Exec Director, PDM Strategy

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.
 

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Job Description
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California. 

 Executive Director, Head of PDM Strategy – Foster City, California 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Reporting to Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing (PDM)  Strategy & Operations, you will lead a team of professionals to develop an enterprise-focused strategy for PDM and provide clarity for leaders and decision makers in the organization. This includes leading enterprise and PDM-focused strategic analysis projects and key initiatives 

FOCUS AREAS 

• Develop, revise and maintain PDM’s network strategies for all aspects of clinical & commercial manufacturing. Codify existing strategies, develop strategic operating principles and formulate new network strategies depending on the business and organizational needs.   

• Support the PDM Leadership Team with cross-functional strategic initiatives and decision-making 

• Lead strategic analysis and option evaluations by leading an internal consulting team, capable of replacing the external consultants we have used for strategy analysis work previously. 

• When appropriate, manage engagements with external consulting companies with project costs of the order of $1M. This includes executing the scope definition, RFP, bid assessment, vendor selection and vendor management. 

• Define and execute a PDM risk management process to fit with the Gilead enterprise requirements. 

• Stand up a business intelligence / competitive intelligence function to PDM. Participate in external benchmarking and manage the consequent data gathering and analysis exercises. 

• Scan the Gilead and industry environment for relevant trends that could impact on PDM and its ability to deliver. 

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