VP, Global Commercial Product Strategy, Oncology TA Lead

VP, Global Commercial Product Strategy, Oncology TA Lead

United States - California - Foster City Commercial/Sales Operations Regular

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Product Strategy and Operations (GCSO), this individual creates the long-term and integrated commercial vision of the Oncology therapeutic area. This position represents the therapeutic area from a commercialization perspective to provide insight and input throughout the drug development process including clinical trial design, clinical endpoints, lifecycle management, and portfolio prioritization. The therapeutic area lead ensures the key commercialization strategic issues for all brands and assets are identified and acted upon.

In addition, they will lead a team of ~20 responsible for the global commercialization of the oncology portfolio consisting of multiple late-stage assets, early internal pipeline assets, and an external opt in pipeline encompassing dozens of clinical studies across disease areas. S/he also partner with cross-functional leaders such as Medical Affairs, Value and Access, Clinical Development, and Government Affairs and other functions to co-create a unified therapeutic area strategy.

In addition, it is critical to partner with Region Heads, General Managers, and other key affiliate leaders to ensure our global with local operating model is successful and drives optimal results.

This individual will lead a team responsible for the Oncology portfolio including global launch planning for new products, overseeing the marketing of approved products across markets, partnering with business development to assess potential partnerships and acquisitions, commercial perspectives of pipeline assets and Oncology therapeutic area and disease area strategies. This area is a strategic priority for Gilead and an opportunity to lead and shape our approach in this critical area.

The successful therapeutic area leader will be a dynamic, experienced individual with a strong track record of strategy and team leadership in Oncology across a variety of settings and topics in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry. S/he must have the proven ability to effectively manage complex and ambiguous projects, influence stakeholders without authority, effectively network across the organization and communicate with senior leaders all within a fast moving, challenging and dynamic commercial environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute on a holistic Oncology therapeutic area strategic vision to balance near-term and long- term priorities and commit to a course of action to accomplish established goals. Co-creation with key matrix stakeholders is a key skillset required.
• Providing strategic thinking and enterprise mindset to allow for identification of future market opportunities, review of the franchise portfolio and prioritization of opportunities for internal research, and external opportunities for potential acquisition or partnering
• Through partnership with Oncology TA Leaders and Oncology Program Strategy Leaders across the organization, ensure the commercial perspective and strategy is well articulated, communicated, and agreed to by relevant parties (including our partners at Kite as appropriate) for key decisions
• Build out, lead and develop an industry leading team of ~20 responsible for the global commercialization of the oncology portfolio consisting of multiple late-stage assets with rich lifecycle plans, multiple early internal pipeline assets, and an external opt in pipeline encompassing dozens of clinical studies across disease areas
• Represent commercial leadership on multiple partnership Steering Committees
• Decision maker on oncology governance committees
• Partner with development to ensure robust life cycle plans and integrated evidence plans are developed for compounds from IND stage through loss of exclusivity
• Oversee early-stage and external molecule commercial assessments including target product profiles, market research and pipeline strategies.
• Lead the development of disease area strategies within the scope defined by the TA strategy.
• Oversee the development of launch…