Director, Regional Commercial Excellence Marketing and L&D

Director, Regional Commercial Excellence Marketing And L&D

Kite, a Gilead Company, is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies. The company focuses on chimeric antigen receptor and T cell receptor engineered cell therapies.

Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal curing cancer. Every day, we aim to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work.

We are creating Kite together, with the recognition that the best teams are built by the best people. We maintain an attitude of curiosity, and creativity with each challenge as we develop a new market for cancer therapies. We appreciate and respect one another, and most importantly, we don't take success for granted. While we've come a long way to make what others viewed as impossible, possible, we know one thing is certain. Today is just the beginning.

We are seeking a Director, Regional Commercial Excellence Marketing and L&D with responsibility for the Kite International region. This key role will involve supporting country brand leads to drive effective development, implementation and delivery of Global brand strategy and marketing tactics across the region. The role will also collaborate extensively across functions within this region to ensure effective development, implementation, delivery and monitoring of Cell Therapy training programs in line with country-specific needs. The position reports to the General Manager International and is based on site in Santa Monica - CA.

Key Responsibilities :

Marketing :

• Work closely with Global brand leads, and country marketing leads to support the development and implementation of brand specific strategies and tactics at the regional and local level
• Identify and develop regional tactics and support initiatives to drive launch success and Kite CAR-T brand performance in the international region.
• Drive consistency of Brand messaging across the international region, ensuring alignment with Global strategy
• Drive excellence in commercial efforts, ensure performance tracking / monitoring and plan follow up actions as necessary
• Ensure learnings and best practices from regional launches shared and implemented by affiliates
• Manage agency relationships for adaptation of promotional deliverables
• Ensure marketing activities are in compliance with international regulatory and legal requirements

Training Learning and Development :

Basic Qualifications :

High School Degree and Sixteen Years' Experience OR Associate's degree and Fourteen Years Experience OR Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years' Experience OR Masters' Degree and Ten Years' Experience OR PhD and Eight Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications :

People Leader Accountabilities :

Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.

Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations, and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop, and realize their purpose.

Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

The salary range for this position is : $205,615.00 - $266,090.00. Kite considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. 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. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

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. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.