Director, Biobanking and Sample Management

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Job Description

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the worlds most devastating diseases united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come.

Gilead Research is seeking an experienced and exceptional scientist at the Director level to lead Biobanking and Sample Management (BSM). This role is responsible for enabling the effective transformation of human biospecimens and associated data into highquality assets that support drug discovery translational research and clinical development.

The successful candidate will lead the BSM group in a highly collaborative matrixed environment supporting Biomarker Sciences Discovery Research Pathobiology and clinical programs through expert biospecimen management strong operational delivery fitforpurpose infrastructure and effective vendor partnerships. The BSM group provides biospecimen support for samples derived from internal clinical trials as well as from external vendors and academic collaborations.

As translational research continues to expand at Gilead this role will also be responsible for building and scaling biobanking capabilities infrastructure and systems to meet evolving scientific and program needs.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the Biobanking and Sample Management group within Research.

• Provide people management and organizational leadership for the team responsible for human biospecimen receipt accessioning processing storage distribution disposition tracking and vendormanaged sample acquisition.

• Develop implement and continuously improve efficient and compliant business processes to support current and future research and translational needs.

• Build and scale biobanking capabilities and infrastructure (physical operational and digital) to support increasing volume complexity and translational use of biospecimens.

• Oversee biospecimen management database systems to ensure data integrity traceability and regulatory compliance.

• Ensure controlled document management training curricula and operational practices support GCP compliance within the Research organization.

• Collaborate closely with Biomarker Sciences Discovery Research Pathobiology Bioanalytical and Biomarker Operations Clinical Data Management and Regulatory/Compliance groups to understand needs align priorities and resolve issues.

• Provide subjectmatter expertise and strategic input at biomarker and translational governance forums and subteam meetings.

• Serve as a recognized internal expert in biobanking biospecimen governance informed consent requirements sample management policies and vendor sample acquisition.

• Provide oversight of the Volunteer OnSite Blood Donation Program.

• Train and provide quality oversight for PBMC isolation laboratories supporting clinical trials.

Skills

• Demonstrated success in building scaling and modernizing scientific or operational capabilities

• Deep expertise in human biospecimen biobanking and specimen lifecycle management

• Strong understanding of translational research workflows biomarker development and clinical interfaces

• Experience with biobanking informatics systems (LIMS databases) and datadriven operations

• Proven people leadership in highly matrixed crossfunctional environments

• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance scientific rigor operational efficiency and strategic investment

• Excellent communication influence and stakeholder management skills

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree and Twelve Years Experience

OR

Masters Degree and Ten Years Experience

OR

PhD and Eight Years Experience

Minimum Education & Experience

• PhD or MD with 10 years MS/BS with 15 years of experience in a relevant scientific discipline including significant experience in the biopharmaceutical industry

• 5 years of people management experience with demonstrated leadership impact

• Direct experience in human research biospecimen biobanking and/or clinical trial biospecimen management

• Experience supporting translational research and discovery research preferred

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