Gilead Sciences · 1 day ago
Sr Director, Business Strategy and Operations (Oncology Clinical Development)
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$243K/yr - $315K/yr
10+ years expGilead Sciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to creating a healthier world. The Oncology Business, Strategy, and Operations Lead will support the SVP of Oncology Clinical Development in executing the strategic vision for the Oncology Therapeutic Area, collaborating with senior leadership to advance clinical development and elevate oncology as a key focus area for Gilead.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
As a member of the Oncology Leadership Team help to design and facilitate Leadership team meetings, drive team engagement planning and execution, participate in decision making and strategy development, support the team’s overall success
Business Strategy: A strategic advisor who provides trusted input and helps test ideas, especially for the oncology portfolio from research through launch. This role is a thought partner, facilitating strategic projects and enabling execution of the business strategy
Collaboration with Corporate Development: Aligns oncology strategy with program and asset acquisitions, overseeing diligence staffing and evaluation
Key contributor in staffing and resource allocation: Liaise across Franchise Heads and HR to ensure the right talent and opportunities align with strategic priorities
Goals & KPI’s: supports the leader and leadership team to define short and longer term goals and defining objectives and KPI’s for the TA, ensuring interconnectivity at a functional and enterprise level
Special Projects: May lead or participate in initiatives in support of strategic priorities in support of anything from strategy to execution or growth
Business Operations: maintain a comprehensive view of the priorities, projects, decisions, and actions that supports the Executive and tracks business area goals, study and functional budgets and growth
Effectively network across the organization and communicate with cross functional leaders to connect projects and workstreams that would otherwise remain siloed. This includes key collaboration with Kite as part of the oncology strategy and portfolio
Serve as a key business partner and conduit to the leader ensuring that work within the team flows smoothly by driving operational efficiency and effectiveness, strategic alignment and integration of activities
Acts as an amplifier for their leader; will prepare and deliver presentations, manage existing communications strategies, and innovate new ones
Qualification
Required
PhD, MD in relevant field
10+ years in industry drug development, a majority of experience in oncology highly preferred
Clinical Science and clinical trial experience in development at a large pharma, all phases of development (Ph I-Ph III and filing)
Super Organizer — able to stay personally organized while managing the priorities of the executive. Able to help bring order and effectively manage complex and ambiguous projects
Collaborative, empathetic —assist in building the networked organization— tearing down walls and silos so teams communicate better while maintaining a constant eye on how the teams feel
Sense of Urgency —self-starter acts with an entrepreneurial spirit promoting a bias towards action and speed of execution on the team
High EQ — displays humility and adopts a mature approach to feedback and open to learning from any member of the team and other key stakeholders
Highly Persuasive - has strong interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to present at an executive level. Knows how to get things done across a complex matrix and able to influence without direct authority
Strategic Thinker —able to see the big picture of things. A strategic, enterprise mindset helps align detailed work to the overall strategy, as well as evaluate what is urgent versus important
Strong Reputation— for getting things done and never dropping the ball. The EVP and the leadership team need to know that responsibilities and tasks that fall to the Chief of Staff are guaranteed to get done
Trusted Operator — able to work with and manage the dissemination of sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion
Expert Facilitator — Finally, a day-to-day part of the role requires managing conversations, synthesizing multiple points of view, and aligning on direction…all in an impartial and professional way
Strong Communication- has good communication skills across different mediums, is able to influence and connect with key stakeholders and use those communication skills to move work forward
Organizational Excellence: Maintains personal organization while managing complex, ambiguous projects and executive priorities
Collaborative & Empathetic: Promotes a networked organization by breaking down silos, fostering strong team communication, and being attentive to team dynamics
Results-Oriented & Proactive: Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency, acting with an entrepreneurial mindset to drive action and ensure timely execution
Strategic Influence: Possesses high emotional intelligence, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and effectively influences across a complex matrix without direct authority
Trusted & Reliable: Known for discretion with confidential matters and a reputation for follow-through, ensuring leadership can depend on deliverables being met
Expert Facilitator & Communicator: Synthesizes diverse perspectives, aligns on direction impartially, and communicates effectively with stakeholders to advance workstreams
Enterprise and Functional Mindset: Aligns priorities and projects to the broader organizational vision and strategy. Uses peripheral vision instead of focusing only on what is in front of them
Adaptability: Adopts a positive approach when faced with change, complexity and uncertainty and able to adjusts thinking and approach based on new information or events
Results Orientation: Demonstrates a determined and committed approach to achieving results and follows tasks and projects through to completion
Strategic Planning: Formulates clear, practical approaches to help meet strategic objectives; anticipates future issues and adapts plans accordingly
Systemic Thinking: Recognizes interdependencies of different elements of a process and identifies opportunities to make improvements to processes and systems
Political Savvy: Understands political issues and knows how to get things done; identifies and successfully influences key decision makers
Thought Partner: Asks powerful questions and evaluates new ideas thoroughly. Shares ideas and experiences to help navigate complex challenges
Business Acumen: Understands risks/opportunities and uses analytical skills to interpret, translate and simplify complexity to others. Provides analyses, explores a range of solutions and makes recommendations to drive business growth
Benefits
Discretionary annual bonus
Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role)
Paid time off
Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Company
Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes therapies for critical diseases.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.41BKey Investors
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2024-11-13Post Ipo Debt· $3.5M
2024-02-29Post Ipo Equity· $210M
2023-09-07Post Ipo Debt· $2B
Leadership Team
Keeley Wettan
Senior Vice President, Legal
Patrick Loerch
Senior Vice President, Clinical Data Science
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