Contractor/ Patient Advocacy and Medical Affairs Specialist

Company Overview: Prime Medicine is a leading biotechnology company dedicated to creating and delivering the next generation of gene editing therapies to patients. The Company is leveraging its proprietary Prime Editing platform, a versatile, precise and efficient gene editing technology, to develop a new class of differentiated, one-time, potentially curative genetic therapies. Designed to make only the right edit at the right position within a gene while minimizing unwanted DNA modifications, Prime Editors have the potential to repair almost all types of genetic mutations and work in many different tissues, organs and cell types. Prime Medicine is currently progressing a diversified portfolio of eighteen programs initially focused on genetic diseases with a fast, direct path to treating patients or with a high unmet need because they cannot be treated using other gene-editing approaches. Over time, the Company intends to maximize Prime Editing’s therapeutic potential and advance potentially curative therapeutic options to patients for a broad bolthires of diseases. For more information, please visit www.primemedicine.com. Position Overview Prime Medicine is seeking a Contractor, Patient Advocacy and Medical Affairs Specialist to build strong relationships with patient communities and lead strategic collaborations with patient advocacy organizations across all therapeutic programs. Reporting to the Vice President of Clinical Science, this role will also work closely with the Clinical Development team to support additional medical affairs initiatives, including conference and publication planning, Key Opinion Leader (KOL) coordination, and clinical study support as it relates to patient engagement. The ideal candidate may be remote but should be able to be on site for key events and be willing to travel ~15% of the time, including conferences and patient advocacy meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support and help execute Prime Medicine’s patient advocacy strategy and our ‘Patients First’ philosophy.
• Identify, build and maintain strong relationships with patient advocacy communities, particularly in rare disease communities, and support sponsorship opportunities.
• Ensure the patient experience is heard within Prime to help shape clinical and regulatory development planning
• Build educational materials for patient communities around genetic medicines and understand where needs or opportunities may exist for support
• Coordinate, plan, and manage budgets for patient advocacy events and speakers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Clinical Development, Corporate Communications and Legal teams as needed, ensuring compliance around interactions with stakeholders
• Assist with KOL coordination, and conference/publication and external presentation planning activities as needed. Qualifications:
• Minimum B.S or B.A. candidate for Biology, Health Sciences, Business, Marketing, or similar field.
• Minimum 2 years experience in patient engagement or organizational strategy with advocacy groups in a biotech or pharma setting. Rare disease experience strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with medical affairs and scientific communication planning, including KOL engagement and conference/publication planning activities preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; ability to quickly build rapport with diverse stakeholders. Ability to build trust and rapport with patients, families and caregivers through exceptional listening skills.
• Understanding of compliance requirements for patient advocacy and familiarity with the drug development process; genetic therapy experience a plus
• Excellent organizational and collaboration skills and ability to manage multiple projects in a matrixed environment, including event planning.
• Ability to travel occasionally to patient advocacy events or conferences. Prime Medicine is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law. Original job Contractor/ Patient Advocacy and Medical Affairs Specialist posted on GrabJobs ©. To flag any issues with this job please use the Report Job button on GrabJobs. Apply tot his job

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