Senior Director, Medical Affairs

Role Summary

The Senior Director (SD) USMA Strategy – HIV will serve an important leadership role in the USMA team reporting to the Executive Director of the HIV Treatment Strategy team. We are looking for a highly motivated Medical Affairs Senior Director who has a strong background in HIV Treatment. They will play a critical role in helping the US Medical Affairs organization support current HIV treatment therapies and help support potential launches of future HIV treatment pipeline products.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a scientific expert medical liaison to foster alignment and collaboration between US Medical Affairs, Global Medical Affairs, and US/Global Commercial teams.
• Serve as the medical and scientific expert for the HIV portfolio, supporting the commercial strategy and marketing teams.
• Provide strategic medical input into brand planning, lifecycle management, and commercialization efforts.
• Represent Medical Affairs in commercialization team meetings, ensuring alignment of medical and commercial strategies.
• Communicate medical initiatives, strategies, data timelines, and publication plans to commercial stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Legal, Regulatory, Clinical, Public/Government Affairs, and other partner functions to lead or support cross-functional projects.
• Provide medical support for US commercial activities including but not limited to Scientific advisory boards (planning, content review, and presentation).
• Participate in Promotional Review Committee (PRC) concept discussions and material reviews.
• Ensure medical narrative alignment and scientific accuracy in commercial materials and campaigns.
• Review and contribute to commercial training materials for sales and clinical liaison teams.
• Present at commercial training sessions, including midyear and national meetings.
• Support the development and delivery of training workshops and strategic/tactical planning sessions.
• Support the US Strategy Lead in portfolio management and launch planning activities.
• Align medical initiatives and POA tactical planning with the local strategic cross-functional plan.

Qualifications

• Required: MD, DO, NP, PA, PharmD, or other advanced health care degree with 8+ years of relevant industry/clinical experience in HIV.
• Required: At least 5 years of Pharma industry experience, with leadership roles preferred.
• Required: Excellent verbal, written, visual communication, and interpersonal skills; experience in vendor contracting and budget preparation.
• Required: Must be fully cognizant and adhere to regulatory and legal (Business Conduct) requirements for US Medical Affairs activities.
• Required: Office-based position in Foster City, CA with the ability to travel up to 25 percent to attend cross-functional meetings and conferences.

Skills

• Experience in medical information provision, slide development, medical writing, and project/conference management; proficient with Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to utilize moderately complex scientific resources across various settings.

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 25% to attend cross-functional meetings and conferences.