CIRM

Vice President

• Provide strong managerial leadership, direction, and accountability for the Patient Access Team, including program leads (Alpha Clinics, CCCEs, PSP), project managers, and consultants supporting policy, economic modeling, and payer engagement.
• Build a high-performance, mission-driven team culture that emphasizes clarity of roles, proactive communication, and delivery of measurable outcomes to advance access and affordability of CIRM-funded therapies across California.
• Oversee the integration and performance of CIRM’s clinical infrastructure programs (ACs, CCCEs, PSP, and Community-Based Organization (CBO) partnerships) and strategically ensure alignment and active mapping of the CIRM clinical development portfolio to this infrastructure.
• Lead the development of structured payer and provider engagement frameworks and evidence-sharing forums that leverage CIRM’s clinical portfolio and infrastructure data to inform payer decision-making.
• Collaborate with the President and external economic experts to support the development and evaluation of financial models (e.g., outcome-based or risk-pooling approaches) that enhance affordability and promote equitable delivery of advanced therapies.
• Coordinate with CDEV and PDEV programs to ensure that Patient Access Team supports Access & Affordability planning requirements and resource needs across preclinical and clinical development projects.

Associate Vice President, Patient Access