VP Global Patient Safety & Global Safety Therapeutic Area Head - Oncology
Gilead Sciences
June 26, 2026
Remote friendly (San Francisco Bay Area)
United States
Medical Affairs
Position Overview
The VP Global Patient Safety & Global Safety Therapeutic Area Head - Oncology is responsible and accountable for the definition and execution of the worldwide pharmacovigilance strategy for all investigational and marketed products in their Gilead Therapeutic Area. Leads cross-functional, multi-cultural efforts; represents Global Patient Safety with senior leadership, Executive Management, and regulatory authorities; leads benefit/risk efforts for the therapeutic area.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Thinking: Set overall safety strategy for the therapeutic area; provide pharmacovigilance oversight and benefit/risk scientific guidance; support due diligences for in-licensing, collaborations, and acquisitions.
- Influence and Partnership: Build relationships across Research, Development, Business Development, and Commercial; lead benefit/risk discussions and decision-making cross-functionally; develop external networks; model collaborative/enterprise mindset.
- Delivery Excellence: Prioritize and align pharmacovigilance actions with disease-area strategies; own technical execution of pharmacovigilance projects and deliverables; direct medical safety aspects of clinical studies (protocol design, benefit/risk assessment, signal detection/management, medical monitoring of post-authorization studies); champion global process improvements; develop and mentor teams.
- Innovation: Apply advances in pharmacovigilance (e.g., real-world data, analytics, innovative trial designs) for signal detection/management.
- People Development: Mentor high performers; promote inclusion and collaboration; delegate and empower.
- Decision-making: Maintain data-driven, truth-seeking decision culture; partner with senior leaders on strategies aligned to business objectives.
- Communication: Communicate complex medical/clinical concepts internally and externally.
Qualifications
- MD or equivalent medical degree.
- Board certification preferred or equivalent years of pharmacovigilance experience in Oncology.
- 15+ years of global biopharmaceutical drug development and pharmacovigilance experience across the product lifecycle.
- Extensive global pharmacovigilance experience.
- Prior leadership experience in a safety therapeutic area; broad global R&D functional experience.
- Proven credibility building teams in fast-paced, matrixed environments.
- Ability to create/fulfill vision in a matrix environment and collaborate across functions.
- Strong medical safety science, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
People Leader Accountabilities
- Create inclusion.
- Develop talent.
- Empower teams.
The VP Global Patient Safety & Global Safety Therapeutic Area Head - Oncology is responsible and accountable for the definition and execution of the worldwide pharmacovigilance strategy for all investigational and marketed products in their Gilead Therapeutic Area. Leads cross-functional, multi-cultural efforts; represents Global Patient Safety with senior leadership, Executive Management, and regulatory authorities; leads benefit/risk efforts for the therapeutic area.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Thinking: Set overall safety strategy for the therapeutic area; provide pharmacovigilance oversight and benefit/risk scientific guidance; support due diligences for in-licensing, collaborations, and acquisitions.
- Influence and Partnership: Build relationships across Research, Development, Business Development, and Commercial; lead benefit/risk discussions and decision-making cross-functionally; develop external networks; model collaborative/enterprise mindset.
- Delivery Excellence: Prioritize and align pharmacovigilance actions with disease-area strategies; own technical execution of pharmacovigilance projects and deliverables; direct medical safety aspects of clinical studies (protocol design, benefit/risk assessment, signal detection/management, medical monitoring of post-authorization studies); champion global process improvements; develop and mentor teams.
- Innovation: Apply advances in pharmacovigilance (e.g., real-world data, analytics, innovative trial designs) for signal detection/management.
- People Development: Mentor high performers; promote inclusion and collaboration; delegate and empower.
- Decision-making: Maintain data-driven, truth-seeking decision culture; partner with senior leaders on strategies aligned to business objectives.
- Communication: Communicate complex medical/clinical concepts internally and externally.
Qualifications
- MD or equivalent medical degree.
- Board certification preferred or equivalent years of pharmacovigilance experience in Oncology.
- 15+ years of global biopharmaceutical drug development and pharmacovigilance experience across the product lifecycle.
- Extensive global pharmacovigilance experience.
- Prior leadership experience in a safety therapeutic area; broad global R&D functional experience.
- Proven credibility building teams in fast-paced, matrixed environments.
- Ability to create/fulfill vision in a matrix environment and collaborate across functions.
- Strong medical safety science, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
People Leader Accountabilities
- Create inclusion.
- Develop talent.
- Empower teams.