Director, US Viral Hepatitis Communications

Director, US Viral Hepatitis Communications
United States - California - Foster City

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gileads therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

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Director, US Viral Hepatitis Communications, Public Affairs

Reporting to the Executive Director/Vice President, US Business Lead, Public Affairs this role will support the development and implementation of US-specific executions of global initiatives relating to Gilead's research and development efforts, current product portfolio, partnerships and programs spanning the viral hepatitis (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis C) therapeutic areas.

The role is responsible for helping to demonstrate Gilead's leadership in viral hepatitis by articulating Gilead's vision across external and internal audiences, raising awareness of unmet medical, systemic and social needs that our science and programs seek to address, and communicating progress against these goals.

This role works closely with cross-functional colleagues in the US Commercial Organization, Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Government Affairs and Public Policy and engages colleagues across Public Affairs' global centers of expertise and global therapeutic area communications to help inform cross-functional priorities.

Responsibilities Include:

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to develop and maintain a therapeutic area narrative that serves as a framework to organize storytelling and messaging.
• Develop tactics that strategically assert Gilead's point of view and demonstrate Gilead's leadership on issues relevant to the viral hepatitis therapeutic areas. Ensure all materials are accurate and comply with business conduct and regulatory requirements.
• Manage the submission, review and approval of all materials through Gilead's review committee process.
• Monitor environment and media to anticipate and advise on key issues relating to the company's products and programs in viral hepatitis. Disseminate relevant coverage to key internal teams.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of issues relevant to Gilead's viral hepatitis business ensuring that talking points and key message documents are updated and disseminated among internal and external audiences in a timely, proactive manner.
• Collaborate on programs related to viral hepatitis in other Public Affairs and Government Affairs centers of expertise, including corporate communications, community engagement, corporate giving and policy. Programs may include corporate advertising, corporate website and intranet content development, advocacy group engagement, funding opportunity announcements, among others.
• Triage and respond to media inquiries.
• Serve as daily point of contact with PR agency partners, providing agency teams with appropriate information and oversight to effectively implement programs in compliance with Gilead's business conduct policies.
• Reconcile budgets on a monthly basis to help ensure spends are tracking to budget. Alert management to any under-/over-spends.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• Requires a BA degree in communications, liberal arts, business or science-oriented field and 12 years of relevant experience, which includes 8-10 years of healthcare public relations experience or a Master's Degree in the related area with 10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience driving communications plans that support business priorities
• Expertise in media relations and issues management
• Ability to interact with senior management, academic experts and patient advocates appropriately, with confidence and ease
• Ability to influence others and drive alignment across diverse teams
• A passion for engaging in public health and policy issues
• Prior experience in HIV or viral hepatitis communications, advocacy, government affairs, marketing or medical affairs is preferred. Prior experience in supporting communications for a franchise in a leadership position, with multiple products in a particular therapeutic area is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulations governing communications for a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company

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