Gilead Sciences

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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.

We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We’re welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we’re nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams.

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. 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. As a Director US Market Access Strategy HIV, you are responsible for three main areas.

• Access Strategists are responsible for shaping all aspects of their assigned brands' access strategy. This role is responsible for launching an access/pricing strategy in the US market. This strategic work includes the development, ongoing assessment, and execution of innovative access strategies in all segments (Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare) to meet competition and respond to changing and challenging marketplace dynamics.
• Drive strategic alignment by creating processes that leverage insights, share best practices, and develop a culture of open and transparent communication.
• Understand customer perspective and develop a POV on how the market access landscape is evolving within a particular TA (Therapeutic Area), e.g., HIV. Orchestrate smooth execution of strategy working with cross-functional partners. Monitor current and ongoing projects and identify future areas of opportunity to enhance the company's US Payer capabilities and create affordable patient access to our innovative products.

Responsibilities Include:

• Partner across the organization to lead and develop the US HIV Launch Access Strategies - the ability to understand the complexity of the managed care industry and capable of guiding a cross-functional team that designs/recommends optimal access/pricing approaches.
• Provide the "voice of the payer" to Commercial Team Leadership. Monitor the Payor access environment and key trends, identify issues, and develop/recommend innovative access solutions.
• Ensure organizational alignment around factors affecting coverage, provider reimbursement, and patient access while tracking Payer policies and trends impacting Gilead’s TAs.
• Integrate market access and payer perspectives into product development plans, collaborating with Global Value & Access (GV&A) and Global Commercial Product Strategy teams.
• Collaborate closely with the strategic contracting and analytics functions to ensure strategy success while partnering with Medical Affairs and (GV&A) for product value demonstration and evidence-generation plans that support long-term access strategies across the product lifecycle.
• Develop extensive managed markets strategic plans and Payer marketing tactics/resources for current and in-development assets aligned with Medical Affairs, Sales, and Marketing.
• Provide input into brand planning, bridging coverage/access goals with emerging payer needs.
• Oversee dedicated Managed Markets budget and drive cross-portfolio access initiatives.
• Develop and maintain broad, deep, and current customer expertise through coordination with Account Teams as well as other internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain knowledge of the product portfolio and all business segments, including the nuanced differences between different business segments, e.g., Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and Federal. 
• Defining internal and external research, market segment assessments/analytics, pricing analogs, and analysis to input and drive Market access and pricing strategy for a particular TA.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years’ Experience

OR

Master's Degree and Ten Years Experience

OR

PhD and Eight Years Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or other advanced degree
• Demonstrate a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities, including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes, and create business impact.
• Possess a deep understanding of the US healthcare environment and the payer/reimbursement space; ability to identify trends in healthcare that impact our business and to develop and drive strategies and tactics that will help ensure sustainable business success.
• Has a proven track record of success in developing, implementing, and executing strategies that drive business performance.
• Demonstrates strong strategic and analytical skills and business acumen.
• Advanced strategic thinking skills and strategic story-telling skills as evidenced by the ability to identify alternative scenarios, resulting implications, and development of pragmatic recommendations.
• Clear communication skills: the ability to navigate internal organization/processes, mobilize key stakeholders, and engage both colleagues and Senior Leadership
• Experience managing and executing complex market access plans in a challenging pricing environment

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.

The salary range for this position is: $221,170.00 - $286,220.00. 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*.

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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