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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. As a Director, Business Strategy and Operations, Managed Markets, you will serve as a key business partner to the Managed Markets team and broader cross-functional partners.   This role acts as a 'linking pin' between multiple functions, leads and drives tactical and strategic projects, provides analytical and operational insights, and ensures coordinated communications across functions in alignment with the unit's strategic priorities and direction.

The successful candidate will be a self-starting project manager extraordinaire with a strong track record of strategic and operational work experience across various settings and topics in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry. Candidates must have a track record of driving project success without direct authority, effectively network across the organization, and communicate across all levels in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Targeted focus on driving business results and strategic initiatives through operational rigor, collaboration, and cross-functional/leadership alignment
• Uncover areas within the business to focus on performance and efficiency improvements to unlock productivity and accelerate execution and support project management of these initiatives aligned with US Managed Markets and US Commercial Goals
• Proactively initiate relative discussions with the Managed Markets leadership team and ensure the VP is informed of key project pain points and decision actions.
• Develop and maintain detailed work plans on key initiatives, including identifying project tasks, clear milestones, and assignments of work project responsibilities, schedules, plans, resources, budget, and status reports.
• Collaborate across multiple internal functions to manage employee, customer, partner, and other appearances for the executive, including prioritization of internal and external events based on impact and strategic goals, partnering on preparation, and ensuring timely follow-up.

• Work closely with Managed Markets leadership and other functions (e.g., matrix partners, Public Affairs, and HR) to partner on internal communications strategies and preparation/content for impactful presentations. This includes QBR/business updates, leadership meetings, project/initiative presentations, all hands presentations, follow-up communications, and online/social media communications.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years' Experience

OR

Masters' Degree and Ten Years' Experience

OR

PhD and Eight Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Highly resourceful and strategic thinker with strong emotional intelligence, operational rigor, and project management capabilities
• Demonstrated consistent cross-functional collaborator and business partner, directly contributing to teams to achieve overall objectives
• Strong leadership and communication skills across functions and leadership teams; comfort in business and technical discussions. Able to influence without direct authority
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative high-growth environment
• Experience driving large initiatives from framing the problem, conducting research/analysis to building the business and operational plans through to driving execution to success is required
• Depth of understanding of the function's financials; in partnership with finance partners, identifying initiatives to support BU priorities
• Strong enterprise thinking and approach
• 8+ years of growing responsibility with broad exposure to multiple functions
• High proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Foster City-based and willing to travel as needed

People Leader Accountabilities

•Create Inclusion  - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modelling inclusion and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.

•Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.

•Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, organizational objectives and holding to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

 

The salary range for this position is: $221,170.00 - $286,220.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. 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.

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