Offer summary
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree, 10+ years in patient advocacy.Key responsabilities:
- Develop patient advocacy group strategy
- Maintain relationships with patient organizations
Job Title: | Director Patient Advocacy |
Location: | Remote |
Position type: FLSA: | Full time Exempt |
Department: | Medical Affairs |
At Avidity Biosciences, we are passionate about the impact of every employee in realizing our vision of improving people’s lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics. Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, join us in making a difference and become part of our growing culture that is integrated, collaborative, agile and focused on the needs of patients.
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Utilizing its proprietary AOC platform, Avidity demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into muscle and is leading the field with clinical development programs for three rare muscle diseases: myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Avidity is broadening the reach of AOCs with its advancing and expanding pipeline, including programs in cardiology and immunology through internal discovery efforts and key partnerships. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our AOC platform, clinical development pipeline, and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
The Opportunity
The Director of Patient Advocacy will serve a unique and pivotal role in the company, helping to infuse the voice, insights and perspectives into Avidity’s culture and helping to strategically connect our Avidity’s programs to the needs expressed by patients. The Director will be responsible for defining and implementing Patient Advocacy strategy to support the late-stage development, launch, and post-market expansion of Avidity’s programs for rare and debilitating muscular diseases in line with Avidity’s corporate goals. As part of the Patient Advocacy & Engagement team you will report to Head of Patient Advocacy & Engagement. This role will work collaboratively with other key functions across the company, such as Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, Communications, Regulatory Affairs, Safety, Finance, Legal and Research. This role will be instrumental in helping to shape and nurture Avidity’s culture centered around the purpose of addressing the needs of patients and making a meaningful difference in their lives
What You Will Contribute
What We Seek
Avidity Biosciences | 10578 Science Center Dr. Suite 125 | San Diego, CA | 92121 | O: 858-401-7900 | F: 858-401-7901 |
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