Sr Director, Public Affairs

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Job Description

The Senior Director Public Affairs (GPS Region) leads integrated advocacy and communications strategies that amplify GPS priorities strengthen reputation and expand access to innovation in low- and lower-middle-income countries. This leader builds strategic partnerships with patient organizations and advocacy groups drives message discipline and storytelling across external and internal channels and establishes the frameworks insights and governance needed to manage issues align global teams and deliver measurable position is based at Gileads headquarters in Foster City CA reporting to the Executive Director Intercontinental Region and GPS.

Responsibilities include:

Advocacy & External Affairs

• Advance Gileads leadership and credibility across regions and therapeutic areas to shape environments and strengthen our access operations.

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with patient organizations community groups and key stakeholders to address patient/community needs and advance corporate objectives.

• Develop and execute an integrated external engagement plan with patient groups media trade associations and influencers shaping public discourse.

• Maintain insight into advocacy groups priorities capacity and influence to guide collaboration.

• Drive global NGO engagement strategies to expand access to medicines in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

• Lead advisory boards and community forums; co-develop education and capacity-building initiatives with patient communities.

• Ensure alignment and consistent messaging across policymakers patient groups healthcare providers manufacturers and suppliers.

• Support regional teams in planning and executing public affairs activities conferences and events.

External Communications

• Oversee the GPS regions external communications strategy (media relations storytelling thought leadership reputation management issues and crisis readiness content/channel planning).

• Drive execution across priority geographies and regions tailoring approaches while reinforcing the global narrative.

• Maintain message discipline and consistency across earned owned and shared channels.

• Unify policy market and therapeutic area communications to deliver impact.

• Design and execute integrated digital strategies that build belief and amplify impact.

Internal Communications & Employee Engagement

• Partner with and contribute to global corporate/internal communications strategy; drive GPS content stories and programs to reinforce the corporate narrative and foster workforce engagement.

• Integrate GPS priorities and milestones across internal channels; enable leaders and managers to activate messaging.

• Serve as a trusted leader/collaborator across GPS and cross-functional teams.

Issues Crisis & Reputation Management

• Proactively identify plan for and manage potential issues and crises across geographies; establish protocols roles and response plans.

• Embed reputation management in program design; monitor risk signals and sentiment to inform proactive mitigation.

• Apply data and insights to define and track reputational KPIs and continuously improve strategies.

Global Alignment & Enablement

• Scale GPS messaging narratives and FAQs to global teams; ensure consistent integration across channels and markets.

• Build enablement toolkits (message maps Q&As content packs) to support localized execution.

• Align with external-facing functions to synchronize stakeholder engagement across audiences.

Measurement & Insights

• Define objectives leading indicators and KPIs; build dashboards to track performance across advocacy communications and access programs.

• Use qualitative and quantitative insights (audience research media analytics sentiment stakeholder feedback) to optimize plans.

Leadership Budget & Agency Management

• Lead cross-functional collaboration and governance; represent GPS priorities at leadership forums.

• Establish and manage GPS PA budget; ensure fiscal discipline and strategic resource allocation.

• Manage external agencies/partners; set scopes KPIs and performance reviews.

Knowledge Experience and Skills

• Significant global public affairs leadership experience preferably in pharmaceutical or biotech with significant experience in multiple regions and in low- and lower-middle-income markets outside North America and Western Europe

• Deep understanding of global NGOs and history engaging with these organizations to advance access

• Desire and ability to look ahead set new industry standards and align with external market factors and internal dynamics.

• Highly effective oral written and interpersonal communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively and comfortably interact at all levels. Ability to create factual relevant and easily understandable talking points and other messaging and persuasively deliver it to relevant audiences.

• Seasoned storyteller and business-oriented communicator with a strong belief in Gileads mission.

• Proven leadership and management skills in a matrixed environment with strengths in development of talent and individuals as well as having influence without line reporting authority.

• Strong analytical experience has worked in a data driven organization and understands how to apply and measure analytics.

• Expert in corporate communications proven experience managing executive and crisis communications and in the application of digital and social media tools and channels to communications programming.

• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills effectively analyzing and assessing opportunities and threats.

• Ability to influence negotiate with and effectively persuade others.

• Effective prioritization skills.

• Flexible with strong judgment / decision-making skills and political acumen and awareness.

• Ability to think critically process data from multiple sources forecast potential scenarios build a course of action and make recommendations even in ambiguous situations.

• Maintain highest personal levels of ethical conduct confidentiality and integrity with strongest professional reputation in the industry.

• Ability to travel 30-40%

• Bachelors degree required masters or MBA preferred in relevant field.

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