Senior Director

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Senior Director - Patient Safety 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company founded in 1987, that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people.

Together we deliver life-saving therapies to patients in need. With the commitment and drive you bring to the workplace every day, you will be part of a team that is changing the world and helping millions of people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. Our worldwide staff is a close community where you can see the tangible results of your contributions, where every individual matters, and everyone has a chance to enhance their skills through ongoing development.

This role is office based in either Cambridge Stockley Park, UK

You will develop or oversee and ensure that strategic medical input relative to safety is incorporated into product development and lifecycle management as well as perform or oversee other advanced MSS activities for a portfolio of products in the assigned therapeutic area.

You will provide strategic input into cross-functional drug development planning and execution across the product lifecycle, from discovery to post marketing. You will ensure that signal detection, development of benefit-risk evaluation management plans, risk minimization activities, and aggregate safety reports are performed in a timely and quality manner. You will also provide input on behalf of MSS into study-related activities and documentation, regulatory submissions, responses to regulatory agency inquiries, pharmacovigilance (PV) processes and projects and PV or other audits and inspections.

You may be assigned responsibilities as a Global Safety Lead (GSL) or Global Safety Strategy Lead (GSSL) with responsibilities for managing a group of products/or indications and acting as the expert, strategic partner across Gilead regarding these compounds. You will play a lead role within MSS by contributing to the group’s short- and long-range strategy, infrastructure and resource plans, and long-range capability development. You will also mentor and develop future MSS leaders.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Typically leads and manages a team of direct reports and may manage other people leaders. Hires, develops and retains diverse top talent on the team. Sets clear and elevating goals for the team and individual direct reports. Coaches direct reports on their performance, development and career interests.

• Makes significant contributions to our abilities to hire, develop and retain diverse talent with impact in and outside own team.

• Accountable for the successful oversight and completion of a broad spectrum of MSS activities and deliverables for typically multiple products, compounds or indications in the assigned TA, in compliance with established practices, policies, processes, and any regulatory or other requirements.

• Advises senior management on the MSS strategy and pathway to achieve therapeutic area strategic milestones and objectives. 

• May provide input into and influence cross-TA MSS and Patient Safety (PS) strategies.

• Performs or otherwise oversees safety reviews of clinical trial protocols, clinical study reports, informed consent forms, and other study related documents.   

• Provides and/or oversees medical input on PV activities for products within the assigned TA.

• Authors, contributes to and/or oversees the preparation of aggregate safety reports and risk management plans (RMPs).

• Conducts and/or oversees signal detection and evaluation activities for assigned products as part of the continuous benefit-risk evaluation throughout the product lifecycle.

• Supports implementation of decisions from the signal evaluation process, including updates to core safety information, Investigator’s Brochure and other key safety documents and deliverables.  

• Contributes to and/or oversees MSS activities and input related to regulatory filings (e.g., Marketing Authorisation Applications [ MAAs], New Drug Applications [NDAs], Biologics License Applications [BLAs]), and responses to safety queries from third parties, such as regulatory agencies.

• Plays a leadership role on PS and cross-functional teams, including leadership of special projects, participation in continuous improvement and optimization initiatives, and MSS functional area support in PV audits and inspections.

• May serve as medical monitor for post-authorization safety studies.

• Provides accurate and thorough input and recommendations into resource plans required to complete own deliverables. Tracks resources to ensure compliance with agreed resource allocation, including budgets.

• Ensures the team and the assigned work comply with established practices, policies and processes and any regulatory or other requirements.

REQUIREMENTS:

MD / DO or equivalent with completion of an accredited medical or surgical residency program. Board certification is strongly preferred. Significant experience working in drug safety / PV or a related field in the biopharma industry, clinical research, health administration, health policy, epidemiology, or academic or subspecialty medicine. Biopharma industry experience is preferred.

Knowledge & Other Requirements

• Knowledge of the drug development process, Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and Good Pharmacovigilance (GVP), including worldwide PV regulations and their application to safety science activities (aggregate PV reports, risk management plans, signal detection, clinical trials and clinical development).

• In-depth understanding of observational studies used in pharmacoepidemiology and ability to provide sound critique of such studies.

• Strong knowledge of statistical methods used in PV.

• Proven abilities to make significant contributions to Patient Safety (PS) strategic planning and lead significant process improvements in PS.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and understanding of team dynamics.

• Strong communication and organizational skills. Demonstrable abilities to effectively communicate project direction and status to varying organizational levels, including leadership teams, executives and steering committees. Able to distill complex matters into a clear business case and roadmap for execution.

• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

• Strong coaching capabilities to mentor/develop staff.

• When needed, ability to travel.

The Gilead Difference

Everyone at Gilead is motivated by our overarching mission to discover and deliver innovative therapies that improve patient care in areas of unmet medical needs. But it’s just what we do that gives us an edge, it’s how we do it. We expect everyone at Gilead to lead by example, guided by our core values:

Integrity (always doing the right thing)

Teamwork (collaborating in good faith)

Excellence (working at a high level of commitment and capability)

Accountability (taking personal responsibility)

Inclusion (encouraging diversity)

It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Gilead" or the "Company") to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company.  Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all  employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws).  Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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