Senior Director, Pipeline – HIV & Emerging Viruses

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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
 

At Gilead, we are driven to develop lifesaving products that make a difference for patients around the world. Every day, we transform the promise of science and technology into breakthrough, innovative therapies that have the power to cure, prevent or treat disease. As a research-based biopharmaceutical company, we are revolutionizing healthcare by bringing medicines to patients in the areas of unmet need including HIV, liver diseases, hematology and oncology, and inflammation and respiratory diseases. When you join Gilead, you join our mission to change the world by enabling people to live healthier and more fulfilling lives. 

Reporting to the Executive Director, Pipeline Lead, Global Commercial Strategy & Operations, HIV & Emerging Viruses, this role will support new and ongoing programs in the referenced therapeutic areas. The role will require working collaboratively in a cross-functional environment to deliver robust commercial assessments, provide commercial feedback into development programs, and to lead key initiatives in support of future products. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Lead Early Commercialization Teams and supporting Program Strategy Teams from pre-clinical stage to initiation of phase III. Support transition to inline teams for launch preparedness as programs enter late-stage development, with potential to directly lead transitions and launch planning in future.

• Evaluate commercial opportunities and develop business cases for pre-clinical assets under development, and establish strong collaborative partnerships with R&D to ensure that plans have the potential to deliver differentiated products and commercial value

• Support the effective progression of programs through development stages by researching disease states and developing patient flows, situation assessments, target product profiles, and strategic options to maximize program value and return; ensure that early product development optimally supports long-term commercial objectives (e.g., through trial endpoints and comparators, target product profiles, and other value drivers related to product development)

• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver robust Disease Area Strategies within virology

• Manage and support collaborations on pipeline programs between Gilead and partners

• Partner with Commercialization Teams, Global Value & Access, Global Decision Sciences & Insights, and selected country teams to identify insights, share global perspectives and integrate into global strategies. Liaise with regional leadership on strategic choices.

• Synthesize the commercial perspectives, insights and results needed to identify and/or assess business development opportunities for poten