Director, Public Affairs, U.S. HIV Communications

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 research-based biopharmaceutical company founded in 1987. Together we deliver life-saving therapies to patients in need. With the commitment and drive you bring to the workplace every day, you will be part of a team that is changing the world and helping millions of people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. Our worldwide staff is a close community where you can see the tangible results of your contributions, where every individual matters, and everyone has a chance to enhance their skills through ongoing development. Our scientific focus has resulted in marketed products that are benefiting millions of people, a pipeline of late-stage drug candidates, and unmatched patient access programs to ensure medications are available to those who could otherwise not afford them. By joining Gilead, you will further our mission to address unmet medical needs and improve life by advancing the care of patients with life-threatening diseases.

Director, Public Affairs, U.S. HIV Communications

This role will assist in the development and implementation of initiatives supporting Gilead’s current product portfolio and pipeline of innovations for HIV in the United States.

The role is responsible for helping to drive branded and unbranded communications in the U.S. relating to the HIV therapeutic area across a broad range of audiences to help raise awareness of the unmet medical, systemic, and public needs that our science and programs seek to address.

This role works closely with cross-functional colleagues in U.S. across, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Value & Access, Government Affairs, Clinical Development, as well as coordinating with colleagues across Public Affairs’ global centers of expertise and global therapeutic area communications to help inform cross-functional priorities.

This role will be based in Gilead US office: Foster City, CA.

Responsibilities Include:

• Identify, analyze and create plans of action for a multitude of business-critical initiatives supporting Gilead’s largest therapeutic area in its highest revenue generating market.
• Drive execution of communications strategies, programs, and materials to support the current HIV treatment product portfolio. Initiatives may include data communications, media relations, executive thought leadership, internal communications, community advocacy communications, community and medical meetings, among others.
• Serve as a key strategic communications advisor to the cross-functional US HIV Biktarvy team, as well as close collaborator across all teams within the Public Affairs function, including corporate communications, corporate giving, community engagement and advocacy, global public affairs.
• Contribute to corporate media relations and storytelling related to Gilead’s impact in HIV treatment across external and internal channels.
• Support US HIV advocacy in efforts to engage U.S. community leaders to ensure perspective of key populations are integrated into Gilead treatment initiatives.
• Contribute to US PA HIV treatment launch strategy to support Gilead’s robust treatment pipeline, including multiyear communications planning and narrative development.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of issues relevant to Gilead’s HIV treatment portfolio ensuring that talking points and key message documents are updated and disseminated among internal and external audiences in a timely, proactive manner.
• Liaise with PR agency partners, providing agency teams with appropriate information and oversight to effectively implement programs in compliance with Gilead’s busine