing for high-impact clinical, real-world, translational, and other scientific publications and data disclosures.
• Determine the recommended congress, encore, and downstream externalization approach across the portfolio, anticipating scientific, operational, and compliance risks and dependencies.
• Prioritize publication investment and vendor capacity across competing needs and make cross-asset trade-off recommendations when timing, positioning, budget, or resources conflict.
• Decide which activities should be initiated, accelerated, combined, deferred, or discontinued within the approved strategy and budget, escalating only matters requiring governance approval.
• Bring governance-ready recommendations that clearly explain the scientific rationale, options, implications, and risks.
• Serve as the principal Publications adviser across Programme Teams, Global Brand Teams, evidence-generation forums, and senior governance bodies.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience with BS/BA
• 10+ years of experience with MS/MA
• 8+ years of experience with PhD/PharmD

Preferred

• 8+ years of scientific or medical publications experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry, including significant hematology/oncology and/or cell therapy experience.
• Demonstrated ability to set publication priorities, resolve complex planning issues, and make sound recommendations with incomplete or evolving data.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence senior stakeholders and external experts, facilitate discussion, and resolve differences without direct authority.
• Strong working knowledge of Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Legal, Intellectual Property, and other functions affected by Publications.
• Strong commitment to publication ethics and knowledge of relevant guidelines, laws, industry standards, and corporate policies, including GPP and ICMJE principles.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to operate independently in a complex matrixed environment.
• Ability to travel up to 15%, including weekends.

Benefits

• Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.
• Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care.
• Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA.
• Kite Pharma is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.
• This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package.