Senior Director, Public Affairs, UK and Ireland

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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.We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We’re welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we’re nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams.Every member of Gilead’s 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 we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job Description

Senior Director, Public Affairs, UK and Ireland

Holborn

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercialises innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS and emerging viruses, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation.

The Position

Reporting to the Head of Public Affairs for Australia, Canada and Europe (ACE), this role is accountable for the conception and delivery of strategic branded and unbranded communication programmes, community engagement, corporate giving, corporate and employee communication and has people management responsibilities.

 

This role is a member of the UK and Ireland (UK&I) cross-functional leadership team and the ACE Public Affairs Leadership team, and works closely with cross-functional partners, Public Affairs colleagues regionally (within ACE) and globally.

Job duties include:

• Responsible for the development and execution of Gilead’s UK&I communications strategy, in alignment with global direction and local leadership, in support of the product portfolio and business objectives, anticipating short-medium and long-term needs. Strategic components include: media relations, digital, reputation management, leadership communications, issues and crisis management, brand/therapeutic area communications, corporate communications and employee engagement
• Design and implement strategic programmes and narratives that proactively communicate Gilead’s perspective and shape corporate reputation
• Develop/strengthen relationships with a wide variety of community advocates, organizations and professionals and champion patient engagement in appropriate cross-functional projects
• Anticipate, research and report on trends and changes in the life sciences/access environment
• Enhance Gilead’s profile among industry associations, media and other influential organizations in UK&I
• Coordination with cross-functional colleagues to ensure alignment and collaboration in strategic priorities and messaging across different stakeholders
• Maintain strong relationships with business press, consumer media, key industry opinion leaders and external stakeholders
• Respond to media requests and coordination of interviews with Gilead spokespeople and opinion leader spokespeople as appropriate
• Issues mitigation and management
• Responsible for Gilead’s corporate giving initiatives in UK&I
• Drive internal communications and employee engagement by proactively driving ideas and programmes that support culture evolution
• Managing the performance and ongoing development of a small, high-performing team
• Effectively manage all aspects of public relations agency relationships, including direction and project management
• Manage budgets to target
• Understanding of the regulatory frameworks in the region and ability to compliantly manage internal approvals and interactions with the review team.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

• A solid track record and deep, proven experience in product PR, media and advocacy
• Must have experience with public relations tactics and resources and the relationship of those tactics to other department roles and functions
• Ability to understand and accurately communicate complex science
• Demonstrated experience in media relations (traditional and social), issues management; knowledge of healthcare and industry media and reporting trends
• Experience managing multiple projects (timelines, budgets, priorities) simultaneously; flexibility and results-oriented focus are essential 
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to interact with senior management and high-profile experts appropriately, with confidence and ease
• Ability to give formal presentations to internal and external audiences of various sizes
• Proven ability to effectively manage, engage and develop people
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulations and principles specific to communications for a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company
• Excellent understanding of the UK&I political/health policy and access environment, including processes and key stakeholders
• Previous experience in product launches (regulatory and reimbursement) in the UK&I
• Typically requires a BA degree in communications, liberal arts, business or science-oriented field (or International Equivalent) proven relevant experience, which includes solid healthcare public relations experience

Behaviours

• Ability to engage and manage multiple stakeholders to achieve objectives
• Curious with a strong learning agility (the ability to rapidly study, analyses and understand new situations and business problems)
• Operationally excellent and resilient in the context of a rapidly changing environment
• Organised with systematic approach to prioritisation
• Process orientated to achieve the business objective

Gilead 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)

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

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.

For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:

Please log onto your Internal Career Site to apply for this job.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

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