Director, Thought Leader Engagement, Breast Oncology - South Central

Role Summary

The Director, Thought Leader Engagement (TLE) South Central is part of the marketing organization at Gilead Oncology. This role engages with thought leaders in both academic and community oncology settings to generate insights, track sentiment, and build brand advocacy in support of breast cancer portfolio initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Customer Profiling: Develop and maintain a living document (refreshed annually) that profiles strategic academic and community customers.
• Engagement with Academic Opinion Leaders (OLs): Identify and engage academic OLs for insight generation, advocacy development, and sentiment tracking.
• Community Influencer Engagement: Work with influential breast cancer treaters in key community accounts to understand market ecosystems and build advocacy through long-term relationship building, feedback synthesis from engagements, and strategic collaborations.
• Insight Sharing: Provide actionable insights to cross-functional field partners, HQ marketing, and medical affairs.
• Pre-Launch Support: Assist HQ marketing in understanding market sentiment, treatment drivers/barriers, and generating insights for strategic launch planning.
• Annual Brand Planning: Collaborate strategically with HQ marketing during brand planning.
• Congress Strategy: Lead OL/customer engagement planning at Tier 1 and Tier 2 congresses in collaboration with marketing, executive leadership, and cross-functional partners.
• Consultant Selection: Advise on consultant selection for advisory boards, 1:1 consulting, and strategic projects aligned with brand needs.
• Speaker Bureau Oversight: Track and manage speaker bureau impact per Gilead’s business conduct manual.
• Vendor Management: Lead and manage third-party program vendors to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Act as a leader within the cross-functional team through proactive communication and collaboration.
• Headquarters Collaboration: Collaborate compliantly with global and US medical strategy colleagues and OLP for customer engagement planning.
• Budget Management: Effectively manage and track budget.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree and Twelve Years’ Experience OR Master’s Degree and Ten Years’ Experience OR PhD and Eight Years’ Experience.
• Ability to engage in travel as may be reasonably required, including regular travel within the assigned area (and, to the extent applicable, satisfaction of any requirements associated with such travel).
• Satisfaction of any onsite visitation requirements of healthcare practitioners within an assigned area, if applicable (which may include vaccinations, drug and background screenings, and any other requirements that certain healthcare practitioners may adopt).
• To perform this job successfully, the employee must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• A valid driver’s license is required.

• Preferred Qualifications: People leadership experience; Minimum 5 years of oncology experience; Minimum 3 years’ pharmaceutical marketing experience; Oncology launch experience; Knowledge and experience in the breast cancer market; Strong interpersonal and communication skills; Strategic thinking and execution capabilities; Experience leading cross-functional teams; Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities; Willingness to travel up to 50%, including overnights, some evening/weekend programs, based on business needs.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or PhD as specified in Basic Qualifications.

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 50% and overnight; some evening/weekend programs may be required based on business needs.