Gilead Sciences
VP, Commercial Insights, Analytics and Operations
United States - California - Foster City · Vp
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About the role
- Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people.
- The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer.
- Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.
Responsibilities
- Define and advance the future state of U.S. Commercial Insights, Analytics, Forecasting, and related capabilities, building an integrated roadmap that strengthens decision-making, speed to insights, scalability, and enterprise impact.
- Drive commercial operations excellence across field enablement, targeting, sales force sizing and structure, territory alignment, incentive planning, CRM, training, meetings, and other core operating processes.
- Ensure the team continues to research, assess, design, select, install, and utilizes appropriate technology platforms, business capabilities, and ways of working that encourage process consistency, and scalable information systems.
- Set an expectation and goal to serve as a trusted and strategic advisor to commercial leadership teams, therapeutic area leads, and other critical partners/stakeholders across the organization.
- Ensure teams focus on the business needs, and extract and deliver key insights and implications for Gilead.
- Collaborate effectively with senior leaders across multiple functions and therapeutic areas, influence without authority as needed, and navigate organizational complexity effectively.
- Partner effectively across U.S. Commercial and other key stakeholders to align priorities, manage trade-offs, and support enterprise decisions at the portfolio level.
- Detailed Functional Scope Market Research Deliver forward-looking customer, market, and brand insights to inform therapeutic area strategy, brand planning, launch readiness, and key commercial decisions.
- Forecasting Oversee design, development, and execution of forecasting models for launch and marketed products to inform financial cycles for all therapeutic areas and brands.
- Carry out base-case and scenario analysis to support decision making by Commercial, Corporate Strategy, R&D, Finance, Manufacturing, and Executive leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 16 years of experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry are required
- 14 years of experience with an advanced degree (MBA, MS Analytics, Ph.D., etc.) Strong track record of commercial success in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry
- experience in HIV, liver disease, oncology, or inflammation is desirable.
- Strong communicator with the ability to synthesize insights and present recommendations clearly to senior and executive audiences.
- Strategic, innovative thinker with the ability to define the big picture while guiding execution.
- minimum of 8 years of people leadership experience.
- experience in HIV, liver disease, oncology, or inflammation is desirable. Deep expertise in market research, analytics, forecasting, and commercial insight generation, with the ability to translate complex data into clear strategic recommendations through effective storytelling Proven ability to frame complex business problems, evaluate strategic options, and drive high-impact analytical work. Enterprise-minded leader who partners effectively across functions, influences senior stakeholders, and supports visible, time-sensitive decisions. Strong communicator with the ability to synthesize insights and present recommendations clearly to senior and executive audiences. Strategic, innovative thinker with the ability to define the big picture while guiding execution. Strong financial acumen with the ability to assess strategic trade-offs, manage complex external vendor partnerships, and ensure investments deliver measurable business impact. Demonstrated experience leading, developing, and hiring high-performing teams
- minimum of 8 years of people leadership experience. At least 8 years of experience leading, developing and hiring team members Gilead Core Values Integrity (Doing What's Right) Inclusion (Encouraging Diversity) Teamwork (Working Together) Excellence (Being Your Best) Accountability (Taking Personal Responsibility) 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. For jobs in the United States: Gilead Sciences Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, 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. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact ApplicantAccommodations@gilead.com for assistance. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the 'Know Your Rights' poster. NOTICE: EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT Gilead Sciences will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information
- or (d) otherwise protected by law. Our environment respects individual differences and recognizes each employee as an integral member of our company. Our workforce reflects these values and celebrates the individuals who make up our growing team. Gilead provides a work environment free of harassment and prohibited conduct. We promote and support individual differences and diversity of thoughts and opinion. For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors: Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday. Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.
- Demonstrated experience leading, developing, and hiring high-performing teams; minimum of 8 years of people leadership experience.
Compensation
- Lead state-of-the-art analytics, market research, forecasting, and scenario planning to inform brand strategy, launch planning, business reviews, annual budgeting, latest estimates, and forecasting.
Benefits
- 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.
Company info
- At Gilead, we're creating a healthier world for all people.
- 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.
- 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.
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