Vice President, Program Leadership

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Adicet Bio, Inc is a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing allogeneic gamma delta T cell therapies for cancer. We are advancing a pipeline of “off-the-shelf” gamma delta T cells, engineered with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) and T cell receptor-like antibodies (TCRL), to enhance selective tumor targeting, facilitate innate and adaptive anti-tumor immune response, and improve persistence for durable activity in patients. Our approach to activate, engineer and manufacture allogeneic gamma delta T cell product candidates derived from the peripheral blood cells of unrelated donors allows us to generate new product candidates in a rapid and cost-efficient manner. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.adicetbio.com.

VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM LEADERSHIP

The Program Leader (PL) is the key accountable leader for the entire program.

The Program Leader will be accountable for global implementation of the program across its lifecycle in partnership with Program Management. The PL is accountable to the Portfolio Committee, works closely with the Executive Leadership Team and will report to the Chief Medical Officer.

The ideal candidate has innate leadership capabilities, is strategically focused and has a broad understanding of drug development.

In this newly created role, this leader will develop the Program Leadership presence within Adicet as we progress towards commercialization.

Key responsibilities:

• Owning the creation and ongoing evolution of the development strategy and overall timeline which leads to successful timely commercialization
• Ensuring strategic input from all critical functions are incorporated to ultimately deliver regulatory filings, which achieve the approved target product profile.
• Significant development expertise which enables full understanding of the work needed to meet corporate goals.
• Ensuring alignment of program team objectives with corporate business objectives
• Partnering with Research, Clinical, and Medical Affairs to develop effective working relationships with key opinion leaders, and leveraging their input in partnership with the Program Management Lead
• Continually evaluating and refining the program’s business plan and rationale
• Identifying, evaluating, and recommending Life cycle opportunities
• Ensuring a comprehensive plan for IP protection and freedom to operate is established
• In partnership with the Program Management Lead:
  • Building effective teams- setting clear expectations for team and team member’s roles and responsibilities, promoting team cohesiveness to optimize performance, and mediating conflict resolution
  • Proactively identifying potential issues/risks and working with the team/functions to develop mitigation strategies
  • Working to remove all barriers for the team so that they can be successful
  • Elevating issues that cannot be resolved by the team
  • Facilitating effective team decision-making
  • Representing the team to the PC and ELT.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years multi-disciplinary experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry
• 12+ years managing/leading cross-functional teams or projects
• 5+ years Program Leadership (or functional management) experience
• Broad understanding of drug development industry and regulations pertaining to different aspects of drug development (ie, GxPs, clinical study design, regulatory filings, IP, reimbursement, compliance, etc).
• Experience leading a program through a significant milestone (i.e. major regulatory submission, Phase 3 implementation, launch)
• Has managed complex projects with ambitious milestones in high pressure circumstances, achieving desired results
• Has successfully managed collaborations, alliances or other relationships through influencing without authority
• Proven experience in interpreting and communicating complex datasets (scientific, business, financial), clinical trial designs, publications
• Previous people management experience desired
• Oncology and/or Cell Therapy experience required

BENEFITS:

Adicet Bio offers both comprehensive benefits and Paid Time (PTO) plans for employees, which begin on the first day of employment, as well as the opportunity to work in a growing, dynamic environment.

Adicet Bio requires all workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including the booster dose.

Adicet Bio is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.