Sr Director, Business Strategy and Operations

Job Description

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.

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.

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

Job Description

The Oncology Business, Strategy, and Operations Lead will play a pivotal role in supporting the SVP of Oncology Clinical Development in building and executing the strategic vision for the Oncology Therapeutic Area (TA). As Gilead Oncology enters an exciting phase of growth and investment, this position offers the unique opportunity to collaborate directly with senior leadership to advance a world-class clinical development team, build the portfolio, and elevate oncology as a key focus area for Gilead.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• As a member of the Oncology Leadership Team help to design and facilitate Leadership team meetings, drive team engagement planning and execution, participate in decision making and strategy development, support the team’s overall success.

• Business Strategy : A strategic advisor who provides trusted input and helps test ideas, especially for the oncology portfolio from research through launch. This role is a thought partner, facilitating strategic projects and enabling execution of the business strategy.
• Collaboration with Corporate Development: Aligns oncology strategy with program and asset acquisitions, overseeing diligence staffing and evaluation.

• Key contributor in staffing and resource allocation: Liaise across Franchise Heads and HR to ensure the right talent and opportunities align with strategic priorities.
• Goals & KPI’s : supports the leader and leadership team to define short and longer term goals and defining objectives and KPI’s for the TA, ensuring interconnectivity at a functional and enterprise level.
• Special Projects : May lead or participate in initiatives in support of strategic priorities in support of anything from strategy to execution or growth.
• Business Operations : maintain a comprehensive view of the priorities, projects, decisions, and actions that supports the Executive and tracks business area goals, study and functional budgets and growth.
• Effectively network across the organization and communicate with cross functional leaders to connect projects and workstreams that would otherwise remain siloed. This includes key collaboration with Kite as part of the oncology strategy and portfolio
• Serve as a key business partner and conduit to the leader ensuring that work within the team flows smoothly by driving operational efficiency and effectiveness, strategic alignment and integration of activities
• Acts as an amplifier for their leader ; will prepare and deliver presentations, manage existing communications strategies, and innovate new ones.

CAPABILITIES & REQUIREMENTS

• Super Organizer — able to stay personally organized while managing the priorities of the executive. Able to help bring order and effectively manage complex and ambiguous projects
• Collaborative, empathetic —assist in building the networked organization— tearing down walls and silos so teams communicate better while maintaining a constant eye on how the teams feel.
• Sense of Urgency —self-starter acts with an entrepreneurial spirit promoting a bias towards action and speed of execution on the team.
• High EQ — displays humility and adopts a mature approach to feedback and open to learning from any member of the team and other key stakeholders.
• Highly Persuasive - has strong interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to present at an executive level. Knows how to get things done across a complex matrix and able to influence without direct authority.
• Strategic Thinker —able to see the big picture of things. A strategic, enterprise mindset helps align detailed work to the overall strategy, as well as evaluate what is urgent versus important.
• Strong Reputation — for getting things done and never dropping the ball. The EVP and the leadership team need to know that responsibilities and tasks that fall to the Chief of Staff are guaranteed to get done.
• Trusted Operator — able to work with and manage the dissemination of sensitive and confidential information with the utmost discretion.
• Expert Facilitator — Finally, a day-to-day part of the role requires managing conversations, synthesizing multiple points of view, and aligning on direction…all in an impartial and professional way.
• Strong Communication - has good communication skills across different mediums, is able to influence and connect with key stakeholders and use those communication skills to move work forward.

• Organizational Excellence : Maintains personal organization while managing complex, ambiguous projects and executive priorities.
• Collaborative & Empathetic : Promotes a networked organization by breaking down silos, fostering strong team communication, and being attentive to team dynamics.
• Results-Oriented & Proactive : Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency, acting with an entrepreneurial mindset to drive action and ensure timely execution.
• Strategic Influence : Possesses high emotional intelligence, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and effectively influences across a complex matrix without direct authority.
• Trusted & Reliable : Known for discretion with confidential matters and a reputation for follow-through, ensuring leadership can depend on deliverables being met.
• Expert Facilitator & Communicator : Synthesizes diverse perspectives, aligns on direction impartially, and communicates effectively with stakeholders to advance workstreams.

Competencies

• Enterprise and Functional Mindset : Aligns priorities and projects to the broader organizational vision and strategy. Uses peripheral vision instead of focusing only on what is in front of them.
• Adaptability: Adopts a positive approach when faced with change, complexity and uncertainty and able to adjusts thinking and approach based on new information or events.
• Results Orientation: Demonstrates a determined and committed approach to achieving results and follows tasks and projects through to completion
• Strategic Planning: Formulates clear, practical approaches to help meet strategic objectives; anticipates future issues and adapts plans accordingly
• Systemic Thinking: Recognizes interdependencies of different elements of a process and identifies opportunities to make improvements to processes and systems
• Political Savvy : Understands political issues and knows how to get things done; identifies and successfully influences key decision makers
• Thought Partner: Asks powerful questions and evaluates new ideas thoroughly. Shares ideas and experiences to help navigate complex challenges
• Business Acumen: Understands risks/opportunities and uses analytical skills to interpret, translate and simplify complexity to others. Provides analyses, explores a range of solutions and makes recommendations to drive business growth.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and Fourteen Years' Experience

OR

Masters' Degree and Twelve Years' Experience

OR

PhD and Twelve Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD, MD in relevant field
• 10+ years in industry drug development, a majority of experience in oncology highly preferred
• Clinical Science and clinical trial experience in development at a large pharma, all phases of development (Ph I-Ph III and filing)
• Strong track record in leadership roles, organizing teams and departments

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: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00. 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*.

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

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