Director, Medical Information

Job Description

Job Description

More than one million people in the United States today are fighting blood cancer. While a traditional allogeneic stem cell transplant has been the best hope for many, the transplant itself can prove fatal or lead to serious conditions, such as graft vs. host disease. Orca Bio is a late-stage biotechnology company redefining the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies with the goal of providing significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks.   With our purified, high-precision investigational cell therapies we hope to not only replace patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones, but also restore their lives.

The Director, Medical Information will report to the Vice President of Medical Affairs. You will be responsible for establishing a global medical information service at Orca Bio, be a leader in the Medical Affairs department, and be an integral team member in preparation for a commercial launch.  You will be responsible to establishing the Medical Information service at Orca Bio, including set up and oversight of a Medical Information Call center.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Establish the Global Medical information capability within Medical Affairs, creating and managing the Medical Information budget, setting up the structure, business processes and systems governing the dissemination of reactive scientific information and other activities performed by Medical Information
• Collaborate with Safety and QA on the process for the receipt of post marketing adverse events and product quality complaints, ensure audit ready
• Identify, implement, and lead the oversight of the Medical Information call center(s) that will cover the necessary geographies, aligning with and integrating standards, processes, and technology
• Contribute to congress planning and on-site representation associated with the medical affairs and medical information presence
• Develop and maintain Medical Information materials, including standard response documents, FAQs and scientific content
• Review and approve promotional and non-promotional materials for accuracy as a member of the Medical Review Committee and Promotional Review Committee
• Create informative dashboards to track and communicate Medical Information activities to leadership and cross-functional business partners, identifying and trends or data gaps
• Collaborate with HEOR on the development of the AMCP and Global Value Dossiers with scientific data input and reviews
• Create a process of the submission of unsolicited requests for medical information and train internal colleagues on this process

Minimum Requirements

Who we are

We are driven by a passion for science and compassion for patients. We act with urgency to ensure our treatments are one day accessible to all who need them.

We live by our core values of passion, courage, and integrity. Excellence in our work means the chance to unlock a better quality of life for our patients, and with that comes tremendous responsibility.

We innovate on a path that hasn’t been paved. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and take calculated risks to achieve our mission. We aren’t afraid to ask “why not” and challenge the status quo.

We maintain a start-up culture of camaraderie and leadership by example, regardless of title.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and recognize that celebrating our differences creates stronger, lasting solutions that better serve our team, our patients and their healthcare providers.

Notice to staffing firms

Orca Bio does not accept resumes from staffing agencies with which we do not have a written agreement and specific engagement for a particular opening. Our employment activities, inquiries and offers are managed through our HR / Talent team, and all candidates are presented through this channel only. We do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we rarely outsource recruitment.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.