Sr Director, U.S. Ethics & Compliance Advisor, Medical Affairs
Gilead Sciences
Summary
This position is office based/hybrid located in Foster City, CA or Parsippany, NJ. As the Sr Director, U.S. Ethics & Compliance Advisor, Medical Affairs, you will report into the Executive Director, U.S. Ethics & Compliance Advisor.
Job description
- Act as the key point of ethics and compliance support for relevant US Medical Affairs activities
- Partner with leaders across Legal, Commercial, Medical, Clinical Development to build and integrate the compliance program into the US Medical Organization
- Advise and provide guidance on Ethical Medical-Commercial interactions
- Participate in activity reviews consistent with established policies and processes, advising on ethics and compliance insights and recommendations
- Advise on and support the business and other key stakeholders in operationalizing compliance processes and executing within legal and compliance-related requirements
- Deliver trainings and educational sessions to enhance ethics and compliance understanding among stakeholders
- Partner as needed with Privacy and Data Ethics team to operationalize requirements related to data privacy, information security, cyber laws, industry codes
- Support compliance-related incident response processes with internal stakeholders
- Support and facilitate policy, training and communications, monitoring, risk assessments, due diligence, transparency, and other healthcare compliance needs
- Stay abreast of relevant ethics and compliance developments and industry trends
- Work in partnership with the Global Business Legal org and other compliance teams to help ensure the organization operates within ethical and compliance frameworks
- Lead, inspire, and develop the team, fostering a high-performance culture
- Provide mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities to enhance the team’s capabilities and effectiveness
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and Fourteen Years' Experience OR Masters' Degree and Twelve Years' Experience OR PhD and Twelve Years' Experience
Preferred Qualifications
- A Juris Doctorate or fully qualified legal credentials in one or more geographies of operations is preferred but not required
- Extensive professional experience in-house in biotech, pharmaceuticals or other highly regulated industries or law firm advising in all relevant areas of practice for these industries
- Ideally the majority of the years of career spent in-house
- Management experience and ability to mentor and supervise a team of professionals
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
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
- Bachelor's Degree and Fourteen Years' Experience OR Masters' Degree and Twelve Years' Experience OR PhD and Twelve Years' Experience
- Extensive professional experience in-house in biotech, pharmaceuticals or other highly regulated industries or law firm advising in all relevant areas of practice for these industries
- Management experience and ability to mentor and supervise a team of professionals
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Discretionary 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.