Director, CEO Office

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating and, one day, curing life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, we are advancing the next generation of cell therapy through a portfolio of innovative technologies, including autologous, allogeneic, and in vivo cell therapy approaches. Our research spans chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T), T-cell receptor (TCR-T), natural killer (NK) cell-based therapies, and other emerging platforms designed to transform the treatment of serious diseases.

From our global network of research and development sites, we are committed to discovering and developing safe, effective, and cutting-edge therapies for patients worldwide.

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Johnson & Johnson to jointly develop and commercialize CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel). Through this strategic partnership, we combine complementary expertise and capabilities to advance innovative immunotherapies for patients living with multiple myeloma.

Legend Biotech is seeking a
Director, CEO Office as part of the Executive Office team based in
Bridgewater, NJ
.

Role Overview

The Director, CEO Office is a strategic partner to the CEO and a force multiplier for the CEO's leadership team (LT). You will shape and drive the company's strategic agenda, help the LT operate as a high-performing team, and turn priorities into decisions, plans and results. You will work side by side with the CEO every day, see the business end to end, from R&D to CARVYKTI commercial performance and corporate functions, and take on work that matters.

The CEO's LT includes the Head of CARVYKTI, CFO, CHRO, Head of R&D, Head of Strategy & PMO, and the heads of Legal, IT, Compliance and Business Development.

This is a defined development role. After about three years, the expectation is a move into a commercial leadership position in sales, marketing or a related function.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• Lead the development and refresh of the corporate strategy, long-range plan and annual priorities, working with the CFO and the heads of R&D and CARVYKTI.
• Frame and solve the CEO's most important business questions, such as CARVYKTI growth and pipeline and portfolio prioritization.
• Engage credibly with R&D on the science, clinical data and development plans behind pipeline decisions.
• Translate strategy into clear objectives and KPIs, partnering with Strategy & PMO on execution tracking and operating systems.
• Own the LT operating rhythm: agendas, pre-reads, decision logs, follow-ups and accountability.
• Raise the LT's strategic focus by making sure its time goes to the few decisions that matter most.
• Design and run LT offsites, business reviews and high-performing-team (HPT) initiatives.

CEO and Board Documents

• Prepare the CEO's board, LT and strategic decision materials.
• Synthesize complex data into crisp storylines and recommendations, in English and Chinese.
• Provide strategic content to the Communications team for external and internal messages;
  Communications owns those channels.

Cross-functional Execution

• Lead or drive the CEO's high-priority special projects across CARVYKTI, R&D, finance and corporate functions.
• Act as the CEO's proxy where appropriate: represent priorities, broker alignment and resolve issues across functions and regions.
• Serve as a bridge between global and China teams and stakeholders.

AI-enabled Ways of Working

• Use AI tools daily to speed up research, analysis, synthesis and document production.
• Identify and pilot practical AI use cases for the CEO's office and the LT, and help spread good practice across the organization.

Requirements

• 3–6 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain or…