Associate Director, Healthcare Provider Promotions

Gilead Sciences • Foster City, CA

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About The Position

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers. We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come. As an Associate Director, Healthcare Provider Promotions, at Gilead you will champion the launch of our next groundbreaking HIV therapy—a novel combination of bictegravir and lenacapavir. In this role, you’ll report directly to the Senior Director, HIV Treatment Marketing and play a central part in shaping and executing innovative marketing strategies to bring this transformative new treatment for people living with HIV. As the Associate Director, Healthcare Provider Promotions you’ll: Shape healthcare provider perceptions of a novel oral therapy in HIV through the development of clear, concise, and medically sound communications Develop a bold messages and tactical executions for the launch of a novel oral therapy in HIV Treatment Effectively collaborate with internal partners to drive launch alignment and operational excellence If you’re passionate about making a difference, thrive in dynamic environments, and want to help redefine what’s possible in HCP marketing, Gilead wants to meet you!

Requirements

• Experienced HCP marketer with the ability to set a vision and provide direction across diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Strategic and analytical thinker with innovative mindset that can make accountable decisions, prioritize tradeoffs, and effectively communicate recommendations among a set of key strategic choices
• Deep expertise in developing pharmaceutical brand strategy and implementing a plan of action, as well as demonstrated ability to develop HCP targeting strategy and drive activation.
• Proven ability to lead without authority to drive change.
• Interpersonal skills with ability to cross-functionally lead, collaborate with focus, resolve conflict and drive consensus among individuals from a variety of perspectives, cultures, and disciplines to enable action and tangible results
• Demonstrated track record of successful pharma/biotech marketing
• Strong executive presence with ability to command respect through exercise of sound business judgment and clear decision-making
• Excellent communication skills, highly competent presenter, able to gain credibility, engender trust and influence all levels.
• Superior project management skills and effective at directing and overseeing multiple projects/priorities
• Experience with complex budget management
• Experience successfully developing external relationships leading to brand advocacy
• Strong product launch experience and experience in competitive markets required.
• Bachelor’s degree with at least 8 years of marketing experience, or Master’s degree or PhD with at least 6 years of marketing experience
• Experience in product launch and portfolio management
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical regulatory requirements impacting marketing messaging and materials

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with field sales and/or agency experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Oversee the development and implementation of strategic and tactical promotional plans for HCPs
• Support the development of the Plan of Action (POA) for field sales teams and coordinate with Commercial Learning and Development (CL&D) to guide implementation.
• Play a key role in competitive readiness planning to understand the evolving HIV treatment market & prepare for future market entrants
• Support launch readiness strategy and tactical planning for launch with a focus on balancing Gilead’s HIV treatment portfolio
• Distill market research findings into insights that support the strategy, messaging, and execution.
• Coordinate with the market insights team to set the future direction for insight generation
• Develop and deliver presentations to a range of internal stakeholders including leadership team, field team, and cross functional colleagues.
• Cultivate customer relationships with thought leaders, key customers, and professional organizations
• Represent Marketing on the promotional review committee to guide the review and approval of marketing tactics, manage timelines, and ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and policies.
• Manage HCP marketing budget closely and ensure expenditure is aligned with the brand strategy and tactical plans.
• Actively monitor impact and provide recommendations for marketing mix allocation.
• Work with commercial operations to establish appropriate procedures, systems, metrics, and infrastructures
• Effectively manage agency relationships and performance while leveraging each agency's area of expertise for the business and facilitating their collaboration when needed to meet business needs
• Closely manages HCP promotions budget and prioritizes execution effectively

Benefits

• This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package.
• Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• For additional benefits information, visit: https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees