Beam Therapeutics · 1 month ago
Associate Director/Director, Patient Advocacy & Centricity
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$180K/yr - $260K/yr
8+ years expBeam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on precision genetic medicines. The Associate Director/Director of Patient Advocacy and Centricity will lead patient advocacy efforts, develop strategies, and represent the patient voice within the organization, ensuring that patient needs are prioritized in clinical development and advocacy initiatives.
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Responsibilities
Engage and partner with patient advocacy organizations, key opinion leaders, policy makers, and patients/caregivers to advance Beam’s patient-oriented objectives and mission
Identify and advance projects, programs, and events to understand and address patient and caregiver needs in the rare disease communities
Collaborate with clinical development and regulatory functions to include the patient perspective in clinical trial design
Compliantly educate advocacy groups and patients on Beam clinical development programs
Collaborate with professional organizations and key opinion leaders to support advocacy and policy engagement and educate on Beam’s science, research, and development programs
Build and lead relationships with various advocacy groups and professional organizations to ensure productive partnerships and alliance
Implement strategies to drive disease awareness, patient speaker engagement, clinical trial awareness, and policy improvements
Oversee company-sponsored patient advocacy events to appropriately engage employees and champion the patient voice and experience to further the patient-centric mindset
Interfaces with medical affairs when a part of the organization to ensure coordination and alignment with KOL, ad boards and medical education activities
Serves as a representative of the organization to ensure information communicated is accurate and up to date regarding organizational activities and industry trends
Stays current of new developments and ideas in the field of advocacy relations and incorporates such developments, ideas and strategies into the development and execution of programs
Ensures department’s adherence to company policies and quality system requirements, as well as other legal and regulatory directives
Qualification
Required
8+ years of biopharmaceutical/industry experience with 4+ years of patient advocacy experience
Bachelor's degree required / Advanced degree such as MS, RN, LCSW, CGC preferred
Effective communicator (verbal and written) and strong interpersonal skills that can build and progress relationships internally and externally
Ability to lead and independently drive projects forward with tangible results
Must be agile and able to adapt to the quick pace of a rapidly growing company
Travel: 25-35% (patient meetings, headquarters.)
Preferred
Advanced degree such as MS, RN, LCSW, CGC preferred
Company
Beam Therapeutics
Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through the use of base editing technology.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.19B2025-03-10Post Ipo Equity· $500M
2021-01-19Post Ipo Equity· $260M
2020-02-11Post Ipo Equity· $207M
Leadership Team
John Evans
CEO
Christine Bellon
Chief Legal Officer
Recent News
2026-01-23
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