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Job Description
Gilead’s mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses worldwide.
As part of Gilead’s efforts to expand HIV prevention, the Director, HCP Marketing – Market Expansion will support the execution of a newly designed strategy to activate non-traditional and under-engaged HCPs. This role will be responsible for translating strategy into action—driving campaign development, supporting POA execution, and ensuring effective cross-functional coordination.
This position is ideal for a results-oriented marketer with experience in HCP engagement, resource development, and medical education. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and motivated to contribute to a mission-driven market expansion effort.
This position is ONSITE at our Foster City, CA campus (Tuesday – Thursday) remote is not available.
Key Responsibilities
Develop branded and unbranded materials tailored for non-traditional HCPs.Translate insights into high-impact tactics and creative briefs.Manage agency timelines, workflows, and quality delivery.Serve as field team liaison for pull-through support and resource feedback.Coordinate with Sales, Training, Medical, Legal, and Access for aligned execution.Track key tactical milestones and performance metrics.Contribute to external-facing efforts with medical societies and education groups.Bachelor’s degree & 12+ years of HCP marketing or commercial experience in life sciences.Demonstrated executional rigor and content development experience.Comfort with MLR processes and field integration.Passion for expanding prescriber engagement in service of public health.Basic Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years’ Experience
OR
Masters' Degree and Ten Years’ Experience
OR
PhD and Eight Years’ Experience
Preferred Qualifications:Experience supporting campaigns where health topics may be secondary to the visit agendaFamiliarity with developing resources that help HCPs initiate personal, often avoided conversationsAbility to translate insights into tools that de-stigmatize and normalize prevention discussionsComfortable enabling field teams to support sensitive dialogue with credibilityPeople Leader Accountabilities
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