Associate Director, Medical Affairs - Content Studio Technology Lead (United States - California - Foster City)

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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.

 

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At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers. 

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world's most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come.

This is a content technology leadership role for someone who lives at the intersection of content, technology, and creative execution. As the Global Content Studio Technology Product Lead, you will own the authoring platforms and production execution that power Medical Affairs content delivery at scale - turning strategic content briefs into finished multi-format deliverables (e.g., HTML format conversions needed for VAE/SFMC email initiatives, web content, interactive slide decks/infographics, and other digital experiences.

You will build and operate the content production engine from the ground up - standing up the team, partnering with design agencies, and embedding AI tools directly into the production workflow to transform how Medical Affairs content is created, adapted, and delivered globally.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Global Content Strategy Technology Capability Lead, and working in close partnership with the Medical Affairs (e.g., Global Medical Affairs, US Medical Affairs, Affiliate Medical Affairs) and Medical Content Strategy & Enablement (MCS)/Insights, Data, & Analytics (IDA) teams in GMSO, you will own the content authoring platforms and the production operations that turn strategic content briefs into finished, compliant, multi format deliverables. Your team is a service to the broader global Medical Affairs organization, including Rest of World (ROW): when a therapeutic area team needs an interactive HTML piece, a localized email campaign, or a set of derivative assets adapted from a global master, your team delivers it.

This role also carries a significant future state opportunity. You will design and build the production capability that enables Medical Affairs to scale content derivatives from global to local and local to local - translating the content strategy set by Medical Affairs into repeatable, high quality production workflows. AI is central to this vision. You will evaluate, implement, and operationalize AI powered content authoring tools that accelerate production, reduce manual effort, and enable your team to do more with every cycle.

The ideal candidate will have vendor oversight experience and has led medical affairs content development/production including digital content operations in pharma or a regulated industry, brings familiarity with modular content, HTML content authoring, modern AI-enabled content authoring tools, digital omnichannel, and digital content standards, and knows how to own a production service end to end with discipline, quality standards, and a relentless focus on user outcomes and throughput.

What You'll Do

Own the Content Production Service Model

• Own and operate the content production function as a managed service for Medical Affairs, delivering email content, web assets, dynamic HTML based interactive content, and multi format deliverables on time and at quality standards

• Manage intake, prioritization, and capacity planning for all content production requests, ensuring the team delivers against demand from multiple therapeutic areas and stakeholder groups simultaneously

• Define and maintain production standards, quality gates, and review processes that ensure every piece of content meets brand, regulatory, and compliance requirements before delivery

• Build and maintain production SLAs, turnaround benchmarks, and reporting dashboards that give stakeholders and leadership visibility into throughput, quality, and capacity

• Create a culture of product excellence and operational rigor within the production team, where speed and quality are not competing priorities but complementary standards

• Partner with Medical Affairs and MCS to translate upstream content strategy, format vision, and technology direction into production ready workflows, ensuring the build team is aligned to strategic intent

Lead the Content Production Team and Agency Partnerships

• Manage and develop a team of content producers responsible for HTML authoring, email builds, interactive content development, and asset adaptation across formats and channels

• Partner with design agencies to translate creative briefs and mockups into production ready, compliant digital content, managing the handoff from design to build with clear specifications and quality expectations

• Build team capabilities in modern HTML authoring, responsive design, dynamic content techniques, and AI assisted content workflows, continuously raising the bar for what the team can produce

• Partner with design agencies on scope, deliverables, timelines, and quality standards, building collaborative working models that drive creative and technical excellence

• Design and build the future state offshore content production capability, establishing processes, training, quality assurance, and governance that enable global to local and local to global content derivative workflows at scale

Bring AI Into the Content Production Workflow

• Evaluate, implement, and operationalize AI powered content authoring and production tools that accelerate how Medical Affairs content is created, adapted, and localized

• Identify opportunities across the production workflow where AI can reduce manual effort, improve consistency, or enable new content formats that were previously too resource intensive to produce at scale

• Partner with the Global AI Technology Capability Lead to ensure AI tools adopted in content production align with the broader Medical Affairs AI governance framework and compliance requirements

• Build AI assisted production workflows that enable the team to generate content derivatives, adapt global assets for local markets, and produce multi format deliverables with greater speed and fewer manual touchpoints

• Stay current on emerging AI content production tools and generative design capabilities, partnering with Medical Affairs, and IDA/MCS in GMSO and the Global AI Technology Capability Lead to recommend what to adopt, pilot, or monitor

Own Content Authoring Platforms and Production Infrastructure

• Own product direction for the content authoring and production platforms that the production team relies on daily, ensuring they are configured, performant, and aligned to production workflows

• Define and evolve the production technology stack including HTML authoring tools, asset management systems, template frameworks, and quality assurance tooling

• Drive platform improvements and integrations that reduce friction in the production process, connecting authoring tools with review and approval systems, digital asset management, and downstream delivery channels

• Ensure content production infrastructure supports the global to local derivative workflow, enabling assets to move from master content to localized, market ready deliverables with traceability and version control

• Partner with Medical Affairs, MCS/IDA teams in GMSO and the Global Content Technology Product Lead to ensure production platforms are aligned with the content vision, management ecosystem, and technology roadmap

What You Bring

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree + 8 years of experience OR Bachelor's degree + 10 years of experience in medical content production, digital content operations, creative production management, or related fields

• Familiarity with Medical Affairs content types and HTML content authoring and digital content production in a professional or agency environment

• Familiarity with content management and digital asset management platforms used in pharma or life sciences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a content production or digital content ope]]>