Vice President, US Medical Affairs

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Job Description
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. We strive to transform and simplify care for people with life-threatening illnesses around the world. Gilead's portfolio of products and pipeline of investigational drugs includes treatments for HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer, inflammatory/fibrotic and respiratory disease conditions. Gilead is a patient focused and science driven company.

Established in our Global and USA headquarters in Foster City, CA, this individual will report to the SVP of Global Medical Affairs and Regulatory Affairs, Patient Safety & Quality within the Development organization.  This individual will provide strong medical leadership in developing strategic, executable plans for the US region.  This experienced people leader will lead an established United States of America Medical Affairs (US-MA) team and be accountable for ensuring strategic and operational excellence of the MA function, across both Virology and Oncology within the region and maintaining the best-in-class MA Organization that works effectively cross-functionally. This individual will be responsible for developing the US Plan of Action (US-POA) medical strategy, communications, and medical expert engagement important to support Gilead therapeutics areas, approved products and pipeline, and to effectively serve the unmet medical needs of patients, healthcare providers, and payers.

The Head of US Medical Affairs will partner closely with colleagues in Global Medical Affairs (GMA), research, development, commercial, corporate strategy, public affairs and government affairs, legal/compliance, and senior management at the country and at the corporate level in-order to develop and execute short and long-term strategies and tactics for Gilead products.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manages the US Medical Affairs Teams across all Therapeutic Areas

• Accountable for the overall function and governance of US-MA, working closely with the Global Medical Directors (GMDs) as well as ensuring alignment with the Development and Commercial leadership and organizations

• Oversee the development of medical strategies and the US- POA for Gilead’s products, including pipeline products, to meet the unmet medical needs of patients in the US

• Ensure that the US-MA vision and strategies are developed and aligned with the Integrated Strategic Plans (ISP) by leading the US-MA Leadership Team in the development of Patient-Focused strategies through a cross-functional approach incorporating the patient perspective into each therapeutic area and their treatments.

• Accountable for