Global Team Lead, COVID-19 and Emerging Viruses

Global Team Lead, COVID-19 and Emerging Viruses
United States - California - Foster City

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Job Description


Global Team Lead, COVID-19 and Emerging Viruses

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the VP, Global Medical Affairs Virology, this Global TA Lead is a key leadership position within the Global antiviral team in response to the current pandemic.

An integral part of the Global Antiviral Medical Affairs strategy will be overseeing and maintaining the tenor of Gilead's scientific strategy and communications with both the community of health care professionals that treat and influence the treatment of certain antivirals as well as internal cross-functional colleagues, including ensuring the creation of high-quality content outputs such as global strategy plans, global data gap analyses, global phase 4 research plans, slide decks, medical presentations at conferences, advisory boards, and other meetings and promotional materials. In fulfillment of this responsibility, the Global TA Lead, will manage a team of talented professionals; collaborate with colleagues throughout the Gilead organization as well as with the external investigator community.

The key functions of this role are to:

• Develop, innovate and execute the antiviral global Medical Affairs and cross-functional strategic plans based on a landscape assessment of unmet needs, with cross-functional inputs from colleagues from affiliates and Medical Scientists, Government and Public Affairs, Healthcare Policy, Clinical Research, Health Economics and Commercial functions
• Lead the planning and execution and planning of antiviral Investigator-Sponsored Research program
• Work with antiviral Medical Affairs colleagues worldwide to pull through scientific and healthcare policy communications and publications from investigator-sponsored research projects
• Lead the planning and execution of Collaborative and including identification and execution of supportive phase 4 Gilead sponsored research, both clinical and real-world
• Collaborate with Medical Information to assure maintenance and creation of high-quality professional communications for healthcare professional in response to unsolicited requests for product information
• Assess medical education needs in the global healthcare environment regarding COVID-19 and Emerging Viruses antiviral and collaborate with Independent Medical Education Department to assure that appropriate programs are reviewed and supported
• Serve as antiviral Medical Affairs lead for the review process of promotional materials

Specific Job Requirements

• Subject matter expertise with regard to remdesivir, COVID, hospital and intensive medicine-based care issues, infectious disease, viral and/or respiratory and pulmonary disease preferred
• Establish credible knowledge base regarding pulmonary/ICU/respiratory/infectious/viral disease state and develop strategies to address unmet medical needs within the patient populations affected
• Prepare presentation materials and present scientific data at internal and external Advisory Boards, strategic meetings, and to internal cross-functional partners
• Serve as an information resource to Gilead colleagues, including the Medical Scientists, including medical educational activities, grants and investigator-sponsored/collaborative studies
• Provide medical and scientific leadership at key scientific meetings involving antivirals
• Serve on Independent Medical Education (IMED) Committee to review and give medical perspective on IMED proposals
• Maintain regular contact with community advocates, government and policy officials and KOLs to identify data gaps, track study progress and communication deliverables
• Ability to assess, understand and communicate continuously expanding medical and scientific information, as well as market knowledge
• Anticipates future industry trends and opportunities, and proactively develops plans to address through antiviral strategy
• Excellent analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to identify and understand complex issues and problems and identify key findings from study data and publications
  Ability to suggest solutions for issues encountered with clinical studies and other projects in area of responsibility

Essential Skills:

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiating communication skills
• Excellent strategic and organizational skills to support project planning across multiple activities, with ability to anticipate and prioritize workload on multiple ongoing projects
• Excellent teamwork skills, both in leading and as part of a cross functional team. Organized; attention to detail and able to meet timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to identify and understand complex issues and problems and identify and query key findings from study data and publications
• Experience in developing effective abstracts, manuscripts, posters and slides and presenting at scientific meetings
• Must be fully cognizant and adhere to regulatory and legal (Business Conduct) requirements for implementation science and other Medical Affairs activities
• Able to work with a level of autonomy and independence

Knowledge, Experience & Skills

• M.D., D.O., PhD (biological or pharmaceutical sciences) PharmD, NP or PA with extensive experience in infectious diseases, virology or clinical virology, hospital intensive medicine, pulmonology.
• > 10 years' experience in Medical Affairs and/or Clinical Research including Phase IIIc and IV studies; clinical trials management, medical monitoring, medical education and scientific communication

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