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Associate Director, Medical Information

Gilead Sciences

Foster City, CA; Parsippany, NJHybridPosted 1 day ago$177,905.00 - $253,220.00
Full TimeDirector & AboveMedical AffairsPharmaceutical
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Summary

The Associate Director, Global Medical Information provides strategic scientific leadership for the development, delivery, and evolution of Medical Information across assigned products and therapeutic areas. Serving as a recognized subject matter expert, this role shapes Medical Information strategy, influences cross-functional decision-making, and leads initiatives that advance the quality, efficiency, and impact of medical information.

Job description

Strategic Leadership and Cross-Functional Influence

  • Contribute to the development and execution of Global Medical Information and therapeutic-area strategy, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead high-impact initiatives, product launches, process improvements, and cross-functional projects from concept through implementation and evaluation.
  • Serve as a key Medical Information subject matter expert on cross-functional teams, providing scientific expertise, customer perspective, and strategic recommendations.
  • Build trusted relationships across functions and geographies, influence without authority, resolve ambiguity, and align stakeholders around scientifically sound solutions.
  • Translate customer needs, scientific developments, inquiry trends, and evidence gaps into actionable recommendations that inform strategy and decision-making.

Scientific, Content and Medical Review Leadership

  • Serve as a therapeutic-area and product expert with deep knowledge of the disease state, clinical data, evidence base, and relevant competitive landscape.
  • Lead the strategy, development, review, approval, and lifecycle management of global Medical Information response documents and scientific resources.
  • Collaborate with affiliate and global partners to develop globally aligned content while addressing relevant regional and local needs.
  • Ensure the scientific accuracy, quality, consistency, and compliant use of evidence across Medical Information deliverables and responses to complex unsolicited inquiries.
  • Serve as a key medical reviewer for promotional, medical, and Public Affairs materials, providing strategic scientific input and managing complex reviews.
  • Guide content governance and repository stewardship so resources reflect new scientific data, regulatory changes, current literature, and congress information.
  • Support scientific congress activities, vendor or contractor oversight, training, and departmental or enterprise initiatives.
  • Ensure timely documentation of inquiries and reporting of adverse events and product complaints in accordance with applicable procedures.

Innovation, Insights and Operational Excellence

  • Analyze inquiry patterns, customer interactions, available metrics, and content gaps to identify emerging topics and generate actionable insights for appropriate stakeholders.
  • Lead or support evaluation, piloting, and implementation of digital and AI-enabled capabilities that improve content development, literature synthesis, inquiry intake and management, insight identification, quality processes, and medical review.
  • Partner with scientific, operational, technology, legal, regulatory, privacy, and compliance stakeholders to establish fit-for-purpose governance, risk controls, quality monitoring, and accountable human oversight for technology-enabled workflows.
  • Identify opportunities to improve Medical Information processes, customer experience, and global ways of working; support adoption and evaluate impact.
  • Lead or contribute to pilots and scaled implementation, including requirements definition, risk assessment, workflow design, user adoption, quality monitoring, and evaluation of impact.

People Leader Accountabilities

  • Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
  • Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential.
  • Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account.

Requirements

  • Deep knowledge of disease state, clinical data, evidence base, and competitive landscape
  • Experience leading strategy, development, review, approval, and lifecycle management of Medical Information response documents
  • Experience serving as a medical reviewer for promotional, medical, and Public Affairs materials
  • Experience with content governance and repository stewardship
  • Experience analyzing inquiry patterns, customer interactions, metrics, and content gaps to generate insights
  • Experience with digital and AI-enabled capabilities in medical information workflows
  • Experience partnering with scientific, operational, technology, legal, regulatory, privacy, and compliance stakeholders
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects and initiatives
  • People leadership experience including talent development and team empowerment
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to influence without authority and resolve ambiguity

Benefits

  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Annual Bonus
  • Stock-Based Long-Term Incentives

Company overview

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a leading American biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Foster City, California, that specializes in researching, developing, and commercializing innovative medicines for life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1987, Gilead has grown into a global healthcare leader with approximately 17,600 employees worldwide. The company's primary therapeutic focus areas include HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and C), oncology, inflammation, and respiratory diseases. Gilead is renowned for its groundbreaking antiviral therapies, including Sovaldi and Harvoni for hepatitis C, and its comprehensive portfolio of HIV treatments such as Truvada, Atripla, and Biktarvy. The company also developed Veklury (remdesivir) for COVID-19 treatment. Gilead operates as a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ (GILD) and is a component of both the Nasdaq-100 and S&P 100 indices. Through strategic acquisitions like Kite Pharma and Immunomedics, Gilead has expanded into cell therapy and oncology, demonstrating its commitment to advancing medical science and improving patient outcomes globally.

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