Associate Director/Director, Patient Advocacy & Centricity

Company Overview:

Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform with integrated gene editing, delivery and internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam’s suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This has the potential to enable a wide range of therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases.

Position Overview:

Beam is looking for a highly energetic and motivated Associate Director/Director, Patient Advocacy and Centricity to join our growing team. This individual will be responsible for leading patient advocacy efforts across no less than 2 programs and help to ensure our core focus on patients here at Beam. This role is responsible for developing and supporting our patient advocacy strategy. The successful candidate will have an ability to represent the patient voice at Beam, educate externally on Beam’s clinical development programs, work well cross-functionally, and problem solve.

Responsibilities:

• Engage and partner with patient advocacy organizations, key opinion leaders, policy makers, and patients/caregivers to advance Beam’s patient-oriented objectives and mission.

• Identify and advance projects, programs, and events to understand and address patient and caregiver needs in the rare disease communities.

• Collaborate with clinical development and regulatory functions to include the patient perspective in clinical trial design.

• Compliantly educate advocacy groups and patients on Beam clinical development programs.

• Collaborate with professional organizations and key opinion leaders to support advocacy and policy engagement and educate on Beam’s science, research, and development programs.

• Build and lead relationships with various advocacy groups and professional organizations to ensure productive partnerships and alliance.

• Implement strategies to drive disease awareness, patient speaker engagement, clinical trial awareness, and policy improvements.

• Oversee company-sponsored patient advocacy events to appropriately engage employees and champion the patient voice and experience to further the patient-centric mindset.

• Interfaces with medical affairs when a part of the organization to ensure coordination and alignment with KOL, ad boards and medical education activities.

• Serves as a representative of the organization to ensure information communicated is accurate and up to date regarding organizational activities and industry trends.

• Stays current of new developments and ideas in the field of advocacy relations and incorporates such developments, ideas and strategies into the development and execution of programs.

• Ensures department’s adherence to company policies and quality system requirements, as well as other legal and regulatory directives.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of biopharmaceutical/industry experience with 4+ years of patient advocacy experience.

• Bachelor’s degree required / Advanced degree such as MS, RN, LCSW, CGC preferred.

• Effective communicator (verbal and written) and strong interpersonal skills that can build and progress relationships internally and externally.

• Ability to lead and independently drive projects forward with tangible results.

• Must be agile and able to adapt to the quick pace of a rapidly growing company.

• Travel: 25-35% (patient meetings, headquarters.)

The salary range below reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, education, scope of job, internal comparisons, and market data.

Beam Pay Range
$180,000—$260,000 USD