BlueRock Therapeutics

Director

• Develop and own a comprehensive, multi-year global patient advocacy strategy for Parkinson’s disease and primary photoreceptor disease programs
• Identify, map, and prioritize patient advocacy groups, disease foundations, and coalitions across the US, EU, and other strategic geographies
• Build and sustain partnerships with patient organizations, community leaders, and key opinion advocates
• Serve as BlueRock’s senior external ambassador at patient advocacy conferences, community events, and scientific symposia
• Design and facilitate patient advisory boards, patient councils, and forums
• Lead initiatives advancing health equity, reducing participation barriers, and amplifying underrepresented voices
• Develop education and community awareness initiatives for patients, caregivers, and advocacy organizations
• Provide strategic counsel to R&D, Clinical Operations, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Program Teams
• Translate patient insights into protocol design improvements, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, visit burden reduction, patient-reported outcomes, site selection, and decentralized study approaches
• Co-develop patient-informed evidence strategies addressing disease burden, quality of life, and caregiver impact
• Partner with Corporate Communications on external messaging and awareness campaigns
• Collaborate with Bayer global advocacy counterparts on late-stage clinical programs and transition relationships as programs achieve milestones
• Engage patient communities in early pipeline programs across ophthalmology and neurology
• Ensure advocacy engagements adhere to global compliance, ethical guidelines, and regulatory expectations
• Maintain understanding of evolving regulations and update internal standard operating procedures

Director, Patient Advocacy

Program Manager

• Own the integrated asset strategy, Target Product Profile, and development plan from IND-enabling work through proof of concept and beyond
• Integrate clinical, regulatory, CMC, nonclinical, safety, commercial, and evidence-generation strategies into a coherent value-creation plan
• Establish decision criteria, scenarios, and off-ramps for timely, evidence-based investment decisions
• Maintain a current view of the scientific, competitive, and market landscape and translate it into program implications
• Lead the cross-functional Program Team and create accountability for functional deliverables and overall program outcomes
• Drive prioritization, resolve barriers, and secure resources for critical milestones, including DA02 IND submission and first-in-human readiness
• Own the integrated timeline, budget, resource plan, and risk profile with Program Management and Finance
• Ensure compliant, inspection-ready execution with high standards for scientific rigor, ethics, quality, and patient safety
• Serve as the primary program voice to BlueRock executive and Board governance and Bayer stakeholders
• Represent the asset externally with health authorities, investigators, key opinion leaders, patient organizations, and partners
• Build alignment across BlueRock and Bayer and leverage partner capabilities
• Contribute to portfolio strategy, capital allocation, long-range planning, and business development diligence
• Capture and transfer program learning, tools, and standards across the portfolio

Senior Director – Program Team Leader, Neurology and Pipeline Assets

QA Engineer

• Provide end-to-end device quality support for drug-delivery and cell-delivery devices used in clinical programs
• Support downstream sustaining quality after design transfer
• Support trial readiness, lot disposition, complaint management and investigation, and quality oversight of CMOs and off-the-shelf device vendors
• Support device development activities under design controls as assigned
• Perform quality review and disposition of device batches and lots for clinical use
• Review device history records, certificates of conformance, and supporting documentation
• Own device complaint handling, including intake, evaluation, investigation, root cause analysis, trending, and closure
• Manage device-related quality issues at clinical hubs and sites, coordinating containment, investigation, and stakeholder communication
• Provide trial readiness support, including mock runs, site/hub readiness, and on-call support on the day of surgery
• Support deviations, nonconformances, and CAPAs related to clinical devices
• Evaluate and approve CMO and vendor process changes for impact on device quality, validated state, and clinical supply
• Lead or support operational improvement projects affecting device handling and clinical workflow
• Serve as device quality point of contact for assigned CMOs and off-the-shelf vendors
• Drive corrective action implementation, change control, and issue resolution
• Monitor supplier performance and escalate quality risks affecting clinical supply
• Support design control, risk management, engineering confidence testing, V&V, process development, DHF, and DMR activities as assigned

Director, Patient Advocacy

Senior Director – Program Team Leader, Neurology and Pipeline Assets

Quality Engineer III