Manager, Patient Operations Apheresis

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Reporting into the team Lead Apheresis Operations Southwest Europe the Manager, Patient Operations Apheresis is accountable to manage onboarding and on-going performance of Apheresis Centers used for BMS Clinical and Commercial Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapies. This role will serve as the patient operations single point of contact for Apheresis Centers located within the designated region of EMEA. The Manager Patient Operations Apheresis will work cross functionally with a large set of stakeholders within the Cell Therapy Organization, at local, regional, and global levels managing mainly Italy and Greece and giving support to other apheresis managers in EMEA region.

It is a field role based and regional travel up to 50% of time may be required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Onboard and Manage Apheresis sites involved in clinical and commercial Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapies as per launch plans and established processes, in collaboration with internal clinical and commercial teams for the assigned region(s)

• Develop and foster relationships with Apheresis Center Staff for assigned region

• Collect VOC (Voice of Customer) and VOB (Voice of Business) feedback used for continuous operations improvement

• Comply with applicable SOP’s and regulations

• Provide Quality Systems support by participating in deviation activities and impact/investigation assessments for cell collection centers, as well as Change Controls and GxP documentation, as required

• Closely work and collaborate with Scheduling and Cell Therapy Operations, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Clinical & Commercial, Information Technology, Project Management teams and other internal business partners such as local affiliates

• Deliver, manage and collaborate on local, regional, and global projects, as assigned

• Manage rollout of process changes internally and to the assigned sites, as applicable

• Ensure data is accurately captured and consistent using the Information Systems and tools deployed within the organization

• Develop, monitor, and roll out KPIs and reporting tools.

Qualification and Experience:

Skills/Knowledge Required

• Required Undergraduate Degree in Life Sciences

• Required minimum 5 years of experience in a regulated environment either hospital or pharmaceutical/biotech industry

• Medical, scientific, and clinical knowledge as required for the area of responsibility

• Prior customer facing role in pharmaceutical/biotech industry

• Written and verbal fluency in Italian and English and an additional European language

• High organization skills with ability to manage several tasks in parallel.

• Cross cultural awareness

• Ability to travel up to 50%

• Ability to provide on-call emergency coverage during Sunday collections (5-6 Sundays per year)

Preferred but not required

• Experience working in Cell Therapy, Apheresis or Stem Cell Transplant programs

• Registered nurse (transplant nurse, apheresis nurse)

• Ability to manage and roll out local, regional, global projects

• Advanced degree in the Life Sciences or Engineering (e.g. MSc/MBA, Pharm D/PhD)

• Experience working with critical raw material suppliers or contract manufacturing organizations.

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