Vice President, BioPharma

At Adaptive, we’re Powering the Age of Immune Medicine. Our goal is to harness the power of the adaptive immune system to transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treated.

As an Adapter, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives. With Adaptive, you’ll create a career highlight through collaboration with bright, curious colleagues working at the apex of innovation and application.

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Position Overview

Adaptive has an industry-leading BioPharma MRD business, which includes a portfolio of more than 190 clinical trials under management. The BioPharma team engages with new and existing customers to incorporate the Adaptive NGS-based MRD Assay into studies to evaluate minimal residual disease (MRD) as a prognostic and predictive early biomarker of response to assess depth and duration of response to a variety of hematological cancer therapies, including as a primary endpoint. The Adaptive NGS-based MRD Assay was granted de novo designation and marketing authorization by FDA (under Section 513(f)(2) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) in patients with multiple myeloma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia under the clonoSEQ® mark.

The Vice President, BioPharma is responsible for setting the vision, strategy, operating plan, and long-term growth plans for Adaptive’s BioPharma business. They will translate corporate priorities into a clear strategic roadmap for the BioPharma business and ensure the organization is positioned to deliver against its growth objectives. They are responsible for ensuring Adaptive delivers an exceptional experience to partners throughout the lifecycle of their clinical development programs.

The Vice President also has overall accountability for successful execution across the BioPharma portfolio, including Business Development, Alliance Management, and Client Data Management. This includes ensuring the organization is structured and resourced to meet contractual commitments and deliver timely, accurate, and high-quality data, reports, and analyses to sponsors; establishing appropriate performance standards and operating processes; and ensuring effective resolution of issues and risks that could impact customers or business performance.

Leaders at Adaptive demonstrate behaviors consistent with Adaptive’s Core Values and Leadership Principles. Critical functions of your role include helping establish individual team member goals, aligning those individual goals with broader team objectives, and ensuring those objectives drive the achievement of company goals. Providing thoughtful coaching and consistent feedback to your team members will drive performance excellence and accountability, as well as support your team members’ growth and development. Leaders at Adaptive create an environment of belonging, respect, and open and honest communication every day.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead Adaptive’s BioPharma Business growth in oncology and autoimmune diseases
• Develop and maintain high-level relationships, access, and credibility with senior executives in pharma and biotech.
• Scale the business by identifying and executing strategic initiatives that drive revenue and market expansion, including but not limited to CDx, Real-World Data, and commercial partnerships to drive clonoSEQ commercial business
• Establish new relationships to facilitate building an autoimmune pipeline and provide input to Medical on evidence generation strategy
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners and develop strategic partnerships with customers to accelerate new product development to enhance service offerings for biopharma
• Expand awareness of Adaptive’s product and service offerings for biopharma
• Lead alliance management efforts, ensuring the long-term success of key partnerships.
• Motivate, engage and lead a team of professionals to foster a highly engaged team and culture aligned to Adaptive’s Values.