Exec Director, PDM Product Strategy Leader

Gilead Sciences • Foster City, CA

5d • $302,005 - $390,830 • Onsite

About The Position

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

Executive Director, PDM Product Strategy Leader

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the VP of PDM Product Strategy and part of the broader Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing (PDM) organization, this role leads strategic cross-functional teams responsible for all technical and CMC aspects of the assigned products, from entry into the technical development portfolio all the way through to the end of the product life cycle. The PDM Product Strategy Leaders are a team of people from diverse technical or business backgrounds. This role will be managing a portfolio of products across modalities and including ADCs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES
The successful candidate will:
As the PDM representative on the Gilead Asset teams, translate business strategy and drug development vision into the PDM plan for execution, bring technical issues to the team and influence decision making and strategy. Proactively raise issues and options to the strategy teams and ensure consistent application of enterprise-wide prioritization principles. Ensure that technical perspectives and concerns are reflected in the strategic plans for the assigned products.
Develop and ensure delivery of the process, analytical, and formulation development activities along with regulatory, supply chain, and quality strategies and plans in alignment with products’ core strategy and milestones. Develop and own the product technical plan including timelines, multi-year budgets and critical deliverables
Ensure end-to-end plan design, execution and risk identification and mitigation activities across all PDM including Technical Development, CMC regulatory, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Quality from FIH through commercialization by working with the PDM Product Strategy Team and PDM partners.
Maximize learnings across the assigned portfolio of products including strategic planning, efficiencies, and lessons learned.
Take relevant decisions to direct the product team or, for decisions outside the team’s scope, escalate and steer through the appropriate PDM governance mechanisms.
Accountable for clear and timely communication to senior leadership on product activities throughout the enterprise against deliverables, timelines, and resources.
Drive decisions from a portfolio perspective to make the best use of resources and drive the highest value.
Translate external insights, including competitive and commercial trends, into PDM objectives that optimize the robustness of our products.
Participate in the community of PDM Product Strategy Leaders through ongoing strategic coaching and skill development. Coach part-time PDM Product Strategy Leaders, early in-career development scientists and engineers, and other product team members to learn and succeed in role.

Requirements

• A degree in a science, engineering, or technical field.
• At least 16 years of directly relevant professional experience with a BA/BS, or 14 years with an MA/MS, PhD, PharmD, or MD.
• Demonstrated track record of outcome-oriented team leadership in pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain, quality, CMC regulatory, process development, or as part of a cross-functional product team in the broader pharmaceutical industry.

Nice To Haves

• Strong expertise in antibody-drug conjugates, biologics and/or small molecule development and manufacturing.
• Excellent influencing skills to effectively lead in a highly matrixed environment without direct authority.
• Cross-functional and enterprise-wide relationship building skills.
• Strong business process orientation with the ability to deploy processes practically and with maximum impact.
• Expertise with cGMP manufacturing and regulatory regulations and requirements for biologics and/or small molecules.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with multiple products and modalities.
• Excellence in coaching and mentoring scientists and engineers across functional areas.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex situations, illustrate conceptual paths, and facilitate discussions leading to resolution on key issues.
• Ability to work efficiently and independently in a changing environment.
• Able to effectively handle ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Comfort with assuming responsibility and accountability for taking impactful decisions.
• Strong business and strategic skills – for example, converting high-level goals for a product into a coherent plan for prioritized activities within PDM to support and deliver against those goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic cross-functional teams responsible for all technical and CMC aspects of assigned products, from entry into the technical development portfolio through the end of the product life cycle.
• Manage a portfolio of products across modalities, including ADCs.
• Serve as the PDM representative on Gilead Asset teams, translating business strategy and drug development vision into PDM execution plans.
• Bring technical issues to teams, influence decision-making and strategy, and proactively raise issues and options.
• Ensure consistent application of enterprise-wide prioritization principles and that technical perspectives are reflected in strategic plans.
• Develop and ensure delivery of process, analytical, and formulation development activities, along with regulatory, supply chain, and quality strategies and plans.
• Develop and own the product technical plan, including timelines, multi-year budgets, and critical deliverables.
• Ensure end-to-end plan design, execution, and risk identification/mitigation across Technical Development, CMC regulatory, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality from FIH through commercialization.
• Maximize learnings across the assigned product portfolio, including strategic planning, efficiencies, and lessons learned.
• Make decisions to direct the product team or escalate and steer decisions outside the team’s scope through PDM governance mechanisms.
• Communicate clearly and timely to senior leadership on product activities, deliverables, timelines, and resources.
• Drive portfolio-level decisions to optimize resource utilization and maximize value.
• Translate external insights, competitive and commercial trends, into PDM objectives to optimize product robustness.
• Participate in the PDM Product Strategy Leaders community through coaching and skill development.
• Coach part-time PDM Product Strategy Leaders, early-career scientists and engineers, and other product team members.

Benefits

• Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role).
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

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