Director, Forecasting HIV Prevention

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 Gilead's mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses worldwide. Join Gilead’s mission as the Director of Forecasting HIV Prevention, you will be responsible for leading forecasting for Gilead’s US inline and launch products in the 0 – 2 year window across Gilead’s US HIV PrEP portfolio. This role will report to the Senior Director of US HIV Prevention Integrated Insights. This role requires leveraging a broad and deep skill set (functional expertise, therapeutic area knowledge, communication skills, leadership and influencing, executive presence, etc.) to help drive the success of work across a variety of key stakeholders – including business unit, brand and managed markets marketing leads, peer functional leads within Commercial Operations, Finance, Manufacturing, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years’ Experience OR Masters' Degree and Ten Years’ Experience OR PhD and Eight Years’ Experience
• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotech, or related industry experience, dependent on experience and education level.
• BS degree (or higher) in life sciences or medicine (or equivalent); Advanced degrees desirable
• Strong prior experience in biotech/pharma demand / revenue forecasting is required, and a foundation of experience in HIV or virology therapy areas is desired.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority brings clarity in ambiguous situations and remains calm under pressure.
• Persuasive written and verbal communication skills, ability to lead, influence, resolve conflict, and drive consensus among diverse cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proven experience in storytelling and data visualization to communicate complicated analytics clearly for senior management/Deep understanding of biotech/pharma market trends and best practices to enable forward-looking plans.
• Proven history of working and delivering on multiple projects simultaneously, with tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Strong ability to use Microsoft Office (specifically PowerPoint and Excel) to present quantitative data in graphical form.
• Evidence of project leadership and project management (planning, prioritization, objective setting, meeting management, and plan execution) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for demand forecasting across brands in the US HIV PrEP business (including daily and long-acting oral(s) and long acting injectable(s)) as well as monthly Actual vs Forecast (AvF) reporting.
• Lead and deliver Gilead’s quarterly Latest Estimate (LE) forecasting for US HIV PrEP, including developing forecast scenario analyses, highlighting key risks and opportunities to characterize forecast uncertainties and critical drivers for executive leadership.
• Developing forecast scenario analyses, including key risks and opportunities, to characterize forecast uncertainties and key drivers for executive leadership.
• Support the preparation of the quarterly CCO Binder and earnings deliverables for HIV PrEP with the Executive Director
• Analyze secondary data sources (script data like IQVIA, audit data like Ipsos, epidemiology data like NHANES, claims data, etc.) to glean insights and understand implications for our business, inform our strategies, and make actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate within HIV Integrated Insights on key forecast inputs, including market research commercial analytics, and with cross-functional partners, including US sales analytics/field-force assumptions and our Global forecasting and analytics colleagues.
• Regularly communicate with senior executives and strategic partners to report analytical findings and projections related to forecasting, inventory management, and essential performance metrics/diagnostics
• Lead performance reporting and diagnostics, including design and implementation of HQ facing dashboards and reports.
• Seek and implement opportunities to streamline and improve business operations and technical capabilities of the organization while identifying opportunities to drive forecasting innovation and performance.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director