Director, New Product Planning & Drug Delivery Innovation

Gilead Sciences • Foster City, CA

12h • Onsite

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 The Director, New Product Planning & Drug Delivery Innovation , will serve an important role in developing, networking, and executing global strategies that expand and advance the company's ability to deliver robust, competitive technologies in drug delivery and combination products across Gilead’s pharmaceutical asset pipeline and portfolio. This role will span across the Device Engineering, Primary Container, Process Development, Packaging, and Labeling functions, and work closely with Strategy & Operations, Human Factors, Formulations, Analytical Development, Program Strategy Teams, and Commercial Marketing. Using their technical expertise and strong business acumen, the successful candidate will work across boundaries throughout the organization to identify and advance opportunities for game-changing innovations across all of Gilead’s therapeutic areas, and help drive strategic investment decisions in the most promising product system solutions. Through this multi-faceted role, this individual will help to ensure a seamless continuum from commercial strategy to the front end innovation pipeline, and on to product development and commercialization. Please note: This role is onsite in Foster City, CA 5 days a week.

Requirements

• Candidate must have a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related scientific field and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant industry experience.
• Alternatively, a Bachelor’s Degree in the aforementioned fields with a minimum of twelve (12) years of relevant industry experience.
• Qualified candidates should be self-motivated and organized, knowledgeable of relevant scientific literature, passionate about the patients we serve, creative, open-minded, highly motivated, results-oriented, and have high learning agility.
• The ideal candidate will be both technically strong and possess strong business acumen, with a proven track record in the successful innovation, development, and commercialization of combination devices from both a technical and strategic perspective.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with ability to lead through dotted lines and influence decisions at all levels.
• Working knowledge of FDA, EMA, and cGMP standards for combination products.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred candidate will also have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business.

Responsibilities

• Using both EQ and IQ to effectively communicate ideas and influence decisions with associates across the Devices, Packaging, & Process (DPP) organization, Commercial, Marketing, Program Strategy Teams, and other Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Development (PDM) functions, help develop both the vision and an actionable plan for a comprehensive long-term innovation pipeline for DPP across all of Gilead’s Therapeutic Areas.
• Through a strong learning agility, excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, and a nimble, solution-oriented mindset, lead scenario planning for potential new development programs for PDM.
• Represent DPP and help drive strategic decisions on program investment within PDM.
• Serve as the DPP core team member on multiple early-stage (pre-pivotal) PDM programs, reaching across boundaries to ensure cross-functional program support and clinical success.
• Working hand in hand with Human Factors Engineering, ensure project strategies are inclusive of human-centered design and human factors principles and methodologies, across multiple programs in early-stage feasibility / development.
• Lead feasibility-stage device innovation programs through technical landscaping, prototyping and technical performance assessment, requirements mapping, and ultimate down-selection and recommendation for drug delivery device solutions to advance into full product development.
• Work closely with the Human Factors & Usability team, as well as the Packaging & Labeling team, to identify critical and unique user needs, and opportunities for game-changing innovation in these areas to complement device solutions. Further collaborate with all DPP and adjacent functions to ultimately land on superior product system solutions .
• Represent DPP Innovation at all levels of leadership to help drive enterprise endorsement for selected product system solutions.
• Manage a network of external engineering partners and suppliers to help accelerate innovation and both build and expand Gilead’s drug delivery device capabilities.
• Manage a team of scientists and engineers working on multiple research and feasibility programs.

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: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees