Gilead Sciences · 5 months ago
Director, New Product Planning & Drug Delivery Innovation
United States - California - Foster City
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$210K/yr - $272K/yr
10+ years expGilead Sciences is a company dedicated to creating a healthier world for all people, focusing on tackling diseases through innovative therapies. The Director, New Product Planning & Drug Delivery Innovation will develop and execute global strategies for drug delivery technologies, collaborating across various functions to drive innovation and ensure successful product development.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Using both EQ and IQ to effectively communicate ideas and influence decisions with associates across the Devices, Packaging, & Process (DPP) organization, Commercial, Marketing, Program Strategy Teams, and other Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Development (PDM) functions, help develop both the vision and an actionable plan for a comprehensive long-term innovation pipeline for DPP across all of Gilead’s Therapeutic Areas
Through a strong learning agility, excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, and a nimble, solution-oriented mindset, lead scenario planning for potential new development programs for PDM. Represent DPP and help drive strategic decisions on program investment within PDM
Serve as the DPP core team member on multiple early-stage (pre-pivotal) PDM programs, reaching across boundaries to ensure cross-functional program support and clinical success
Working hand in hand with Human Factors Engineering, ensure project strategies are inclusive of human-centered design and human factors principles and methodologies, across multiple programs in early-stage feasibility / development
Lead feasibility-stage device innovation programs through technical landscaping, prototyping and technical performance assessment, requirements mapping, and ultimate down-selection and recommendation for drug delivery device solutions to advance into full product development. Work closely with the Human Factors & Usability team, as well as the Packaging & Labeling team, to identify critical and unique user needs, and opportunities for game-changing innovation in these areas to complement device solutions. Further collaborate with all DPP and adjacent functions to ultimately land on superior product system solutions. Represent DPP Innovation at all levels of leadership to help drive enterprise endorsement for selected product system solutions
Manage a network of external engineering partners and suppliers to help accelerate innovation and both build and expand Gilead’s drug delivery device capabilities
Manage a team of scientists and engineers working on multiple research and feasibility programs
Qualification
Required
Candidate must have a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related scientific field and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant industry experience
Alternatively, a Bachelor's Degree in the aforementioned fields with a minimum of twelve (12) years of relevant industry experience
Preferred
Preferred candidate will also have a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business
Qualified candidates should be self-motivated and organized, knowledgeable of relevant scientific literature, passionate about the patients we serve, creative, open-minded, highly motivated, results-oriented, and have high learning agility
The ideal candidate will be both technically strong and possess strong business acumen, with a proven track record in the successful innovation, development, and commercialization of combination devices from both a technical and strategic perspective
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with ability to lead through dotted lines and influence decisions at all levels
Working knowledge of FDA, EMA, and cGMP standards for combination products
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
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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
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