Scientific Director, Medical Affairs

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About Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Iovance Biotherapeutics , Inc. is the global leader in innovating, developing, and delivering tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapies for patients with solid tumors. Amtagvi® (lifileucel) is the first FDA-approved, one-time treatment for previously treated advanced melanoma, now approved in three global markets and available at more than 95 authorized treatment centers. The Iovance TIL platform spans registrational trials and next-generation programs in additional solid tumors, including gene-edited and IL-12 tethered TIL therapies, next-generation IL-2, and precision immuno-oncology approaches. As the first and only company to take TIL therapy from concept to a broadly accessible commercial treatment, Iovance operates as an end-to-end cell therapy company, anchored by fully owned, centralized U.S.-based manufacturing that is scaled to serve thousands of cancer patients worldwide each year. For more information, please visit www.iovance.com .

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Overview

The Senior Cellular Therapy Medical Director reports to the Executive Scientific Director, Medical Affairs, and represents Iovance Medical Affairs as needed, serving as a TIL cell therapy therapeutic area expert in educational, strategic, and tactical discussions and presentations with internal colleagues and external experts and investigators. This role requires strong clinical expertise and credibility, recent surgical and/or cell therapy experience, and the ability to partner effectively with healthcare providers to apply practical insights to patient care, including perioperative workflows and tumor procurement. The Senior Cellular Therapy Medical Director also collaborates with internal cross-functional teams to ensure territory alignment and optimization, and to support medical strategies in line with overarching corporate objectives.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Support and educate providers to optimize tumor tissue starting material for lifileucel manufacturing
• Lead engagement and best-practice discussions with surgeons on tumor tissue procurement
• Support ATC medical onboarding to prepare for direct patient care, and serve as an ongoing resource for patient- and product-specific questions
• Serve as subject matter expert and clinical support for TIL cell therapy
• Provide clinical trial support by engaging surgeons across all Iovance trials and investigator-sponsored trials (ISTs)
• Represent Iovance Medical Affairs as a TIL cell therapy expert across internal and external venues, including US and Global cross

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• Must be able to communicate with others to exchange information.

Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgement, troubleshooting, problem-solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional or remote office environment and requires operating standard office equipment and keyboards.

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The annual base salary we reasonably expect to pay is listed. Individual pay decisions depend on various factors, such as primary work location, complexity and responsibility of the role, job duties/requirements, and relevant education, experience and skills.

Pay Transparency
$240,000 — $260,000 USD

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