Senior Director

Senior Director, Cellular Therapy Patient & Professional Relations, Public Affairs
United States - New Jersey - Parsippany

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Job Description

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North, South and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Gilead makes it a priority to increase access to its medicines for people who can benefit from them, regardless of where they live or their economic status.

Director, Cellular Therapy Patient & Professional Relations, Public Affairs

Reporting to the Senior Director of Cellular Therapy Patient & Professional Relations, this role will be responsible for developing and leading an advocacy and engagement strategy for Kite's cellular therapy portfolio. This includes establishing long-term relationships and strategic alliances with patient advocacy groups, professional associations and non-profit organizations. In this role, you will be responsible for managing relationships and creating opportunities for Kite to work with the broader oncology patient and provider community around disease education and awareness, patient support, research, continuing medical education and policy initiatives. You will work across Kite's Commercial and R&D teams and as part of the Patient and Professional Relations team, this role will bring the voice of the patient to Kite's programming.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Serve as a strategic business partner and advisor to Commercial and R&D teams, leveraging advocacy expertise, business acumen and interpersonal skills to bring the voice of the patient to Kite's planning and programming.
• Manage key relationships within the oncology patient advocacy and professional association community to enable Kite to compliantly engage these groups as part of the Company's strategic public affairs outreach strategy.
• Manage and execute programs that engage patient advocacy and professional provider groups including, but not limited to, disease awareness campaigns, continuing medical education, patient support initiatives, clinical trial recruitment and public policy work.
• Execute programming associated with corporate sponsorships, programs and initiatives in partnership with third-party patient advocacy or provider groups including advisory boards and patient roundtables.
• Collaborate with other Public Affairs team members to execute integrated public affairs campaigns (including public relations, advocacy, and internal communications) that are aligned to the business strategies and objectives for Kite.
• Manage corporate sponsorships, programs and initiatives in partnership with third-party patient advocacy or provider groups including advisory boards and patient roundtables.
• Partner with the Public Affairs Leadership team to optimize Kite and Gilead's overall corporate reputation.
• Effectively manage a budget via corporate grants and ensure compliance with policies and reporting requirements.
• The role is responsible for both domestic USA as well as global.

Basic Qualifications:

• MA/MS with 12+ years of experience
• BA/BS with 10+ years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 8-10 years of experience in biopharmaceutical industry
• At least 8 years of experience working with patient advocacy associations, most of which should be directly related to oncology.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills
• Experience in patient advocacy, community engagement, and issues management.
• Strategic thinker who can devise solutions to patient care while working in the framework of a drug development company.
• Able to prioritize tasks, and organize and manage multiple projects.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with internal customers and cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate and manage projects with external consultants as needed or appropriate.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrate ability to take initiative and consistently deliver high-quality, patient-centric solutions while working in a high-matrix organization.
• Must be willing to travel 30% of the time.

The salary range for this position is: $216,070.00 - $279,620.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans .

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