Associate Director, US Medical Affairs HIV Treatment 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.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

We are looking for a highly motivated Associate Director, Medical Affairs who is passionate about patient-centric HIV care, treatment, prevention and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Candidate must be a self-starter with a proven track record of success in prior roles. They will play a critical and exciting role in helping the US Medical Affairs organization support current HIV Treatment therapies and launch future HIV pipeline products. The Associate Director will report to the US HIV Treatment Strategy Lead and will work directly with the US and Global teams.

Essential Duties and Job Functions

• As a content manager and product expert, serves as a key contributor and knowledge expert for HIV treatment and prevention

• Independently manages projects related to analysis of novel, emerging data and determine relevant information to incorporate into medical content trainings

• Works with the Global MA HIV treatment and prevention team to review, update, and provide insight to Medical Affairs slide decks and local and global HIV Treatment response documents

• Creates US-focused medical training documents as needed to support field Medical Scientists

• Works collaboratively with Medical Scientists, Medical Information, Clinical Research and Clinical Pharmacology to support responses to medical inquiries and slide development for conferences

• Provides medical and scientific input on US Promotional Review Committee as needed

• Attends medical conferences to assess/gather relevant information and support activities related to conference deck development and training

• Collaborates with Senior Director to develop US Plan of Action and ensure alignment of team activities

• Supports US and Global HIV Medical Affairs Advisory Programs, as needed

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• MD, DO, NP, PA, PharmD or other advanced health care degree with 5 years of relevant experience

• 3-5 years industry experience preferred

• Relevant clinical experience in HIV needed

• Experience in provision of medical information, slide development, and medical writing and conference management required

• Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills and interpersonal skills are required, with experience in preparing budgets, misc. Excel spreadsheets, and delivering PowerPoint presentations

• Experienced with patient-centric care desired

• Committed to continuing education to maintain knowledge base

• Ability to utilize moderately complex scientific resources across a variety of different settings

• Ability to work collaboratively and experience working on cross-functional teams

• Ability to travel to domestic and international conferences which will include occasional weekend travel is required

• Ability to flex and adapt as necessary in response to ongoing growth and change within the organization

 

The salary range for this position is: $177,905.00 - $230,230.00. Gilead considers a variety of facto