Director, Responsible Business Reporting & Communications

Knowledge and Capabilities

• Significant experience in corporate, sustainability, Responsible Business or Corporate Responsibility communications.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex corporate or sustainability reporting, including managing contributor inputs, evidence, reviews, approvals and publication.
• Strong writing and editorial judgment, with the ability to translate complex or technical information accurately for different audiences.
• Experience developing and executing communications strategies, leadership materials, campaigns and stakeholder content.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to set priorities and manage competing demands, reporting cycles and time-sensitive deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional work without direct authority.
• Experience overseeing reliable source documentation, approval records and reusable content.
• Knowledge of communications and disclosure considerations relevant to a publicly traded company.
• Healthcare, biopharmaceutical or other regulated-industry experience preferred.

Specific Education and Experience Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in communications, business, sustainability, public affairs, liberal arts, science or a related field and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience; or a master's degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience. Experience should include substantial responsibility for corporate communications, sustainability or Responsible Business reporting, or comparable evidence-intensive corporate programs. Knowledge of Gilead's therapeutic areas and business environment is preferred.

Specific Job Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, management and delivery of the company's Responsible Business reporting suite.
• Manage an integrated reporting and assessment calendar, including contributor deadlines, evidence requirements, review and approval milestones, and publication dates.
• Manage the collection and integration of data, narrative content and supporting evidence from accountable teams; identify missing or inconsistent inputs and drive issues toward resolution.
• Oversee records of reporting inputs, evidence, reviews and approvals.
• Manage assigned contributions to external assessments and other evidence-intensive submissions in partnership with the relevant business owners.
• Develop and execute an integrated communications plan for the Responsible Business portfolio.
• Serve as a strategic communications partner to Corporate Responsibility, advising on audiences, messaging, timing, engagement opportunities and communications considerations.
• Translate approved priorities and evidence into leadership materials, presentations, topic briefs, employee communications, stakeholder content and other communications deliverables.
• Maintain an accessible library of approved facts, proof points and reporting content to support accurate and consistent reuse.
• Partner with Corporate Communications and other functions on enterprise channels, standards, review processes and production support.
• Manage external agencies, budgets and project resources, as appropriate.
• Assess complex issues from a broader organizational and stakeholder perspective and recommend priorities and practical paths forward.
• May manage staff, as appropriate.

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.