Associate Director, Medical Affairs

About us:

Arcus Biosciences is an exciting growth company founded on the vision of creating best-in-class cancer therapies. We are an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company leveraging its deep cross-discipline expertise to discover highly differentiated therapies and develop a broad portfolio of novel combinations addressing significant unmet needs.

We are located in the San Francisco bay area, in the heart of the world's largest biotechnology research hub. Arcus Biosciences offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including aggressive participation in the growth of the company in the form of stock option grants. Arcus is an ambitious undertaking, and we fully expect our company to become a force in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer. Our employees enjoy operating in an exceptionally dynamic and cooperative environment in which the “rule book” has not yet been written.

Job Summary:

The Associate Director, Medical Affairs, is a multi-faceted, versatile, customer-centric, and experienced oncology professional. The ideal candidate will have experience working across several areas in medical affairs and will support on-time and on-budget deliverables. The Associate Director role will provide strategic input for and drive external scientific communications and KOL engagements to educate HCPs on Arcus' oncology pipeline assets. In addition, this role will provide project management support for key deliverables and lead implementation and refinement of complex processes, systems, and reporting activities in the department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and contribute to KOL engagements.
• Lead medical affairs presence at key target congresses.
• Lead content development for advisory boards, in-field medical team materials, and other externally-facing educational materials.
• Provide input into broad medical affairs strategy and tactical plans.
• Provide strategic and project management oversight of key projects, identifying issues and proposing resolutions, actively seeking solutions and taking calculated risks, where appropriate.
• Identifies and leads cross-functional business process design and improvements
• Oversee contracting and processing of SOWs and agreements
• Manage department finances including purchase order requisition, invoice approval, and overall budget management
• Tracks and reports department deliverables (KPIs, metrics, goals)
• Manage SharePoint site, generated presentations, minutes, for clear and organized documentation purposes
• Serve as liaison to medical communications agencies and other key partners as needed to ensure optimal project and deliverables management
• Participate in cross-functional teams to represent medical affairs, as needed

Qualifications (including knowledge & skills):

• Bachelors, Masters or Advanced (i.e. PharmD, PhD) degree in a life-sciences discipline plus at least 7+ years progressive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including 2+ years of diverse Medical Affairs experience(s)
• Oncology (solid tumor or hematologic malignancies) clinical, research, or medical communications experience required
• Launch experience within Oncology or Hematology preferred
• Experience working in a matrix environment with other functional groups (e.g. Regulatory, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Commercial) where consensus across multiple opinions and good working relationships are important
• Analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills; ability to make appropriate decisions to operationalize and move key projects forward
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent planning, organization, and project management skills, including managing multiple priorities and projects with flexibility to changing priorities
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently