Senior Manager, Patient Advocacy

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Senior Manager, Patient Advocacy

Gondola Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing next-generation therapeutics for genetic diseases. Originally launched as Bridge

BioX, a subsidiary of Bridge Bio, Gondola Bio secured $300M in private financing from external investors in 2024 and became an independent company within the Bridge Bio ecosystem. The company aims to leverage cutting-edge biological research to create breakthrough medicines addressing high unmet needs across multiple therapeutic areas, including neurology, pulmonology, cardiology, nephrology, and endocrinology. Located on the Stanford Life Sciences campus, Gondola Bio fosters a unique hybrid environment where top scientists from around the world collaborate with senior leadership and advisors, blending industry expertise with academic innovation.

Putting patients first is a core value of Gondola Bio. We are committed to engaging patients, families, caregivers, and community advocates throughout the drug development process to understand their experiences, challenges, and priorities and incorporate their perspectives into our work. Reporting to the Head of Patient Advocacy, the Senior Manager, Patient Advocacy will serve as a patient advocacy partner across Gondola Bio's development portfolio.

This individual will develop deep knowledge of assigned disease areas and patient communities, build productive and enduring relationships with patient advocacy organizations and community leaders, and work closely with development teams to ensure patient perspectives inform our work. The Senior Manager will support multiple programs at different stages of development, including providing advocacy leadership to programs that may not have dedicated

• Champion a patient-centered culture by bringing patient and caregiver perspectives, lived experience, priorities, and unmet needs into relevant company discussions, activities, and decision-making.
• Develop deep working knowledge of assigned Gondola Bio development programs, including the disease, patient and caregiver journey, unmet needs, treatment landscape, development strategy, key milestones, and emerging patient advocacy needs.
• Assess and maintain an understanding of the patient advocacy landscape within assigned disease areas, including key patient advocacy organizations and community leaders, their priorities and reach, existing relationships, and opportunities for meaningful engagement.
• Build and maintain productive, enduring relationships with patient advocacy organizations, community leaders, patients, caregivers, and other stakeholders through transparent, respectful, and mutually valuable engagement.
• Serve as the Patient Advocacy partner for assigned development programs and develop advocacy priorities and engagement plans aligned with program needs and community priorities.
• Design and lead patient and caregiver engagement activities, including listening sessions, advisory boards, educational programs, community meetings, and other initiatives.
• Gather, synthesize, and communicate patient and caregiver insights to relevant internal teams and identify opportunities to incorporate these perspectives throughout drug development.
• Partner with Corporate Communications and the broader Patient Advocacy team on patient-centered communications, educational resources, awareness initiatives, social media, and appropriate patient and community storytelling.
• Identify themes, needs, best practices, and opportunities that span Gondola Bio programs and contribute to enterprise Patient Advocacy initiatives, tools, partnerships, and resources.
• Collaborate closely with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Business Development,…