At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job Description
Gilead's mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses
worldwide.
This position reports to the Executive Director, Patient-Focused Implementation Science (PFIS). PFIS is a visionary team within Medical Affairs Research comprised of dedicated and passionate experts with complementary and multidisciplinary backgrounds in health services research, epidemiology, clinical research and implementation and behavioral sciences. We employ evidence-based approaches to address the challenges patients face in navigating their care to close the research-to-practice gap. This involves a systematic, patient-focused approach applying mixed methods, multilevel interventions, and collaborative solutions to address practical challenges in clinical care that impact the adoption of new innovations.
This individual will collaborate with external multi-stakeholder ecosystem partners including health systems, clinicians, payers, community-based organizations, patient advocacy organizations, professional societies, among others to better understand patient needs, challenges, and opportunities to improve patient care; to inform future capabilities important to patients and the Gilead pipeline; and to build strong internal and external networks. This individual will work effectively in a complex matrixed internal environment to help guide strategy to shape and ensure patient needs/insights are considered and integrated into strategy and evidence generation activities to support product development and future launch plans. This individual will have the ability to work across all therapeutic areas, globally and by region, to ensure the successful completion of deliverables and provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership to identify and incorporate innovation across industry benchmarks.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Support the team in identifying and co-creating implementation science initiatives for medical affairs and the enterprise to improve patient access and optimize patient care
Support and continue to evolve Patient-Focused Implementation Science strategy; create authentic platforms and opportunities to understand what matters most to patients to incorporate into strategic planning
Deliver relevant and actionable insights to inform organizational decisions that address comprehensive care needs
Support initiatives related to patient experience, including measuring and addressing patient perspectives, preferences, attitudes, and beliefs.
Generate individual and community insights to inform Medical Affairs strategic planning and identify evidence gaps.
Apply human-centered design principles to develop innovative, practical solutions to improve patient and healthcare provider communication, enhance patient-centered decision-making, and increase patient activation.
Leverage design thinking methodologies to identify pain points and co-create interventions that improve patient care and outcomes.
Design and implement mixed-methods and multilevel interventions to address practical challenges in clinical care and improve patient outcomes.
Utilize a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to develop comprehensive solutions that are both evidence-based and patient-focused.
Support the ideation and execution of research projects, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
Disseminate findings through abstracts, manuscripts, and presentations at scientific conferences.
Support components of cross-functional patient-focused operating model with key functional partners (Scientific Communications, Medical Excellence, Insights, Digital and Analytics, Global Medical Therapeutic Areas, Clinical Development & Operations, Legal, Corporate Strategy, Commercial Strategy, Community Engagement & Advocacy, Government Affairs) and collaborate with other evidence generating functions (Real World Evidence, Health Economics Outcomes Research) to facilitate Gilead patient centricity, strategy and tactics with focus on care coordination, navigation and patient-centered decision making
Participate as an expert and spokesperson internally and externally on matters of critical importance for Patient-Focused Implementation Science, presenting at congresses, round tables, advisory boards and educational events
Knowledge, Experience and Skills:
Advanced scientific degree with implementation science experience
Experience in Pharma/Biopharma preferred
Scientific or clinical experience in one or more of the following: HIV treatment and prevention (preferred), oncology (breast, lung, GI, gynecologic, etc.), or inflammatory diseases
Experience in implementation science methods, program evaluation, quality improvement, person centered care and outcomes measurement, including experience leveraging digital health solutions and novel use of PROs, PREMs and data generated on the patient experience
Experience in managing collaborative initiatives and multi-site research partnerships, including proposal development, protocol writing and study execution and data analysis
Strong analytic, critical thinking, writing and problem-solving skills
Creative, well-spoken and articulate; ability to effectively communicate with multi-stakeholder collaborators and to deliver impactful presentations
Strong ability to collaborate across multiple internal and external partners
Uncompromising ethical standard and professional conduct
Innovative and adaptable, with a team mindset
Additional Capabilities
Managing complexity: Ability to manage complex projects and use networks to solve organizational issues
Comfort with ambiguity, paired with a proactive transformational leadership style
Prioritization: Ability to define priorities and focus on areas that add value
Problem Solving: Ability to identify the crux of a problem, and propose actionable solutions
Communication: Extreme clarity of communication, focused on key issues
Project Management: Clear organizational skills/ability to drive a team to solve complex problems
Collaborative style and the ability to influence at senior levels
Innovative self-starter with the resilience to work effectively in a fast-moving environment
Basic Qualifications:
Masters' Degree or PhD with at least 10 years of professional experience
People Leader Accountabilities:
•Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the
way they manage their teams.
•Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current
performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and
realize their purpose.
•Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding
them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
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