Gilead Sciences · 13 hours ago
Senior Director, Opinion Leader Programming- HIV Treatment
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$261K/yr - $338K/yr
12+ years expGilead Sciences is dedicated to creating a healthier world by tackling diseases such as HIV and cancer. As a Senior Director, Opinion Leader Programming for HIV Treatment, you will drive KOL/account strategy and management while overseeing significant budget responsibilities and collaborating with various stakeholders to implement strategies and tactics for the HIV business unit.
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Responsibilities
Contribute to the long- and short-term US HIV treatment brand strategies and plan of action
Partner with PrEP OLP Team to ensure synergies across OL Engagement
Develop the OLP strategic and tactical plan
Provide strategic oversight and management of key initiatives and activities: speaker bureau, advisory boards, conference debriefs, OL mapping/database, account management, and OL generated content
Monitor the complete HIV Landscape and identify areas of opportunity to support brand strategies
Effectively translates scientific, clinical, epidemiological, and research insights into actionable commercial ideas and activities
Establish and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, key accounts, and medical associations
Collaborates with the treatment, prevention, and franchise marketing teams, medical teams, and sales leadership to ensure a coordinated and appropriate approach to maximize effectiveness
Lead and/or serve as a key commercial member on cross-functional initiatives, often with high visibility within the organization
Provides innovative thinking, clear communication, and is effective in change management
Evaluate and evolve current approaches and systems (as needed)
Support navigating marketing materials through internal review processes to ensure projects comply with all regulatory and legal requirements
Establish appropriate procedures, systems, metrics, and infrastructures for the OLP team
Design and deliver presentations to a range of internal stakeholders and external audiences
Coach, develop, and manage direct reports
Manage multiple marketing cost centers and associated budgets
Identify and engage key agency partnerships to support OLP efforts
Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and policies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and Fourteen Years' Experience
Masters' Degree and Twelve Years' Experience
PhD and Twelve Years' Experience
A high performing marketing leader with the ability to set a vision and cultivate a high-performance culture and lead diverse teams
Strategic thinker who has a strong track record of tackling complex business problems and making recommendations while incorporating a diverse set of stakeholder input and feedback
Strong customer focus and adept at forming and maintaining a collaborative work environment with external OLs and key internal cross-functional partners (e.g., commercial, clinical development, medical affairs, regulatory, compliance, market research, etc.)
Exceptionally strong interpersonal, verbal communication, and writing skills, including the ability to simplify complex topics
Listens carefully to others' points of view, adapts style and content based on audience, and seeks to understand others' motivations and needs
Demonstrated excellence in project management and effectively managing multiple projects/priorities
Ability to understand and communicate clinical data and high-level science
Drive consensus thinking and manage conflicts among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines
Demonstrate an understanding of the pharmaceutical regulatory requirements and impact on developing marketing materials
Preferred
Direct people management and experience managing highly cross-functional teams or workgroups are preferred
Track record of successful pharma/ biotech marketing in specialty categories
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
Abingworth
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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