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Gilead Sciences is continuing to hire for all open roles. Our interview process may be conducted virtually and some roles will be asked to temporarily work from home. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be implementing a phased approach to bringing employees back to site to ensure the health and safety of our teams.

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Job Description



The Program Strategy Leader (PSL) is accountable for leading a cross-functional team to advance one or more programs through clinical and technical development; regulatory submission; manufacturing; and commercialization. The PSL serves to integrate cross-functional input, synthesize team recommendations, and direct the program through corporate governance, while maintaining adherence to timelines and budget. Lastly, PSL is expected to maintain consistent, multi-level communication with Development Team Members, Commercial Team Members, Manufacturing Team Members, and others including Senior Management, and the Executive Team.

Specific Responsibilities:

* Partner with cross-functional leaders to develop comprehensive product development and lifecycle management plans (Non-Clinical, Clinical, CMC, Regulatory, Commercial) that optimize: value, time, resources, risk, and alignment with business objectives

* In collaboration with cross-functional team and working closely with Project Management:

* Develop and implement product development and lifecycle management plans

* Develop vision and strategy for the asset and a plan to achieve potential

* Identify and manage critical path activities and resources

* Identify and manage interdependencies and hand-offs

* Identify and proactively mitigate roadblocks

* Identify and document risks, likelihoods, severities, and key mitigations

* Lead contingency planning

* Capture and communicate progress; escalate potential delays with proposed solutions

* Direct programs through corporate governance to ensure that:

* Projects have adequate resources and technical expertise to meet strategic objectives

* Issues are raised, discussed, and resolved in a timely manner

* Project teams receive management decisions in a timely manner

* Programs adhere to agreed-upon scope, timelines, resources, and budget

* Accountable for clear and timely communication about the program throughout the enterprise such as via: agendas, minutes, townhalls and other communication methods

* Responsible for facilitating Program Strategy Team meetings and working with Development Team Leader, Commercial Team Leader, and other Subteam Leaders to ensure subteams and PST are working in alignment on strategic and operational topics.

* Present project updates, strategic issues, options, and recommendations to the Portfolio Committee

* The PSL is responsible to contribute to the development of cross-functional team members; to freely share expertise and help identify opportunities for team members to grow as leaders

* The PSL must have the ability to drive the development of drug candidates into therapeutics that can be filed, approved by regulatory agencies, manufactured, and successfully commercialized.

Additional Responsibilities:

* May work with Development and Commercial Therapeutic Area Leaders to define the disease area strategy for discovery and early development in that area and execute on a business plan with clear deliverables and resource needs. This includes defining priorities and an approach to leveraging external opportunities in close collaboration with External Innovation, Business Development and academic experts.

* Drive close alignment among research, development, and commercial groups to ensure the focus and prioritization of assets that are considered to provide the greatest clinical/medical as well as commercial value in the long-term.

* Communication: Advocates on behalf of Gilead and effectively communicates scientific/medical/clinical concepts in both written and oral communication to both internal and external stakeholders.

Capabilities and Requirements:

* Strong leadership skills from leading cross-functional teams in a matrix organization, with highly collaborative instincts and a track record of resolving conflicts within the team

* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with clinical scientists, biologists, manufacturing experts, as well as with regulatory and commercial colleagues at all levels of the organization

* High degree of organizational awareness and understanding of change management and leading innovation

* You have significant depth and breadth of experience including that enable you to immediately bring considerable strategic value to a project

* You have robust drug development experience and understand what it takes to shepherd a molecule through its lifecycle to realize maximum value for its targeted population(s) and Gilead

Education and Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline; advanced or professional degree highly desirable (e.g., PhD, MD, or MBA)

* 10+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with at least 8 years of relevant work experiences in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry.

* Must demonstrate knowledge of the overall drug development process relevant to biotech/ pharmaceutical companies; early drug development experience is highly desirable.

Gilead Core Values

* Integrity (Doing Whats Right)

* Inclusion (Encouraging Diversity)

* Teamwork (Working Together)

* Excellence (Being Your Best)

* Accountability (Taking Personal Responsibility)

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