Sr Director, Marketing Sciences
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Foster, CA - USA
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Job Summary
At Gilead were creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years weve 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 worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gileads 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 were 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.
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Position Summary
The Senior Director Global Decision Sciences & Insights (GDSI) leads market insights forecasting analytics and strategic decision support for Gileads HIV Treatment portfolio including both pipeline and inline assets. This role serves as a key strategic partner to Global Strategic Marketing (GSM) R&D Commercial and external collaborators driving evidence-based decisions across major global markets including the US EU4UK Japan and China.
Reporting to the Executive Director Global Decision Sciences & Insights HIV/COVID/Emerging Viruses this leader will oversee a team of 3-4 professionals and represent GDSI in strategic cross-functional and external partnerships.
Location: Foster City CA (minimum 3 days/week in office; core collaboration days Tuesday-Thursday)
- Serve as the primary GDSI lead for the HIV Treatment portfolio and key pipeline assets.
- Identify and prioritize critical business questions and information needs in partnership with Global Strategic Marketing and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Generate integrated market customer and competitive insights that inform portfolio strategy development decisions launch planning and commercialization.
- Translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations and executive-ready narratives.
- Lead and participate in high-impact strategic projects evaluations and governance decisions.
- Represent GDSI perspectives in external collaborations and strategic partnerships.
- Define and execute global market research strategies to support pipeline planning commercialization and lifecycle management.
- Design and oversee qualitative and quantitative research with healthcare professionals patients payers and other stakeholders.
- Drive foundational market understanding through segmentation treatment flow analysis patient and physician journey mapping positioning messaging opportunity assessments and brand driver analyses.
- Manage external research partners and vendors to ensure high-quality execution and actionable outcomes.
- Integrate primary and secondary research findings into strategic recommendations.
- Lead development and maintenance of global forecasts for pipeline and marketed products.
- Utilize epidemiology market dynamics competitive intelligence pricing access and customer insights to build robust forecasting assumptions.
- Conduct scenario planning and commercial assessments that support decisions across Commercial R&D Finance Corporate Development and Executive Leadership.
- Partner with Data Science and Advanced Analytics teams to leverage predictive modeling and sophisticated analytical techniques.
- Apply appropriate methodologies with the right balance of rigor speed resource investment and business impact.
- Lead coach and develop a high-performing team of insights and analytics professionals.(3-4 direct reports)
- Foster an inclusive collaborative and accountable team environment.
- Build strong partnerships across global and local organizations to drive alignment and adoption of insights.
- Influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders through credibility expertise and strategic thinking.
- Continuously improve GDSI processes analytical rigor efficiency and business impact.
- Bachelors degree with 14 years of relevant experience or
- Advanced degree with 12 years of relevant experience in biopharmaceuticals biotechnology consulting commercial strategy market research forecasting analytics or related fields
- MBA PhD MD or other advanced degree.
- Experience within HIV or related therapeutic areas.
- Deep expertise in market research commercial analytics forecasting and strategic decision support.
- Proven success influencing senior leaders and driving alignment across complex organizations.
- Experience managing multiple high-priority initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong presentation communication and storytelling skills including executive-level interactions.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into strategic business recommendations.
- Proficiency with PowerPoint Excel and analytics-driven business planning tools.
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