Remote Senior Patient Engagement Lead

Summary

Join Precision for Medicine as a Senior Patient Engagement Lead to lead the execution of Patient Engagement strategies, improve patient access and understanding of clinical trial opportunities, and support patients with practicalities of participation. This role requires collaboration with stakeholders, management of operational plans, and driving successful translation of Precision innovation into meaningful impact on study conduct.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of Patient Engagement strategies and tactics appropriate to the awarded study needs and in alignment with sponsor requirements
• Work as an SME in partnership with project teams to translate patient engagement strategies into operational and tactical plans that positively impact recruitment and retention rates and patient/care partner experience for assigned projects
• Creation of patient engagement materials and/or oversight of their development by our PAQ partners, aligned with company literacy, health literacy and DEI guidelines
• Identifying and connecting with Patient Advocacy Groups and/or community groups, then building and maintaining relationships in partnership with sponsors
• Direct deployment or oversight of patient feasibility projects with vendor partners, eliciting quantitative and/or qualitative feedback from patients and/or care partners to understand their perspectives on trial design, potential barriers to participation and ways to overcome them
• Coordinating activities across vendors to ensure an optimal patient/care partner experience, including but not limited to travel/concierge, clinical enrolment managers, creative designers, outreach, AI, and home healthcare providers
• Leading cross-functional teams to build FDA Diversity Action Plans, UK Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) projects and other patient engagement-related projects to meet regulatory needs
• Partnering with Precision Patient Advisors to obtain feedback on Precision and study-specific patient strategies, plus internal training and external awareness activities
• Serve as primary operational project contact for patient engagement programs with sponsors to ensure appropriate communication channels are maintained and reporting schedules adhered to as required
• Communicate with sponsors and project teams to implement and monitor impact of patient engagement tactical plans. Make additional operational and tactical recommendations as needed based on study performance
• Represent Precision for Medicine at site/sponsor-facing meetings e.g., KOMs, IMs, to present strategy/rationale, train CRAs and site staff, and conduct recruitment support workshops as required
• Contribute to bid defense meeting prep and attend bid defense meetings, particularly where patient engagement and diversity expertise is pertinent
• Serve as internal consultant to project teams to implement operational patient engagement plans on existing projects as required
• Lead patient recruitment and retention rescue strategy discussions, propose solutions and drive implementation. This will be particularly important on studies involving breakthrough science, complex designs, hard to reach patient populations or Precision strategic clients
• Maintain knowledge of current patient engagement trends, vendors, and technologies to increase productivity and recommend additional support as needed
• Develop and implement risk management plans
• Provide technical expertise in support of project specific and interdepartmental training efforts
• Contribute to thought leadership activities as needed
• Support continued process improvement to ensure quality in the department