Director, Commercial Product Strategy

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.

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Job Description

Job Description – Director, Global Commercial Strategy & Operations, HIV - Congress Strategy & G9 Execution Lead

Based in Stockley Park, on site 3 days a week

We are pleased to share that Gilead’s Stockley Park and Holborn offices are planning to come together at a new London headquarters at 1 Triton Square, NW1, from approximately Q2 2027. Applicants should consider this planned location change when applying for this role. Gilead operates a flexible working policy, offering a balanced approach with two days of remote working and three days working onsite

At Gilead, we are driven to develop lifesaving products that make a difference for patients around the world. Every day, we transform the promise of science and technology into breakthrough, innovative therapies that have the power to cure, prevent or treat disease. As a research-based biopharmaceutical company, we are revolutionizing healthcare by bringing medicines to patients in the areas of unmet need including HIV, liver diseases, heamatology and oncology, and inflammation and respiratory diseases. When you join Gilead, you join our mission to change the world by enabling people to live healthier and more fulfilling lives.

Making an impact on a global scale

 

For over 30 years, Gilead has been a leading innovator in treating and preventing HIV. Despite tremendous advances in the field, HIV remains a global epidemic with an unequally heavy impact among marginalized populations.

The Director, Global Commercial Product Strategy, Congress Strategy & G9 Execution Lead is responsible for developing and executing an overarching global congress HIV product portfolio. This includes leading development of overarching strategy for Global HIV Congresses as well as coordinating with a variety of cross-functional partners on Congress Execution – including direct responsibility for executing commercial content at the congress as well as HIV Treatment Execution Lead responsibility for selected key G9 Markets.

This position reports to the Global HIV Treatment Execution Team Lead and will be based in the United Kingdom Gilead office.

Key Job Responsibilities

In partnership with global, regional and local commercial and cross functional partners, this role is responsible for defining and implementing Gilead’s overarching global congress strategy for the HIV therapeutic area as well as HIV Treatment Execution Lead responsibility for selected key G9 Markets. This individual will be responsible for:

Leading the development and implementation of the annual congress strategy for the HIV Therapeutic Area in partnership with cross-functional global cross functional Team, local market affiliate Teams and agency partners, including: Key congress objectives

Congress narratives and key messaging

Customer engagement (both during and around the Congress)

Serving as commercial voice into cross-functional congress planning activities to ensure alignment across teams and with business objectives

Working with cross-functional teams and agency partners to develop Commercial content for individual conferences, including coordinating with the Congress Center of Excellence for compliance review of materials.

Supporting the Global Congress Center of Excellence and agency partners in designing and building/implementing Commercial Congress materials (e.g., Booth, microsite, advertising, symposia); working with global and local commercial partners on staffing for customer-facing roles at congresses

Supporting the Congress Center of Excellence in tracking key performance indicators for performance and impact of congress activities

Developing and managing vendor relationships and global budget to effectively and efficiently deliver congress strategies and deliverables

Working with selected key G9 markets in an Execution Lead capacity – partnering with BUD’s/ Marketing Leads to understand key challenges and opportunities, feeding back needs and insights to the Global Marketing Team and ensuring aligned global execution of strategic and tactical plans

Job Requirements

B.A. or B.S. (required), MBA and/or advanced degree in life sciences or medical degree (preferred)

10+ years of relevant pharmaceutical marketing experience including prior experience leading  congress activities

HIV Treatment and/or PrEP preferred Previous strategic and operational experience from country level business unit director and marketing roles

Proven ability to independently lead highly visibility strategic projects and translate strategies into defined resource needs, tactics and metrics to achieve results

Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to independently lead highly visibility strategic projects and translate strategies into defined resource needs, tactics and metrics to achieve results

Demonstrated strong ability to lead and influence in a fast paced, matrix global biopharmaceutical organization across a variety of organizational levels and disciplines with high expectations and a customer focus which drives the need for quality deliverables and performance

Experience working with senior /executive management to clearly and concisely present strategic plans for endorsement

Strong competitive and innovative mindset and strategic and analytical skills, demonstrated by the ability to identify and interpret complex issues and provide appropriate recommendations across functional areas

Demonstrated excellence in project management and working collaboratively effectively and managing multiple priorities and projects

Proven skills in global pharmaceutical planning including the ability to develop and implement strategic and tactical plans and budget management

 

 

The Gilead Difference

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