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We’re here for one reason and one reason only – to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. We’ve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But we're not finished yet.

Join Kite, as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies, and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.

Job Description

Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. Every single day, we seek to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work. Would you like to join us in this mission?

The Senior Director will oversee a team of wet and dry lab scientists generating and analyzing data including RNA-seq, single cell RNA-seq, whole genome and targeted sequencing projects from translational medicine, process development and discovery research. The Senior Director will have a key role within the Research Leadership Team, aligning with research strategy for Kite’s chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) programs in multiple disease areas including solid tumors and autoimmune diseases. A demonstrated ability to interface with basic science and clinical teams, develop bioinformatic strategies, advise on LLM/AI search programs, manage a large data lake and lead an enthusiastic team is desired. This position reports to our Vice President, Cell Biology and Translational Medicine and is based out of our Santa Monica, CA headquarters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a scientific team managing multifaceted projects involving genomic / transcriptional data

• Partner with IT to maintain secure data infrastructure

• Design and oversee systems for knowledge extraction from publicly available datasets and resources to inform strategic research directions and program development.

• Develop automated or semi-automated analytical tools to enhance cross-functional decision-making by integrating domain expertise with multi-dimensional data analysis

• Accelerate interpretation of complex immunological mechanisms and cancer-immune interactions by leveraging large language models and machine-learning-based approaches to enhance traditional analytical approaches

• Architect integration strategies to safely incorporate language models into research and development workflows

• Establish a technology monitoring program to track and evaluate emerging applications of generative technologies in biomedical and pharmaceutical research

• Develop and implement internal programs to train staff and raise awareness on safe and compliant usage of large language models for research, data analysis, and knowledge synthesis

• Develop software for visualization, analysis, and interpretation of multi-dimension experimental and translational data

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate and 12+ years of Scientific experience OR

• Master’s and 12+ years of Scientific experience OR

• Bachelor’s and 14+ years of Scientific experience OR

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. degree in relevant field (bioinformatics, systems biology or a closely related field)

• Deep background in large scale data analysis/management

• Experience participating with regulatory teams up to and including IND submission

• Comfortable in a matrixed and dynamic environment and able to adapt to changing priorities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Proficient with data presentations to communicate to a diverse cross-functional audience

• Maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

The work you do at Kite will help change how cancer is treated and ensure patients and their families have more time together. Ready to create more tomorrows with us?

The salary range for this position is: $237,575.00 - $307,450.00. Kite considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma .

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For Current Kite Pharma Employees and Contractors:

Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.

Change The World With Us

Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. Every day, we aim to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work.

We are creating Kite together, with the recognition that the best teams are built by the best people. We maintain an attitude of curiosity, and creativity with each challenge as we develop a new market for cancer therapies. We appreciate and respect one another, and most importantly, we don’t take success for granted.

While we’ve come a long way to make what others viewed as impossible, possible, we know one thing is certain. Today is just the beginning.