Hiring company: Gilead
Director, Medical External Affairs, Oncology, Located in NJ or REMOTE
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. We strive to transform and simplify care for people with life-threatening illnesses around the world. Gilead's portfolio of products and pipeline of investigational drugs includes treatments for HIV/AIDS, COVID, HBV, HCV, HDV, Oncology and Cell Therapy as well as Inflammatory Diseases co. Gilead is a patient-centric, science-focused company.
Reporting to the Executive Director, Medical External Affairs, Education & Programs, this individual will be responsible for leading Gilead’s cross-functional external engagement efforts with key oncology professional organizations such as societies and associations. The Director will work in a highly matrixed organization to drive engagement strategies that both cultivate oncology partnerships and enable evidence-based interventions to improve the quality of care for persons with cancer. This individual will be responsible for provision of strategic expertise, execution of selected deliverables and operational oversight and management.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Forge collaborations with oncology-focused medical societies, associations and other professional organizations that advance Gilead Oncology’s medical leadership and help drive integration of evidence into clinical practice.
Serve as Gilead internal oncology lead to develop strategically aligned, clinically meaningful engagement efforts that address real-world barriers to patient-centered oncology care across health systems.
Serve as Gilead’s lead contact for professional oncology organizations across the US and, as needed, across other key geographies.
Lead cross-functional, matrixed engagement efforts for key oncology medical organizations that facilitate synergies and deliver meaningful impact for patients, healthcare providers, professional oncology organizations and Gilead.
In tandem with internal oncology colleagues, identify common goals and drive broader engagement efforts and specific initiatives that address unmet patient needs, deliver strategic impact and foster Gilead-organizational relationship.
Ensure all external engagements across teams are closely coordinated, compliant, properly resourced, tracked and measured for impact.
Provide subject matter expertise for Gilead internal working groups, strategic planning teams, and/or conference planning bodies, as needed, to inform Gilead’s response with respect to oncology professional medical organizations.
Provide single sightline into total Gilead funding for key medical organizations to facilitate internal decision-making and communications with external partners. Work in a compliant manner, within established processes, to field funding requests from oncology medical organizations and liaise with internal partners to ensure provision of appropriate context for all reactive requests for support.
Interface with GMSO Insights team, oncology cross-functional engagement teams, and senior oncology franchise leadership to ensure timely, relevant provision of stakeholder insights gleaned from engagements with external partners.
Collaborate with GMSO Patient Engagement team to identify opportunities to bridge patient care innovations with society partners.
Assist with development and tracking of department budget, and within existing Gilead guidelines and systems, lead staff to develop and track project agreements from concept stage to signed PO.
Recruit, train, develop and manage staff or vendors, as needed.
Ability to travel up to 30% of time.
Knowledge, Experience and Skills:
10+ years relevant pharmaceutical or biotechnology experience in oncology, including a strategic understanding of how real-world evidence, digital technologies and clinical study approaches lead to actionable solutions to challenges within oncology patient care delivery.
BS/BA required; MS/MPH, MBA, MD, PhD, or PharmD preferred.
Expertise in issues surrounding oncology care delivery in the US, and strong familiarity with oncology professional organizations.
Excellent organizational and project management skills including an ability to navigate across internal matrix teams, project teams and business units, and across various levels of complex medical organizations. Ability to excel while overseeing multiple priorities and work streams.
Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, and an ability to maintain effective, efficient communication channels with team members, external stakeholders and internal customers.
Strong leadership skills, including partnership development and effective influencing skills within a highly matrixed, multi-cultural global organization. Collaborative working style that generates respect from peers, superiors and subordinates.
Demonstrated excellence in strategic decision-making, including associated budgeting and trade-off decisions. Effective at creating strategic consensus through inclusive, engaging decision-making processes.
Knowledge of all applicable regulatory and legal requirements relevant to industry engagement with external stakeholder groups.