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At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description

Job Description

Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. We are at the forefront of immunotherapy and engineered T cell therapy. Every single day, we seek to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work. With CAR T-cell therapy, we are reengineering a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer — one patient at a time. We also are entering a pivotal time in our history with multiple planned launches and evolving competitive dynamics on a global scale. That means a fast moving, constantly changing environment and innovative culture, where we make discoveries every day – discoveries that include our own capabilities and our individual potential. Would you like to join us in this mission? We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join us as an Associate Director or Director, Japan Value & Access.

The Japan Value & Access (V&A) Associate Director or Director is responsible for the development and execution of value and access strategy for Kite’s CAR Ts in Japan and V&A deliverables, collaborating closely with Local, Regional and Global teams to ensure efficient execution and alignment. This individual will regularly align with key stakeholders from the local Commercial, Medical, and External Affairs (i.e., Public Affairs and Government Affairs) teams for understanding of external evidence generation needs and is able to problem solve from both a regional and local perspective, finding solutions that align both with global strategies as well as local specifics. This individual will also execute projects with the support of the Japan cross-functional team and external vendors, and will communicate project findings to the Japan, Regional, and Global teams to ensure clear, accurate messaging and pull-through. Additional projects may include payer insight generation activities such as payer research and advisory boards and activities to inform Kite’s future pricing strategy. This role reports into the Market Access Head for Gilead Japan. The role is based in Tokyo.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Brand Team, Marketing, Market Research, HEOR, Finance, Legal, Medical Affairs, Government Affairs and Public Affairs, and relevant global colleagues to lead the development of excellent V&A deliverables for Japan.
  • Project manage, oversee the development of robust V&A deliverables which may include NHI pricing dossiers, health economic models, publication, cost effectiveness assessment model and report
  • Help support the creation of External Affairs’ materials (e.g., through material/contents review)
  • Collaborate with partner vendors as well as with asset leads and country colleagues to manage internal review and seek approvals where necessary
• Collaborate with key Regional and Global counterparts to ensure smooth exchange of information and seamless strategy alignment.
  • Ensure efficient two-way communications with Regional Value & Access to maintain alignment with Global strategy and initiatives
  • Partner with local Medical Evidence Generation and HEOR colleagues to understand their needs of Health Economics Modeling needs, publications etc., and to remain up-to-date on global activities and available evidence and align on evidence needs for Japan
  • Work with local team to develop robust pricing proposals for Regional Pricing Committee deliberation and facilitate Global price evolution planning for Japan
  • Provide input into business cases and requests for information as necessary
• Set milestones and ensure successful and timely delivery of key market access projects for cell therapy products, including:
  • Core value models / reimbursement dossiers to demonstrate the value of Kite cell therapy products
  • Payer insight generation activities including payer research, advisory boards, and publications
  • Activities to inform Kite’s future pricing strategies for new indications of inline cell therapy products as well as pipeline assets in new therapeutic areas
• Ensure that the local market access activities comply with regulatory agencies, public policies / guidelines and with corporate policies and procedures.
• Maintain a current understanding of local payer needs and monitor the future competitive / regulatory / pricing landscape to proactively adapt company strategy to emerging trends in the reimbursement and drug pricing landscape.
• Engage in policy shaping activities through PhRMA and/or FIRM to advocate for the value of CAR T and an improved access.

Basic Qualifications

• Industry experience
  • Advanced scientific degree (i.e., MD, PharmD, PhD) and 8+ years of biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience OR
  • Master’s Degree and 10+ years of biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience OR
  • Bachelor’s Degree and 12+ years of biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience
• V&A (market access) experience: strong track record in successfully leading and delivering core market access deliverables (as described above) within the pharmaceutical industry
• Prior corporate experience in hematology/oncology therapeutic area is highly preferred
• Technical, interpersonal, communication skills
  • Excellent technical reading, writing and communication skills
  • Presentation and thorough research experience with market access customers
  • Thorough understanding of the policy and reimbursement environment and existing barriers to cell therapy adoption
  • Experience to work in complex matrix environments with the ability to navigate and influence stakeholders across different cultures, geographies and functions
  • Highly motivated to function proactively, operate with a sense of urgency, bring tasks to completion
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively as a key contributor to multi-departmental teams simultaneously
  • Excellent and demonstrable command of written and spoken English and Japanese and proficiency at communicating verbally and in written form
• Availability to travel up to 20% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 8+ years’ experience in the industry, specifically in health economics and outcomes research, with clinical background/research experience necessary to support Japan Value & Access
• Prior experience in CAR T therapeutic area
• Degree in Pharmacy, Health Economics or Life Sciences (e.g., PhD)

Company Overview

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at

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