Director, Medical Affairs

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers. 

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come.

Provides strategic medical leadership for inflammation pipeline assets—bringing scientific insight, evidence generation, and external perspectives to the decisions that shape development and long-term value.  Leads through influence in a matrixed environment and represents Global Medical Affairs in early and mid-stage governance forums.

Medical strategy & asset leadership

• Owns the global medical strategy for assigned inflammation pipeline assets across early and mid‑stage development.

• Serves as Medical Affairs asset lead, delivering objective scientific input to disease strategy, target product profile, trial/endpoint design, go/no‑go criteria, and lifecycle sequencing.

• Anchors development plans in unmet medical need and future evidence requirements.

Evidence generation & scientific communication

• Leads the medical evidence and scientific communication strategy, including integrated evidence plans, early medical narratives, publication planning, and core scientific platforms.

• Aligns clinical data generation with external engagement and value/access evidence needs.

External stakeholder engagement

• Identifies and maps external experts across priority disease areas.

• Builds and maintains credible, ethical scientific partnerships to inform development strategy, disease/treatment landscape insights, and patient/payer evidence expectations.

• Represents Gilead as a scientific ambassador in early pipeline settings.

Cross‑functional leadership

• Represents Global Medical Affairs on Development Project Teams, governance forums, and key decision bodies.

• Partners with Clinical Development/Early Research, Global Strategic Marketing, Global Value & Access, Regulatory, and other cross‑functional teams to advance pipeline assets.

• Ensures medical insight is integrated early, consistently, and with clear decision impact.

Portfolio & business development support

• Provides medical due diligence to support business development and partnering evaluations.

• Shapes portfolio discussions by articulating scientific differentiation, evidence risk, and opportunity.

• Surfaces external opportunities aligned with Gilead’s inflammation strategy.
   

Required Knowledge, Experience & Skills:

• 12+ years of relevant experience with Bachelors degree or 8+ years of relevant experience with Advanced scientific degree (e.g. MD, PharmD, PhD)

• Advanced clinical and/or scientific knowledge in rheumatology, inflammatory bowel disease, immunology, or other inflammatory disease areas

• Relevant pharmaceutical company experience within Medical Affairs or clinical development-adjacent roles, with strong understanding of global development and access considerations

• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional strategy in a complex matrix.

• Ability to synthesize findings and clearly articulate implications from multiple sources of information, and to formulate strong, actionable