Senior Director, Medical Excellence Strategic Programs

Gilead

10-12 years

$281,010 – $363,660

Remote

10 Dec. 16, 2025

Job Description

Job Type: Full Time Hybrid Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Senior Director, Medical Excellence Strategic Programs | Foster City, California – Medical Affairs
Department: Medical Affairs
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Onsite – Hybrid Eligible

About Gilead Sciences:
Gilead Sciences is a global biopharmaceutical leader dedicated to transforming care for patients with life-threatening diseases. For over 35 years, Gilead has advanced therapies for HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19, and cancer, ensuring innovative treatments are accessible worldwide.

Position Overview:
Gilead is seeking a Senior Director, Medical Excellence Strategic Programs to join the Global Medical Strategy & Operations (GMSO) organization. This senior leadership role is responsible for driving capability development, process optimization, and strategic alignment across Gilead’s Medical Affairs teams globally. The position focuses on enhancing how Medical Affairs operates, collaborates, and demonstrates measurable impact, enabling scientific and operational excellence worldwide.

Key Responsibilities:

Medical Excellence Leadership

Partner with Medical Excellence leadership to define and execute the global strategy.
Lead initiatives to elevate consistency, quality, and impact of medical engagement planning and execution.
Drive continuous improvement of Medical Affairs processes, tools, and operating models.
Collaborate with Digital, Analytics, Scientific Communications, Content Strategy, and Medical Affairs Technology teams to integrate capabilities globally.
Support regional teams to ensure consistent deployment of global medical programs.

Worldwide Engagement Strategy Enablement

Develop frameworks, tools, and support to translate global medical strategy into actionable, measurable engagement plans.
Define standard methodologies, templates, and tools for planning, executing, and measuring omnichannel engagement (Field Medical, Medical Information, Digital).
Partner with channel leads to optimize channel selection, integration, and sequencing.
Support country and regional teams in operationalizing omnichannel strategies aligned with scientific and compliance standards.

Process & Capability Development

Identify and enhance cross-functional processes to improve agility, effectiveness, and alignment.
Lead projects to simplify workflows, clarify decision ownership, and reduce duplication across global, regional, and local teams.
Collaborate with Learning & Development to design training, toolkits, and playbooks embedding best practices.
Implement continuous improvement through feedback, metrics, and lessons learned.

Collaboration & Change Leadership

Serve as a strategic advisor to global and regional leadership teams to foster adoption of best practices.
Lead global working groups and communities of practice to drive peer learning and consistency.
Act as a change leader, embedding a culture of excellence across Medical Affairs.

Measurement & Impact

Define and monitor key success metrics for Medical Excellence initiatives.
Collaborate with analytics teams to develop dashboards and scorecards for data-driven decision-making.
Ensure process improvements translate into measurable enhancements in engagement quality, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Qualifications & Experience:

12+ years of relevant experience with an advanced degree (MS, MBA, PharmD, PhD) or 14+ years with a bachelor’s degree.
10+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, preferably with global or regional leadership responsibility.
Proven success in Medical Excellence, process optimization, capability building, or strategic operations.
Experience supporting engagement strategy or omnichannel medical planning strongly preferred.
Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.
Ability to operate effectively in a highly matrixed, global organization.

Personal Attributes:

Strategic systems thinker connecting process design to business impact.
Collaborative and credible partner influencing without authority.
Change-oriented leader inspiring confidence and adoption.
Operates at both conceptual and tactical levels.
Passionate about advancing scientific engagement and improving patient outcomes.

People Leader Accountabilities:

Create Inclusion: Foster diversity and embed inclusive practices.
Develop Talent: Coach and mentor employees to maximize potential.
Empower Teams: Align team objectives with organizational goals and remove barriers to success.

Compensation & Benefits:

Salary Range: $281,010 – $363,660
Eligible for discretionary annual bonus, stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Gilead Sciences is committed to diversity and inclusion, providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities and ensuring a discrimination-free work environment.

Job Requisition ID: R0049001

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