Job Description

Job Description

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term long-lasting 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 tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at Www.Twitter.Com/Kitepharma.

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 seeking a highly motivated individual to join us as a Research Project Manager in our Research Strategic Operations Team. You will support one or more Research Teams (RT) through the advancement of our exciting CAR T pipeline and next generation adaptive immunotherapy. The successful Research Project Manager, Kite Research Strategic Operations is responsible for supporting Research Team activities, including:

Responsibilities

• Guide business operations within Research including interacting with vendors, on-boarding new vendors, resolving issues with vendors.
• Perform as functional bridge between external vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Creating and reviewing work orders and experimental research plans
• Creating purchase orders and reconciling invoices and payments.
• Organize and develop Research projects and teams, ensuring timely, efficient, and action-oriented operations within established requirements to deliver quality outputs on time and on budget.
• Prepare agenda, minutes, and action items for Research Team Meetings and identify risks and opportunities, implement corrective actions and implement on the project plan and program.
• Guide Research team communications and ensure that all stakeholders are fully informed of project activities and their status, utilizing Research report and SharePoint sites
• Works in partnership with project lead and functional leads, to develop, identify risks and opportunities, implement corrective actions and implement on the project plan and program.
• Manages research project team through stage gate reviews toward milestone completion.
• Along with the project lead, represents the research project team at Research governance meetings for major strategic decisions.
• Liaises with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. Program Manager, CMC Program Manager, Alliance Manager, Legal, Purchasing, and Accounts Payable, etc.) to implement on cross-functional deliverables and resolve issues.
• Other responsibilities and duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School degree and 6 years of experience OR
• Associate degree and 5 years of experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience OR
• Master’s degree and 2 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant experience consists of work in a scientific field or equivalent experience in association with R D project teams and/or in cross-functional project management activities. Prior experience in cellular therapy, synthetic biology, oncology research greatly preferred.
• High level of attention to detail and ability to identify errors
• Extensive understanding of research and candidate identification process.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills along with ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Able to effectively communicate progress toward milestones, opportunities, and risks to all stakeholders.
• High emotional intelligence, with demonstrated ability to successfully negotiate through challenging situations and difficult conversations.
• Excellent ability to develop trust, along with demonstrated ability to facilitate, lead and guide colleagues across the organization to achieve department, operations teams, and corporate goals.
• Comfortable and efficient in a demanding, exciting, passionate, often fluid environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), Microsoft Project
• Familiarity with SAP/ERP systems.
• PMP Certification.

Does this sound like you? If so, apply today!

The salary range for this position is: $101,830.00 - $131,780.00. Gilead 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*.

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https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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