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Reports to

Senior Director, Patient Scheduling & Logistics

Department

Patient, Cell & Logistics Management

Hours

Full time

Location

Europe

About Autolus

Autolus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation, programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, using a broad suite of proprietary and modular T cell programming technologies. The company is engineering precisely targeted, controlled and highly active T cell therapies that are designed to better recognize cancer cells, break down their defense mechanisms and eliminate these cells. Autolus has a pipeline of product candidates in development for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, solid tumors, and auto immune diseases.

Why Autolus

Our team is passionate in the pursuit of excellence and in pushing the boundaries of cancer therapy to deliver life-changing treatments to patients. While working at Autolus you will enjoy a flexible, diverse, and dynamic cell and gene therapy manufacturing working environment which actively promotes creativity, leadership and teamwork. In addition to this Autolus is proud to offer a competitive salary, performance-related bonus as well as private medical insurance, life assurance, 401k plan and access to an employee share program. Autolus promotes flexible working.

Our Promise

Autolus is developing complex, breakthrough therapies for a globally diverse market and equally recognizes that diversity amongst our people is critical to our mission. As we draw on our differences, what we’ve experienced, and how we work, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role Summary

The Manager, Patient Scheduling and Logistics (PSL) Operations will implement initiatives for the PSL function to deliver strategies and goals which enable clinical study, commercial delivery and growth targets.

Success in this role will require considerable Leadership Team interaction and initiative to capture and manage the workstreams enabling the strategies and goals so that resourcing and delivery is enabled and effective.

The Manager, Patient Scheduling and Logistics Operations will collaborate with team members and key stakeholders to achieve objectives in addition to functioning as part of the Patient, Cell and Logistics Management (PCLM) team within the Product Delivery Organisation.

Learning the operations of the PSL function the role incumbent will also undertake a training schedule to enable the role of Manager, Patient Scheduling & Logistics to be adopted for European market expansion and against goals set to meet team growth needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement key Patient Scheduling and Logistics initiatives to realize Autolus clinical and commercial growth goals.


• Develop and utilize tools for effective delivery management and the check points and milestones to ensure progression to target.


• Design and deliver a communication plan for initiatives to connect to key stakeholders internally and externally to Autolus (vendors/providers).


• Proactively identify potential issues/risks and recommend/implement solutions.


• Work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, projects and project managers including vendors, to communicate detailed timelines and ensure resource and performance expectations are met.


• Oversee/lead initiatives which have been identified to continuously refine and improve the cell journey process, operations and systems.


• Participate and/or lead initiatives which have been identified to continuously refine and improve the cell journey experience and operations which may include the development, review and implementation of departmental processes, tools or documentation.


• Assist peers and colleagues in understanding, supporting and executing cell journey processes.


• Crosstrain to manage patient cell journeys in both the clinical trial and commercial settings, developing expertise in the tools and systems employed.

Demonstrated skills and competencies

E – Essential P – Preferred

Experience

• Breadth of experience in clinical/commercial CAR-T services (E).


• Experience delivering complex time bound initiatives


• Experience in collaborating with stakeholders to achieve results (E).


• Experience in GxP and quality management processes (P).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in natural sciences or related field (E).


• A minimum 3 years (Manager) of experience in healthcare operations and/or CAR-T manufacturing (E)

Skills/Specialist knowledge

• Clear and concise verbal and written communication (E).


• Adept analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills (E).


• Strong organization, planning and time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize (E).


• Strong attention to detail and rigorous data accuracy (E).


• Strong leadership, people collaboration and motivation skills (E).


• Diligent, reliable and willing to ask for help from others (E).


• Strong interpersonal and relationship building. Conflict and issue management (E).


• Follows procedures and understands their role in operating a high-quality process (E).


• Proven track record of high performance (E).


• Ability to successfully work and collaborate across multiple teams and functions (E).


• Demonstrates initiative and willingness to work hands-on and with a sense of urgency, in a fast-paced rapidly changing environment (E).


• Proficient in English and local languages (E).


• Comfortable in a fast-paced small company environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities (E).


• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and willing to accept temporary responsibilities outside of initial job description (E).


• Strong understanding of current ICH GCP and GMP guidelines (E).


• Excellent MS PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Project skills (E).


• Experience of people change management and communications methodologies (P)


• Ability to work with multiple database and electronic systems - experience with Oracle/ERP, courier, and material ordering portals (P).


• Experience working in multicultural and cross functional teams (P).


• Working knowledge of biologic material transport (P).