Director / Associate Director, Program Management

Fate is seeking an experienced Director / Associate Director, Program Management for managing the development and potential commercialization of Fate’s iProduct portfolio consisting of off-the-shelf cellular immunotherapeutics.  The successful candidate is responsible for owning and achieving interim and final deliverables throughout the life cycle of various projects/programs, according to the time, quality/scope and corporate objectives. This individual will in part direct cross-functional teams to accomplish various tasks and will proactively identify, resolve/mitigate and escalate risks and/or issues. The Director / Associate Director, Program Management adheres to Fate Therapeutics standard procedures and processes. This individual may be required to manage large national, international and/or particularly complex, multifaceted projects or programs and may provide oversight to other members of the project management group. This is a full-time position located at our corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA reporting to the Chief Development Officer.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high level of engagement with key stakeholders; ensure key stakeholders are part of and know what their functional responsibilities and goals are as part of a program development strategy.
• Support and execute program and therapeutic area development strategies inclusive of R&D, clinical, regulatory, supply (includes toxicology, clinical and commercial materials) and commercial needs.
• Adeptly translate development program strategies / recommendations and concepts between the teams and senior management.
• Lead cross functionally driven innovative and rigorous program strategies, which integrate all key stakeholder perspectives. 
• Have responsibility for on-going deliverables to include senior management updates; joint strategy committee updates; program timelines; budgets and life cycle management.
• Communicate program strategy decisions and decision rationale back to team members and key stakeholders.
• Ensure deliverables that are vetted and aligned with the team and senior management.

Qualifications 

• Minimum of 10+ years’ related industry experience, including management responsibilities in a cross-functional environment.
• M.S. / B.S. degree, preferably in business administration and / or biological sciences.
• A blend of operational, strategic and scientific leadership experience is essential.
• Deep and rigorous interpretation of research, pre-clinical and clinical data; demonstrated ability to deal with scientific concepts and complexity with confidence; to identify the most critical data and use that appropriately to drive solutions.
• Proven track record in leading a program forward through development milestones and/or approval; to map out deliverables and ensure that the program(s) progress and stay on course.
• Knowledgeable in current and possible future trends, technology, policies, practices and information of the relevant competitive landscape and global health authority requirements for drug approval.
• Outstanding leadership skills, including the ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• Ability to cooperatively identify and partner with the right people across the organization to get the right information.  Ability to lead cross-functional teams who do not report directly into this position.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical ability; a critical thinker who can hold his/her own and concisely and cogently report plans and outcomes to senior management.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate skillfully in tough situations; to anticipate and prepare effective contingency plans and responses to questions.
• A hands‐on leader with a can‐do leadership approach.
• Strong multi‐tasking and prioritization skills.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Occasional weekend and/or evening hours required
• Occasional travel required
• 100% on site work at corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA

The preceding job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  Additional and incidental duties related to the primary duties may be required from time to time.

For consideration send cover letter and curriculum vitae to: careers@fatetherapeutics.com and reference job 256BV.

About Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

Fate Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of first-in-class cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders. The Company is pioneering the development of off-the-shelf cell products using its proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) product platform. The Company’s immuno-oncology pipeline is comprised of FATE-NK100, a donor-derived natural killer (NK) cell cancer immunotherapy that is currently being evaluated in three Phase 1 clinical trials, as well as iPSC-derived NK cell and T-cell immunotherapies, with a focus on developing next-generation cell products intended to synergize with checkpoint inhibitor and monoclonal antibody therapies and to target tumor-associated antigens. The Company’s immuno-regulatory pipeline includes ProTmune™, a pharmacologically modulated, donor cell graft that is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease, and a myeloid-derived suppressor cell immunotherapy for promoting immune tolerance in patients with immune disorders. Fate Therapeutics is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information, please visit www.fatetherapeutics.com.