Community Liaison - Central Valley, CA

Role Summary

The Community Liaison (CL) for HIV in Central Valley, CA covers Bakersfield, Fresno, Merced, San Jose, Lodi, Salinas, and Santa Cruz. You will lead on all community-related initiatives and augment regional sales of Gilead's HIV franchise within targeted markets, collaborating with Sales & Marketing. You will deliver timely clinical information on HIV treatment and prevention to culturally diverse patient populations, allied healthcare providers, and high-level decision-makers. You will establish partnerships with key institutions and organizations serving these communities, such as AIDS Service/Community-Based Organizations (ASOs/CBOs), FQHCs, STI clinics, Addiction/Methadone Clinics, Faith-Based Organizations, cultural/ethnic organizations, and specialty and community pharmacies, and interface with a range of Allied Health Professionals to improve access to care for HIV. This field-based role requires strong business acumen and the ability to work with cross-functional teams to drive growth in underserved markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead on all community-related initiatives and be fully responsible for augmenting regional sales of Gilead's HIV franchise within targeted markets.
• Collaborate with Sales & Marketing.
• Deliver timely, complex clinical information on the treatment and prevention of HIV to culturally diverse patient populations, allied healthcare providers, and high-level decision-makers.
• Establish strong working partnerships with key institutions and organizations serving these communities, such as AIDS Service/Community-Based Organizations (ASOs/CBOs), FQHCs, STI clinics, Addiction/Methadone Clinics, Faith-Based Organizations, cultural/ethnic organizations, and specialty and community pharmacies.
• Interface with Allied Health Professionals, including social workers, case managers, treatment educators, discharge planners, outreach workers, and others connected to the community.
• Facilitate linkages from these institutions, organizations, and professionals to underserved patients to improve access to care and treatment for HIV.
• Demonstrate business acumen and professionalism to gain the respect of community constituents while working with internal and external cross-functional teams to develop strategies and objectives designed to increase product growth in untapped, underserved markets.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills to establish relationships of trust and uncover customer and patient needs, and distill complex clinical concepts to appropriate literacy levels for diverse audiences.
• This is a field-based position located in the Central Valley, CA territory.
• Ability to prioritize and organize effectively.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written skills.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams.
• High sense of urgency and strong work ethic.

Qualifications

• Required: High School and Nine Years' Experience
• Required: Associates Degree and Seven Years' Experience
• Required: Bachelor's Degree and Five Years' Experience
• Required: Masters' Degree and Three Years' Experience
• Required: Ability to engage in travel as may be reasonably required, including regular travel within the assigned area; satisfaction of any requirements associated with travel.
• Required: Satisfaction of any onsite visitation requirements of healthcare practitioners within an assigned area, if applicable.
• Required: To perform this job successfully, the employee must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions