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.
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.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job Description
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.
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.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed, and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
About the role:
The Associate Director, Marketing, is a pivotal role within our business, working within a cross functional team, you will use your marketing expertise and project leadership skills to help shape our commercial strategies, including our annual brand planning process. Reporting to the Snr Business Unit Director, you will work in close partnership with fellow core brand team members, and colleagues in Sales and Medical, to ensure the success of the portfolio, acting as Lead when the Business Unit Director is not available.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Marketing leadership ( including but not limited to):
- Strategic thinker with ability to formulate, develop and execute strategy.
- Owner of the development of insights based commercial strategies with cross-functional input and collaboration, including annual brand planning process and POA process.
- Leverages primary and secondary market research, analytics and customer insights to inform brand strategies and direct the tactical plan direct brand strategies and optimise marketing tactics,
- Responsible for analysing complex problems and situations and providing logical recommendations, including leading any required action planning.
- Takes a lead role within the cross-functional brand team and acts as a Brand Champion within our local and global organisation. Core member of the brand team and may take the lead when the BUD is not available.
- Demonstrates enterprise thinking when planning and executing against goals, ensuring a focus on patients, customers, and internal stakeholders.
- Plays an important role in representing the business at professional events.
- Highly experienced in project management and effectively managing multiple projects/priorities through sound business judgement and clear decision making. In-depth ability to conceive, develop and implement multi-dimensional/channel marketing and business plans.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets is required, including P&L responsibility.
Strategic stakeholder engagement (including, but not limited to):
- Establishes and grows impactful relationships, maintaining a focus on key internal stakeholders and key opinion leaders locally and nationally.
- Communicates effectively and influences a diverse range of stakeholders, both internally and externally
- Ability to successfully work with external agencies, including advertising, public relations, and medical education vendors to lead the development of programs and materials.
- Leads the cross-functional partnership with sales leader to ensure the roll-out/ implementation of marketing material to support the in-field sales team.
- Leads a multichannel communications plan to ensure optimal channel selection, share of voice and maximised customer understanding of our clinical positioning.
- Utilises high level of business acumen in analysing and coordinating activities from identified industry.
trends, competitor’s resources, and practices.
- Communicates effectively and influences a diverse range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.
People Leadership (if have a direct report):
- Manages a brand manager and fosters a high-performance culture by clearly defining roles, responsibilities, and measurable outcomes.
- Established and meets future development needs of the team by providing mentoring, coaching, and ensuring individual development plans are in place.
- Fosters an environment of trust and strong collaboration across the business unit, balancing the needs of the marketing team with broader team and enterprise objectives.
- Support the cross functional team to manage and lead change.
What you will bring to the role
You will be a highly experienced, tenured, and trusted marketing leader who thrives in an environment that enables empowerment to make great outcomes possible, and in turn, embrace a high level of accountability for leading multiple projects/priorities.
- >5 years of experience in marketing leadership experience, ideally within the biopharmaceutical industry working in speciality care, and previous experience as a senior pharmaceutical sales representative is highly desirable.
- Deep understanding of marketing fundamentals, strategy, sales and commercial policies and practices.
- Strong ability to influence and lead without authority cross-functionally to drive successful outcomes.
- Experience with Advocacy, Community and National Health systems and services are preferred. Including, direct-to-Patient (e.g. Patient Ad Boards, consultancy arrangements etc).
- Advanced analytical skills and being able to identify, understand, and break down complex issues and problems into solutions that drive performance, with deep understanding of omni-channel engagement.
- Demonstrate excellence in project management and effectively managing multiple priorities.
- Strong emotional intelligence with a patient centric approach when problem solving.
- If people leader - Strong leadership qualities such as having the ability to attract, motive and retain talent and drive a culture of collaboration, engagement, and motivation.
- In-depth ability to conceive, develop and implement multi-dimensional/channel marketing and business plans.
- Previous experience in marketing research desired.
- Previous pharmaceutical launch experience is highly desired.
- Requires a BA or BS degree, preferably in the sciences or business-related disciplines, with Master’s or Postgraduate qualifications highly desirable.
Gilead Leadership Commitments
You will be a role model of the Gilead Leadership Commitments, which are five principles that articulate clear expectations for behaviours and mindsets of all Gilead employees. The Leadership Commitments include I Am Bold, I Care, I Listen, I Trust, and I Own.
Commitment To Diversity and Inclusion
We want all our employees to embrace and leverage each other’s talents and diverse perspectives, foster a sense of belonging, achieve their full career potential, and contribute to the team’s success. This is demonstrated through our Silver Status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.
As an equal opportunity employer, Gilead Sciences is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, colour, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state, and local laws.
As a company committed to reconciliation, we welcome and encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.
For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:
Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
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