Director, Medical Affairs

Provides strategic medical leadership for inflammation pipeline assets—bringing scientific insight, evidence generation, and external perspectives to decisions that shape development and long-term value; represents Global Medical Affairs in early and mid-stage governance forums.

Medical strategy & asset leadership
- Owns the global medical strategy for assigned inflammation pipeline assets across early and mid-stage development.
- Serves as Medical Affairs asset lead; provides objective scientific input to disease strategy, target product profile, trial/endpoint design, go/no-go criteria, and lifecycle sequencing.
- Anchors development plans in unmet medical need and future evidence requirements.

Evidence generation & scientific communication
- Leads medical evidence and scientific communication strategy (integrated evidence plans, early medical narratives, publication planning, core scientific platforms).
- Aligns clinical data generation with external engagement and value/access evidence needs.

External stakeholder engagement
- Identifies and maps external experts across priority disease areas.
- Builds and maintains credible, ethical scientific partnerships to inform development strategy and patient/payer evidence expectations.
- Represents Gilead as a scientific ambassador in early pipeline settings.

Cross-functional leadership
- Represents Global Medical Affairs on Development Project Teams, governance forums, and key decision bodies.
- Partners with Clinical Development/Early Research, Global Strategic Marketing, Global Value & Access, Regulatory, and other teams to advance pipeline assets.

Portfolio & business development support
- Provides medical due diligence for business development and partnering evaluations.
- Shapes portfolio discussions by articulating scientific differentiation, evidence risk, and opportunity.
- Surfaces external opportunities aligned with Gilead’s inflammation strategy.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills
- 12+ years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 8+ years with an advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD).
- Advanced clinical/scientific knowledge in rheumatology, inflammatory bowel disease, immunology, or other inflammatory disease areas (preferred).
- Relevant pharmaceutical company experience in Medical Affairs or clinical development-adjacent roles (preferred); strong understanding of global development and access.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional strategy in a complex matrix.
- Ability to synthesize information, articulate implications, and make actionable recommendations.
- Works independently with minimal supervision.
- Patient-centric values; highest ethical/compliance standards.
- Experience influencing early asset strategy and portfolio decisions (preferred); global scope experience (preferred).

People Leader Accountabilities
- Create Inclusion.
- Develop Talent.
- Empower Teams.

Salary range: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00; may also include discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and a benefits package (company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance).

Application instructions
- For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors: Apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.