Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence – Liver, Inflammation, and Cross-TA

Job Description

As Senior Director of Competitive Intelligence (CI), you will:

• Lead a team providing CI activities for marketed and pipeline products in Hepatology and Inflammation, including collection, synthesis and delivery of key insights and implications to our business
• Support decision-making and foster a competitive mindset across the organization
• Collaborate with diverse partners including Global Commercial Strategy, US Commercial, Corporate Development, Corporate Strategy, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Research, Regulatory, and Legal
• Manage cross-therapeutic area (TA) strategy and operations to identify opportunities to add value to Gilead and expand CI contributions

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Define CI priorities for Liver/Inflammation/Cross-TA in collaboration with key stakeholders to proactively address key business decisions
• Drive alignment and communication to leadership on key competitive events and implications
• Explore new tools to enhance productivity and upgrade CI capabilities
• Manage, mentor, and develop the Liver/Inflammation/Cross-TA CI team

Competitive Analysis

• Provide context and objective analysis of competitive information (commercial, clinical, and scientific)
• Assess competitive dynamics, competitor pipelines, product profiles, strategy and activities
• Deliver conference coverage including analysis of clinical data and commercial presence
• Translate competitive information into actionable insights for Gilead

Information Management and CI Capabilities

• Improve CI information sharing within the organization
• Deliver quarterly updates on competitive events to Senior Leadership & Board
• Manage and optimize CI tools, resources, and methodologies

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with the other CI therapeutic area leads (Virology and Oncology) to improve overall effectiveness of the CI function and promote best practice sharing
• Lead key cross-TA projects and CI functional projects, as appropriate
• Partner with third-party agencies to support CI projects
• Ensure legal and ethical approaches to CI, protecting business interests and confidentiality

Key Skills:

• Strong leadership and people management abilities
• Proficiency in CI research, analysis, and strategic insight development
• Technology savvy with experience implementing innovative solutions
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong project management and time management skills
• Good understanding of pharma sector, including clinical development and commercial strategies
• Proficiency with online data sources and scientific/market databases
• Experience successfully coordinating interactions and alignment across multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams, including leading competitive workshops
• Commitment to Gilead's patient-centric values and high ethical standards

Preferred Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree required; Masters, PhD, or equivalent graduate degree preferred (life science discipline a plus)
• Minimum 10 years in Competitive Intelligence, Consulting, Medical Affairs, or Commercial roles
• Previous team management experience preferred
• Experience in liver disease and/or inflammation desirable but not required

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 14 years of experience, Master's degree and 12 years of experience, or PHD and 12 years of experience
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required (typically less than 10% of time)

Location:

• The position is based in Foster City, CA