Director Medical Affairs Strategy, PBC

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Job Description

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. For more information, please visit Gilead.com.

We have an exciting opportunity within our US Medical Affairs (USMA) Liver team for a Director, Medical Affairs Strategy for Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). This role is based in Foster City, CA.

Reporting to the Senior Director US Medical Affairs (USMA) Liver – PBC, this director role will support the development of the USMA Strategic Plans in PBC. The key functions of this role will be to work cross-functionally with different internal and external stakeholders to execute the Plan of Action (POA) for PBC.

Job Responsibilities

• Regular communication with the Gilead Medical Scientist Liaison (MSL) team to remain current on issues in the field (gather insights) and to provide medical education, support, and direction.
• Support the execution of advisory boards and support the collection of feedback to guide and propose updates to the USMA Strategic plans in PBC.
• Provide medical and scientific input on Independent Medical Education, Grants, Investigator-Sponsored Research and Collaborative Research
• Serve as an educational resource to both medical and commercial disease state and product training.
• Attend appropriate conferences and strategically coordinate medical affairs activities.
• Responsible for the development and execution of PBC related scientific projects.
• Monitor and understand the changing PBC landscape.
• Work with MSL field directors to ensure the POA is executed as envisioned.
• Ensure MSL teams have necessary tools to execute the local POA as envisioned.
• As product expert, serves as a key contributor and knowledge expert for PBC for multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with the Global MA PBC field teams to review, update, and provide insight into Medical Affairs slide decks and local and global PBC response documents.
• Leads US-focused medical training documents as needed to support field Medical Scientists
• Supports the Senior Director in developing and execute the US Plan of Action and ensure alignment of team activities and cross-functional projects.
• Partner cross functionally with Legal, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Public and Government Affairs, to lead cross-functional projects as needed.
• Provide recommendations for resource allocation to adjust accordingly.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and policies.
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 12 years’ experience OR master’s degree and 10 years’ experience OR PhD and 8 years’ experience
• MD, DO, NP, PA, PharmD, or other advanced health care degree with 8+ years of pharmaceutical industry exp preferred.
• Relevant clinical experience in PBC, viral hepatitis, or rare diseases is required.
• Experienced with patient-centric care desired.
• Committed to continuing education to maintain a knowledge base.
• Ability to think strategically and translate that strategy into an actionable work plan.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal, relationship-building, negotiating, communication skills, and ability to use these in a Teamwork environment.
• Excellent organizational skills to support project planning across multiple activities, anticipate and prioritize workload.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to identify and understand complex issues and problems and identify and query key findings from study data and publications.
• Must be fully aware and compliant with regulatory, compliance and legal requirements for clinical trials and other Medical Affairs activities; thorough knowledge of FDA regulations, ICH guidelines and GCPs governing the conduct of clinical trials.
  
  

Display Of Gilead Core Values:

• Integrity (Doing What’s Right)
• Teamwork (Working Together)
• Excellence (Being Your Best)
• Accountability (Taking Personal Responsibility)
• Inclusion (Encouraging Diversity)
  
  

The salary range for this position is: $237,660.00 - $307,560.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

For Additional Benefits Information, Visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
  
  

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