Director, Corporate Development- Search and Evaluation – Oncology and Inflammation

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Job Description
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, cancer and inflammation, headquartered in Foster City, California.

The Search and Evaluation group in Corporate Development identifies, engages, and evaluates external preclinical and clinical-stage opportunities aligned with Gilead’s R&D strategy.   The key roles of the position are to identify and lead the evaluation of external opportunities, drive the deep scientific cross-functional diligence of select opportunities, and oversee and guide the presentation of diligence findings to Gilead’s Senior leadership.

This position will focus on identification and evaluation of external Oncology and Inflammation opportunities with support, as needed, for other Therapeutic areas including Virology, Cell Therapy and Technologies and Platforms.  The role requires significant scientific expertise in Oncology and or Inflammation and a firm understanding of and significant experience in drug discovery and/or development in Biotech/Pharma.

The position requires deep collaborative engagement within Corporate Development and with key stakeholders within Gilead’s R&D leadership. Diligence efforts are supported internally through highly collaborative effort utilizing teams comprised of functional delegates.

The position enables and requires close partnership with colleagues in Corporate Development responsible for leading transactions/contracting and enables collaborative involvement in term sheet, contract negotiations and Research plans associated with collaborations.  Based on candidate interest, the position can enable career development more broadly in Corporate Development by allowing for transaction and contract experience with potential for a future transition, if desired, from a science-focused role in Search and Evaluation to a more traditional transaction role in Corporate Development.

Responsibilities and Job Functions

• Proactively identify, engage, and evaluate external opportunities aligned with Gilead’s R&D Oncology and Inflammation strategies.

• Work directly with Gilead’s Competitive Intelligence group to understand therapeutic area landscapes, inflection points of key clinical stage programs, and define competiti