Director, Drug Delivery System Strategy & Planning.

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Job Description

The Director will serve an important role in developing networking and executing global strategies that expand and advance the companys ability to deliver robust competitive technologies in drug delivery and combination products across Gileads pharmaceutical asset pipeline and portfolio. This role will serve as a critical bridge between Drug Delivery and Commercial Medical and Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacturing (PDM) and related strategy teams. Using strong business acumen and foundational technical expertise the successful candidate will work collaboratively with cross-functional product teams to identify drug delivery system options and help shape the product system strategy. The candidate will also work across organizational boundaries to identify opportunities for differentiated product-system solutions and develop business cases to help drive strategic investment decisions in the most promising 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.

Specific Job Responsibilities

• As a member of the Devices Packaging & Process (DPP) organization contribute to building strategic thought partnerships across Commercial Marketing Medical Global Value & Access Program Strategy Teams the broader DPP organization and other PDM functions to influence program strategy decisions and advance holistic competitive product-system solutions.

• Serve as the DPP representative on early-stage (pre-pivotal) PDM this role advise on and shape product system strategy and Target Product Profile (TPP) development ensuring early product system decisions are grounded in patient market technical and execution considerations.

• While this position has no direct reports you will lead teams of scientists engineers and project managers through dotted lines to lead scenario planning and business case development for PDM and Gilead Asset Team decision-making translating technical commercial user and operational inputs into clear product system options and recommendations.

• Monitor the development pipeline and maintain an evolving product roadmap and forecast for DPP across therapeutic areas linking near-term asset needs with long-term innovation and launch readiness.

• Monitor commercial launches lifecycle management needs competitive intelligence and market/user preference research to generate insights and inform product system strategy and recommendations for PDM program teams and the Device Innovation team.

• Partner closely with Human Factors Engineering as well as other DPP functions to identify critical unmet user needs across all therapeutic areas where innovation in product system design can delight and enhance the user experience.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong business acumen with sufficient technical depth in science engineering drug delivery and/or combination product development to translate complex inputs into practical product-system recommendations.
• Self-motivated organized creative open-minded patient-focused results-oriented and able to demonstrate high learning agility in ambiguous early-stage asset environments.
• Proven ability to lead through dotted lines build trust-based cross-functional relationships and influence decisions across Commercial Medical PDM DPP and leadership stakeholders.
• Strong verbal written and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to synthesize technical market user and operational inputs into concise decision-ready recommendations.

• Working knowledge of FDA EMA and cGMP standards for combination products.

Required Education & Experience

• Masters Degree in business science or engineering and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant industry experience; alternatively a Bachelors Degree in science or engineering with a minimum of twelve (12) years of relevant industry experience.
• Preferred: Masters Degree in business science or engineering. Sufficient experience in business-centric roles may be considered in lieu of a business degree.
• Preferred: Demonstrated experience in innovation development or commercialization of combination devices or product-system solutions from both technical and strategic perspectives.

People Leader Accountabilities:

• Create Inclusion -knowingthe business value of diverse teams modeling 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 employeesare receivingthe feedback and insight needed to growdevelopand realize their purpose.
• Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals purpose and organizationalobjectives and holding them 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: $226185.00 - $292710.00. 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*.

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Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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