Kerr Clark

Vice President, Alliance and Program Management

Mr Clark joined Arcutis in Nov 2018 as the head of program management.  Before Arcutis, Mr Clark was the head of program management at Kite Pharma, where he managed the YESCARTA® Product & Filing Teams, culminating in its BLA being filed 27 months from IND.  He also built out Kite’s PM capabilities – supervising a team of PMs responsible for Kite’s cell therapy portfolio and collaborations.  Prior to Kite, Mr Clark was a global program manager at Amgen where he managed the Kepivance® BLA filing and approval in the US/EU and oversaw a team of PMs responsible for mid-stage Oncology therapeutic programs.  He then transitioned to helping to build out Amgen’s R&D alliance management capability and oversaw a quarter of Amgen’s partnered programs.  His last role was managing the JAPAC team responsible for coordination of Amgen’s strategic (re)entry into Japan, China, and the rest of Asia.  Mr Clark started his career as a community pharmacist in southern Ontario.  He first transitioned into the pharmaceutical industry at Patheon in Mississauga, Ontario as a senior PM accountable for a portfolio of projects for clients including Amgen, Biogen, and Gilead.  Mr Clark earned a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy from the University of Toronto and has an MBA from McMaster University in Hamilton.