Associate Director, Medical Information

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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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 fulfill their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

The Associate Director, Global Medical Information provides strategic scientific leadership for the development, delivery, and evolution of Medical Information across assigned products and therapeutic areas. Serving as a recognized subject matter expert, this role shapes Medical Information strategy, influences cross-functional decision-making, and leads initiatives that advance the quality, efficiency, and impact of medical information.

The Associate Director partners across Medical Affairs, Development, Regulatory, Safety, Commercial, Operations, Digital/Technology, Public Affairs, and affiliate teams to ensure scientifically accurate, compliant, and customer-focused medical content and responses. The role also helps define how innovative approaches, including AI-enabled capabilities, are responsibly incorporated into content development, inquiry management, insight generation, and medical review.

 

Strategic Leadership and Cross-Functional Influence

• Contribute to the development and execution of Global Medical Information and therapeutic-area strategy, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead high-impact initiatives, product launches, process improvements, and cross-functional projects from concept through implementation and evaluation.
• Serve as a key Medical Information subject matter expert on cross-functional teams, providing scientific expertise, customer perspective, and strategic recommendations.
• Build trusted relationships across functions and geographies, influence without authority, resolve ambiguity, and align stakeholders around scientifically sound solutions.
• Translate customer needs, scientific developments, inquiry trends, and evidence gaps into actionable recommendations that inform strategy and decision-making.

 

Scientific, Content and Medical Review Leadership

• Serve as a therapeutic-area and product expert with deep knowledge of the disease state, clinical data, evidence base, and relevant competitive landscape.
• Lead the strategy, development, review, approval, and lifecycle management of global Medical Information response documents, and scientific resources.
• Collaborate with affiliate and global partners to develop globally aligned content while addressing relevant regional and local needs.
• Ensure the scientific accuracy, quality, consistency, and compliant use of evidence across Medical Information deliverables and responses to complex unsolicited inquiries.
• Serve as a key medical reviewer for promotional, medical, and Public Affairs materials, providing strategic scientific input and managing complex reviews.
• Guide content governance and repository stewardship so resources reflect new scientific data, regulatory changes, current literature, and congress information.
• Support scientific congress activities, vendor or contractor oversight, training, and departmental or enterprise initiatives.
• Ensure timely documentation of inquiries and reporting of adverse events and product complaints in accordance with applicable procedures.

 

Innovation, Insights and Operational Excellence

• Analyze inquiry patterns, customer interactions, available metrics, and content gaps to identify emerging topics and generate actionable insights for appropriate stakeholders.
• Lead or support evaluation, piloting, and implementation of digital and AI-enabled capabilities that improve content development, literature synthesis, inquiry intake and management, insight identification, quality processes, and medical review.
• Partner with scientific, operational, technology, legal, regulatory, privacy, and compliance stakeholders to establish fit-for-purpose governance, risk controls, quality monitoring, and accountable human oversight for technology-enabled workflows.
• Identify opportunities to improve Medical Information processes, customer experience, and global ways of working; support adoption and evaluate impact.
• Lead or contribute to pilots and scaled implementation, including requirements definition, risk assessment, workflow design, user adoption, quality monitoring, and evaluation of impact.

People Leader Accountabilities: 

• Create Inclusion - knowing the 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 employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose. 
• Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, 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:

Bay Area: $195,670.00 - $253,220.00.

 

Other US Locations: $177,905.00 - $230,230.00.

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*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

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

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