Associate Director, Medical Digital Strategy & Activation
Gilead Sciences
August 06, 2026
Remote friendly (Parsippany, NJ)
United States
Medical Affairs
Associate Director, Medical Digital Strategy & Activation
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Global Medical Digital Office operating model and evolution (governance, decision rights, intake, prioritization, ways of working).
- Serve as senior triage/escalation for complex digital needs; ensure alignment with Medical Affairs priorities and compliance, privacy, security, accessibility.
- Run Digital Office forums; synthesize enterprise/regional/affiliate/function needs into priorities and joint roadmaps.
- Establish standards, playbooks, cadence guidelines, and global-to-local governance for consistency, speed, quality, and compliance.
- Own digital strategy/roadmaps, channel engagement approaches, activation frameworks, measurement plans, and enablement models.
- Shape Medical Affairs digital innovation (incl. AI-enabled capabilities): define use cases, workflows, experience requirements, adoption approaches, governance guardrails, and value measures.
- Lead global-to-local digital activation, readiness planning, change management, and adoption; coordinate complex regional/affiliate initiatives.
- Lead digital channel strategy and experience across the omnichannel ecosystem (roles, guardrails, experience principles, success measures), ensuring usability/accessibility/privacy/security and compliant scientific exchange.
- Define measurement frameworks and KPIs; partner with Insights/Analytics for dashboards, experimentation, optimization, and reporting to stakeholders.
- Lead cross-functional delivery/workstreams; influence senior leaders; manage agencies/vendors/contractors.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s + 10+ years; or Master’s/MBA + 8+ years; or Doctoral + 2+ years.
Required Skills/Experience:
- 10+ years in digital strategy/omnichannel/digital experience/insights & analytics/tech-enabled transformation; significant life sciences/healthcare/regulated experience.
- Enterprise-scale global digital strategy and activation in a matrixed organization.
- Governance/operating models; decision rights and standards; translate strategy into executable global-to-local plans.
- Experience shaping digital/AI use cases, business requirements, adoption approaches, governance guardrails, and value.
- Strong omnichannel, UX, content governance, accessibility, privacy, security, and analytics-driven decision-making.
- Experience leading cross-functional programs and regulated processes; influence executives; measurement/experimentation/optimization.
Preferred Skills:
- Advanced degree (MS/PhD/PharmD/MPH/MBA); Medical Affairs experience; global multilingual/localization/federated governance; enterprise content/consent/archiving/AI workflows; web/content/CRM/MartTech; taxonomy and digital measurement; vendor scope/budget experience.
People Leader Accountabilities:
- Create inclusion; develop talent; empower teams.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
Compensation/Benefits (if required):
- Bay Area: $195,670–$253,220; Other US Locations: $177,905–$230,230. Discretionary bonus and stock/long-term incentives (eligibility varies), paid time off, and company-sponsored medical/dental/vision/life insurance plans may be available.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Global Medical Digital Office operating model and evolution (governance, decision rights, intake, prioritization, ways of working).
- Serve as senior triage/escalation for complex digital needs; ensure alignment with Medical Affairs priorities and compliance, privacy, security, accessibility.
- Run Digital Office forums; synthesize enterprise/regional/affiliate/function needs into priorities and joint roadmaps.
- Establish standards, playbooks, cadence guidelines, and global-to-local governance for consistency, speed, quality, and compliance.
- Own digital strategy/roadmaps, channel engagement approaches, activation frameworks, measurement plans, and enablement models.
- Shape Medical Affairs digital innovation (incl. AI-enabled capabilities): define use cases, workflows, experience requirements, adoption approaches, governance guardrails, and value measures.
- Lead global-to-local digital activation, readiness planning, change management, and adoption; coordinate complex regional/affiliate initiatives.
- Lead digital channel strategy and experience across the omnichannel ecosystem (roles, guardrails, experience principles, success measures), ensuring usability/accessibility/privacy/security and compliant scientific exchange.
- Define measurement frameworks and KPIs; partner with Insights/Analytics for dashboards, experimentation, optimization, and reporting to stakeholders.
- Lead cross-functional delivery/workstreams; influence senior leaders; manage agencies/vendors/contractors.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s + 10+ years; or Master’s/MBA + 8+ years; or Doctoral + 2+ years.
Required Skills/Experience:
- 10+ years in digital strategy/omnichannel/digital experience/insights & analytics/tech-enabled transformation; significant life sciences/healthcare/regulated experience.
- Enterprise-scale global digital strategy and activation in a matrixed organization.
- Governance/operating models; decision rights and standards; translate strategy into executable global-to-local plans.
- Experience shaping digital/AI use cases, business requirements, adoption approaches, governance guardrails, and value.
- Strong omnichannel, UX, content governance, accessibility, privacy, security, and analytics-driven decision-making.
- Experience leading cross-functional programs and regulated processes; influence executives; measurement/experimentation/optimization.
Preferred Skills:
- Advanced degree (MS/PhD/PharmD/MPH/MBA); Medical Affairs experience; global multilingual/localization/federated governance; enterprise content/consent/archiving/AI workflows; web/content/CRM/MartTech; taxonomy and digital measurement; vendor scope/budget experience.
People Leader Accountabilities:
- Create inclusion; develop talent; empower teams.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
Compensation/Benefits (if required):
- Bay Area: $195,670–$253,220; Other US Locations: $177,905–$230,230. Discretionary bonus and stock/long-term incentives (eligibility varies), paid time off, and company-sponsored medical/dental/vision/life insurance plans may be available.