Senior Manager Commercial Learning & Development – HIV Community Liaison

Senior Manager Commercial Learning & Development – HIV Community Liaison

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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 a possible, together.

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.

Reporting to the Director, Commercial Learning and Development for HIV, the Senior Manager Commercial L&D will oversee development of and provide expertise in the implementation of a training curriculum and sustainment that serves the needs for the Gilead Field Commercial Organization within the HIV Business Unit.

This position is posted as either a Remote position (25‑30% travel) or Head Quarters (15‑20% travel) based on the successful candidate making an informed choice. Travel is required to attend meetings, training events and field visits.

• Lead and collaborate on the development and implementation of knowledge/skill-based training focused on ensuring success through therapeutic disease state and product knowledge for commercial field sales.
• Develop and execute training with a specific focus on our new hire program ‘Accelerate’ as well as account management skills, product knowledge, new promotional campaigns, product launches, communication skills, selling skills, phased trainings, sales meeting training workshops, ongoing learning sustainment programs & other as needed field sales.
• Design the Community Liaison (CL) training plan and sustainment programs aligned to strategic commercial goals.
• Collaborate with CL leadership, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Ethics & Compliance, and other stakeholders to ensure training content is current, effective, and compliant.
• Lead the regional training agenda to develop skills of CLs; mentor and coach team members.
• Drive cross‑functional initiatives (e.g., linkage to care education, branded/unbranded curricula) to enhance CL impact in territory.
• Partner with external vendors to design curricula or programs and planning of instructional methods and materials using adult learning principles.
• Effectively prepare for instruction by conducting needs assessments, identifying targeted participant characteristics, and soliciting cross‑functional feedback before finalizing design and strategy.
• Offer solutions for bridging gaps between current organizational capabilities and needs.
• Help ensure readiness of the organization for training deployment including identifying key stakeholders and determining their needs in advance, in order to deliver high quality and effective programming.
• Analyze the characteristics of existing technologies and their use in instructional design.
• Partner…