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Director, Corporate Development- Search and Evaluation – Oncology and Inflammation

United States - California - Foster CityBusiness Development/Corporate DevelopmentRegular
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Job Description

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, cancer and inflammation, headquartered in Foster City, California.

The Search and Evaluation group in Corporate Development identifies, engages, and evaluates external preclinical and clinical-stage opportunities aligned with Gilead’s R&D strategy. The key roles of the position are to identify and lead the evaluation of external opportunities, drive the deep scientific cross-functional diligence of select opportunities, and oversee and guide the presentation of diligence findings to Gilead’s Senior leadership.

This position will focus on identification and evaluation of external Oncology and Inflammation opportunities with support, as needed, for other Therapeutic areas including Virology, Cell Therapy and Technologies and Platforms. The role requires significant scientific expertise in Oncology and or Inflammation and a firm understanding of and significant experience in drug discovery and/or development in Biotech/Pharma.

The position requires deep collaborative engagement within Corporate Development and with key stakeholders within Gilead’s R&D leadership. Diligence efforts are supported internally through highly collaborative effort utilizing teams comprised of functional delegates.

The position enables and requires close partnership with colleagues in Corporate Development responsible for leading transactions/contracting and enables collaborative involvement in term sheet, contract negotiations and Research plans associated with collaborations. Based on candidate interest, the position can enable career development more broadly in Corporate Development by allowing for transaction and contract experience with potential for a future transition, if desired, from a science-focused role in Search and Evaluation to a more traditional transaction role in Corporate Development.

Responsibilities and Job Functions

  • Proactively identify, engage, and evaluate external opportunities aligned with Gilead’s R&D Oncology and Inflammation strategies.

  • Work directly with Gilead’s Competitive Intelligence group to understand therapeutic area landscapes, inflection points of key clinical stage programs, and define competitive landscapes for targets/programs of interest.

  • Present new opportunity summaries and recommendations to therapeutic area leadership at regular triage meetings.

  • Lead cross-functional scientific diligence teams assembled to deeply evaluate selected opportunities – summarize key findings, key risks, next steps for additional diligence, and team recommendation and for programs which progress, subsequently prepare and present with the diligence team and Corporate Development transaction lead the opportunity to Gilead’s internal Governance body for approval to proceed with financial and contract negotiations with the external party.

  • Be a highly collaborative and inclusive team member of the Corporate Development organization.

  • Partner with Corporate Development Business leads to help define structure and terms for proposals.

  • The position also offers the opportunity to learn the financial, business, and contractual aspects of partnering and acquisitions based on applicant’s career aspirations.

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of professional and scientific experience, Master’s Degree with 10+ years scientific experience, or PhD/PharmD/DVM/MD or similar life sciences education with 5-8+ years of scientific experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.

  • Experience or previous role in Corporate Development or Search and Evaluation is optimal but not required.

  • Significant expertise and experience in Oncology and/or Inflammation.

  • Ability to lead, guide and closely collaborate with cross-functional teams and effectively engage and communicate with diligence team members and Gilead’s leadership.

  • Strong commitment and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and inclusively.

  • Capable of managing and prioritizing parallel activities in a fast-paced work environment.

  • Advanced written and oral communication skills with ability to summarize and objectively present complex scientific information.

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