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Director of Trade, Distribution and Patient Assistance

Orca Bio · Remote · Remote

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About Orca Bio

Orca Bio is helping to deliver the promise of cell therapy to patients without compromise. Backed by Lightspeed and Felicis.

About the role

Summary of Role: the Director of Trade, Distribution and Patient Assistance will own the strategy, buildout, and day-to-day operation of the distribution channel through which Orca Bio’s portfolio moves from Orca to the point of care.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree (MBA or related) preferred
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in pharmaceutical/biotech trade, channel, distribution, or specialty operations, with at least 5 years in a trade/distribution leadership role
  • Direct experience managing 3PL and/or specialty pharmacy relationships and contracts is required
  • Cell and gene therapy, transplant, or other cold-chain / limited-distribution product experience strongly preferred, including familiarity with chain-of-identity and chain-of-custody requirements
  • Strong background of U.S. distribution economics, government channels (340B, VA), government price reporting, and gross-to-net mechanics
  • Experience supporting a product launch strongly preferred
More about this role

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 commercial-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 cell therapies we hope to not only replace patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones, but also restore their lives.

Summary of Role: the Director of Trade, Distribution and Patient Assistance will own the strategy, buildout, and day-to-day operation of the distribution channel through which Orca Bio’s portfolio moves from Orca to the point of care. Reporting to the Head of Market Access, you will be accountable for our third-party logistics (3PL) partner, our specialty pharmacy network, and the end-to-end distribution and order-to-cash pathway that supports Authorized Treatment Center (ATC) ordering, government-channel ordering, and patient assistance...

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