Director, Medical Affairs – COVID-19 and Emerging Viruses

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Job Description
 

Reporting to the lead of the Global COVID-19 and Emerging Viruses (EV) team, this role is a leadership position within the Medical Affairs organization, responsible for developing and driving the Global Medical Affairs Research Plan for COVID-19 and EV. The key functions of this role will be to collaborate with internal and external customers involved in Emerging Viruses, specifically COVID-19, including the Foster City Medical Affairs team, the US Medical Affairs team, Scientific Communications, Medical Affairs Research, Commercial Strategy, Marketing, Value and Market Access, Clinical Research, Clinical Development, Public Affairs, Government Affairs, Contracts/Finance, Pharmacology, Legal, and the field-based Medical Scientists.

Specific Job Requirements:

·         Demonstrate deep subject matter expertise regarding Gilead COVID-19/EV, clinical trials and clinical use, and other pipeline agents, and competitive products.

·         Develop strategies and implementation plans to define and address unmet research and medical needs within the patient populations affected

·         Direct and manage one or more Gilead colleagues on the Global COVID-19/EV team

·         Lead or facilitate cross-functional teams in the development of Integrated Evidence Plans and Data Generation Plans

·         Support COVID-19/EV data generation activities through:

o    Critical review of global investigator-sponsored research, Ph 3b and Ph4 study proposals as a member or chair of Medical Affairs research committees

o    Review abstracts and/or manuscripts

o    Communicate Gilead’s commitment to scientific excellence in COVID-19/EV through research and education

·         Prepare presentation materials and present scientific data at internal meetings and external advisory boards

·         Serve as an information resource and trainer to Gilead colleagues, medical educational stakeholders, grants partners, and Gilead-sponsored/collaborative study investigators

·         Provide medical and scientific leadership and support at key scientific meetings involving COVID-19/EV

·         Provide strategic input to Global Medical Affairs Plan and Regional Medical Affairs Plans (POAs)

·         Serve on Independent Medical Education (IMED) Committee to review and give medical perspective on IMED proposals

·         Oversee medical and scientific review of promotional materials for PRC

·         Other activities, as assigned, to support COVID-19/EV Medical Affairs

Essential Skills:

·         Ability to think strategically and translate that strategy into an actionable work plan

·         Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiating communication skills

·         Experience and comfort presenting scientific information in educational forums

·         Excellent organizational skills to support project planning across multiple activities, anticipate and prioritize workload

·         Excellent teamwork skills. Organized; attention to detail and able to meet timelines in a fast-paced environment

·         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

·         Experience in clinical