Orca Bio

Head of Account Management

Remote

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
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Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, HealthcareIndustries

Job Description: Head of Account Management, BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant), Cell Therapy

Employment Type: Regular, Full-Time Employee


Company Overview

Orca Bio is a late-stage biotechnology company redefining the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies. Our goal is to provide significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks compared to traditional allogeneic stem cell transplants, which can be fatal or lead to serious conditions like graft vs. host disease. With our purified, high-precision investigational cell therapies, we aim to not only replace patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones but also restore their lives.


Position Overview

The Head of Account Management for BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant), Cell Therapy at Orca Bio will lead a national team of Account Managers. This role is responsible for building strategic partnerships with leading transplant centers, academic hospitals, and commercial accounts. The senior leader will spearhead the establishment of a high-touch / hyper-care customer engagement account model. This model is designed to provide proactive and elevated support throughout onboarding, treatment initiation, and ongoing adoption to support the launch of Orca Bio’s precision cell therapy platform, with a primary focus on the company’s first asset, Orca-T.

This role is critical to the commercial success of Orca Bio’s precision cell therapy platform and Orca-T, ensuring transformative partnerships and exceptional patient outcomes in the evolving landscape of cell and gene therapy.


Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Development

  • Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team of Account Managers specializing in BMT and cell therapy, with a focus on precision cell therapy for hematologic malignancies.
  • Provide ongoing coaching, training, and career development to ensure operational excellence and customer-centric execution.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Customer Engagement Account Model Implementation

  • Design and implement a high-touch/ hyper-care customer engagement account model tailored to the unique needs of centers adopting Orca-T.
  • Ensure seamless onboarding, rapid issue resolution, and proactive support during critical therapy delivery and follow-up phases, resulting in an exceptional customer experience.
  • Establish clear criteria for customer engagement, including therapy initiation, high-risk patient cohorts, and operational complexity.
  • Oversee the deployment of dedicated resources for real-time communication, escalation management, and hands-on training for clinical teams.
  • Monitor and report on key metrics (e.g., time to therapy, patient outcomes, customer satisfaction) to drive continuous improvement in the high-touch / hyper-care customer engagement program.

Account Strategy & Execution

  • Design and implement a high-touch/ hyper-care customer engagement account model tailored to the unique needs of centers adopting Orca-T, ensuring seamless onboarding, rapid issue resolution, and proactive support during critical therapy delivery and follow-up phases.
  • Establish clear criteria for high-touch / hyper-care customer engagement, including therapy initiation, high-risk patient cohorts, and operational complexity.
  • Oversee the deployment of dedicated resources for real-time communication, escalation management, and hands-on training for clinical teams.
  • Monitor and report on key metrics (e.g., time to therapy, patient outcomes, customer satisfaction) to drive continuous improvement in the customer engagement program.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Collaborate closely with Commercial, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, and Manufacturing to ensure alignment and seamless execution.

Requirements

  • In-depth expertise in cell and gene therapy commercialization.
  • Proven experience in hospital-based sales.
  • Demonstrated track record of launching novel therapies in complex clinical settings.

Application Instructions

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Company Information

  • Mission: Redefining the transplant process with next-generation cell therapies for better survival rates and fewer risks.
  • Focus: Precision cell therapy platform, including Orca-T.
  • Impact: Aiming to restore lives by replacing patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones.

Skills

Account Management
Team Leadership
Cell Therapy
Gene Therapy
Commercialization
Hospital Sales
Therapy Launch
Customer Engagement
Partnership Building

Orca Bio

Develops and commercializes cell therapies

About Orca Bio

Orca Bio operates in the biotechnology sector, specifically focusing on cell therapies that utilize the body's own cells to treat diseases. The company works to enhance these therapies, aiming to make them safer and more effective for patients. Orca Bio's products are primarily used by healthcare providers who administer these therapies to patients as part of their treatment plans. Unlike many competitors, Orca Bio emphasizes a strong team culture and values communication with stakeholders, keeping them informed about the company's progress and developments. The goal of Orca Bio is to improve patient outcomes through advanced cell therapies, addressing conditions that currently have limited treatment options.

Menlo Park, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2016Year Founded
$186.8MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
401(k) Retirement Plan
Parental Leave

Risks

Emerging competition from BlueRock Therapeutics in stem cell therapies.
Aspen Neuroscience's advancements in personalized stem cell therapies pose a threat.
Competitors' focus on iPSC-derived therapies may overshadow Orca Bio's offerings.

Differentiation

Orca Bio focuses on high-precision cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Their lead product, Orca-T, shows promising relapse-free survival rates in clinical trials.
Orca Bio's therapies aim to replace diseased blood and immune systems with healthy ones.

Upsides

Orca-T demonstrated 87% relapse-free survival in a Phase 1b/2 trial.
FDA's expedited approval pathways could accelerate Orca Bio's market entry.
Advancements in gene editing enhance the efficacy of Orca Bio's cell therapies.

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