Director, Strategic Evidence and Collaborations, Medical Affairs

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Job Description
 

Job Description

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes

innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide.

Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

For more information, please visit Gilead.com.

We have an exciting opportunity within US Medical Affairs for a Director, Medical Affairs Oncology, Strategic Evidence & Collaborations (SEC). This role will be remote but will require headquarters travel for specific meetings quarterly.

Reporting to the Senior Director and Head of Strategic Evidence & Collaborations, US Medical Affairs (USMA), the core efforts of this role is one responsible for co-developing the US Medical Affairs strategy for US Medical Affairs congress plans in collaboration with the COE (Congress Center of Excellence) and the USMA Strategy and Field Based Medical Teams

The key functions of this role will be to represent and consider the healthcare environment of the US with internal and external stakeholders involved in cancer therapies across approved and pipeline molecules and indications, including the Global Medical Affairs team, US Medical Access and Quality team, Scientific Communications/Publications, Medical Affairs Outcomes Research, Commercial Strategy, Marketing, Value and Market Access,  Clinical Research/Development, US Public Affairs, US Government Affairs ,Patient Engagement, Business Conduct (Legal), and the field-based US Medical Science Liaisons.

Job Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities for this role will include, but are not limited to:

• Support US medical efforts in global and regional Congress strategic planning and tactical execution
  • Lead the strategy for USMA for Global and Regional Congress Planning in collaboration with other cross-functional congress partners such as the Congress Center of Excellence, Global Medical Affairs, Field Medical, Regional Marketing, and other Commercial leads, as appropriate.
  • Lead and shepherd congress-related oncology Medical assets (e.g. booth) through the Medical Review Committee (MRC) process, in consultation with cross-functional Medical Affairs team members
  • Lead the strategy and development of congress materials including medical exhibit, sponsorship, and advertising investments. Develop congress specific content and take through medical-legal-regulatory review.
  • Specific point of contact for the Congress Center of Excellence (CoE). Maintain ongoing contact and visibility with the CoE. Work with cross-functional partners to create a One Medical Voice for congress strategy and execution.
  • Lead US efforts – in collaboration with cross-functional colleagues (e.g. Global Medical Affairs) - to prepare US Medical team members for key congresses, including pre- and post-con training and materials
  • Maintain and update the USMA Congress Playbook in close collaboration with the playbook lead. Lead ongoing Congress Playbook working group meetings.
  • Support the development of Disease-Specific Publication Strategy as they relate to congress collaborations
  • Lead the relationship with vendors and collaborators on the delivery of materials to include but not limited to the medical communications for the prep documents for MRC.
• Contribute as appropriate to the development of Global and Local strategic plans, and collaborate effectively and compliantly with colleagues in other functional areas