Vice President

Vice President, Global Head of Patient Safety
United States - California - Foster City

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Job Description

The Gilead Patient Safety organization is a dynamic organization of over 300 scientists and clinicians, with a worldwide footprint including core sites in Foster City CA, Cambridge UK and Parsippany NJ. The Patient Safety Leadership Team includes the VP Global Head to whom report four vice presidents and two executive directors, encompassing the therapeutic areas (virology, oncology, inflammation, established products) and related medical safety science activities, strategic operations and EU QPPV/Affiliates.

Reporting to the SVP of Regulatory, Safety and Quality (RSQ), the VP Global Head of Patient Safety (GHPS) is responsible and accountable for the definition and execution of the worldwide pharmacovigilance strategy for all Gilead investigational and marketed products. The GHPS provides leadership, through the Patient Safety Leadership team, to a dynamic and global organization of over 300 scientists and clinicians. The GHPS leads broadly in a cross-functional and multi-cultural environment and leverage their experience to represent Patient Safety in discussions with senior leadership and Executive Management. The GHPS oversees patient safety governance processes and chairs the Global Safety and Labeling Committee. The GHPS is a member of the RSQ Leadership Team, the Extended Development Leadership Team and the Gilead Operating Group (top senior leaders).

Core Responsibilities:

Strategic Thinking: Sets the overall safety strategy for all of the Gilead portfolio throughout the entire product lifecycle with input from Research, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacturing, Legal and Commercial functions. Understands the competitive landscape across all therapeutic areas, including having a perspective on how clinical practice and patient needs are evolving as well as therapeutic area trends and their relevance to the Gilead portfolio; Provides pharmacovigilance leadership, oversight, strategic and technical guidance in discussions with teams in support of due diligences for potential in-licensing activities, external collaborations and acquisitions; ensures pharmacovigilance operations and organizational structure deliver optimally in terms of efficiency, quality and strategic contributions.

Influence & Partnership: Establishes and maintains strong, collaborative relationships with all relevant internal stakeholders; Establishes and maintains an external network including relationships with the pharmacovigilance community and innovation community, medical and scientific organizations, governmental bodies and patient organizations; Identifies opportunities and sources of innovation within pharmacovigilance; Sets the expectation for and models a collaborative and enterprise mindset.

Delivery Excellence: Ensures that the pharmacovigilance actions are aligned with disease area strategies and appropriate activities are prioritized; Facilitates efforts across Development and is accountable for the technical execution of pharmacovigilance projects and deliverables across all therapeutic areas; Oversees the safety related operational direction across all therapeutic area within the Development organization, which includes responsibility for medical safety aspects of clinical studies such as protocol design, benefit-risk assessment, signal detection and management, medical monitoring of post-authorization commitment safety studies, safety governance activities (e.g., EU QPPV) and local Patient Safety activities. Champions initiatives that contribute to global process improvements. Develops and provides mentorship to enable project teams to embrace pharmacovigilance initiatives and strategic remits.

Additional Responsibilities:

Innovation: Thinks creatively and brings innovative solutions to optimize the contribution of Patient Safety within Gilead; Identifies and leverages advances in pharmacovigilance where appropriate, such as use of artificial intelligence, real-world data, analytics and innovative trial designs to support operational efficiency, signal detection, risk management and enhanced benefit-risk profile

People Development: Develops others by creating opportunities within the PS organization, fostering cross-functional exchanges, identifying and mentoring high performers and building a culture of continuous improvement and inclusion throughout the organization; Delegates responsibility and empowers others.
•  Maintains a culture of rigorous data-driven decision making that rewards truth-seeking behavior; Encourages employees to exercise good judgement and embrace decision making; Empowers capable individuals to be accountable decision-makers; Closely partners with senior leaders to develop strategies in close alignment with business objectives across the portfolio
Communication: Advocates on behalf of Gilead and effectively communicates complex medical/clinical concepts in both written and oral communication to both internal and external stakeholders

Basic Requirements

Capabilities & Requirements:
•  Prior global leadership experience in a Patient Safety / Pharmacovigilance organization and broad R&D global functional experience and understanding
•  Credibility and reputation to attract and retain top talent with a history of creating teams that can thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
•  Ability to create and fulfill a vision in a matrix environment and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders across different functions.
•  Strong interpersonal skills that facilitate collaboration across functions to reach consensus on safety topics.
•  Ability to travel nationally and internationally as required.
Education & Qualifications:
•  MD degree and board certification or equivalent years of pharmacovigilance experience
•  15+ years of biopharmaceutical industry drug development experience, early through late-stage development
Preferred Qualifications

Capabilities & Requirements:
•  Established track record as a strong clinical scientist, with expertise in translational medicine, real-world evidence, benefit-risk assessment and risk management.
•  Solid knowledge of pharmacovigilance operations and processes as well as national/regional differences and requirements (e.g., US FDA, EMA, PMDA)
•  Established reputation as a senior leader in the global pharmacovigilance ecosystem (e.g., participation in CIOMS, Navitas, Transcelerate
•  Established reputation as a leader of a senior level team with a global footprint, managing across time zones and geographies.
Education & Qualifications:
•  Additional degree or hands-on training in epidemiology, biostatistics or related fields
•  Broad career experience including academic medicine and industry experience in development, medical affairs and/or regulatory affairs.
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