Associate Director, Medical Affairs

Associate Director, Medical Affairs

Gilead

Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Job Description

We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Associate Director, Treatment Execution Lead (Tx EL) to join the Global HIV Medical Affairs team, with responsibility for Australia, Canada and Europe Mid-Size Markets (ACE MM).

This role ensures that regional needs shape global medical and commercialization strategies - and that global strategies enable successful regional execution. This individual serves as a critical bridge between Global Medical Affairs (GMA) and ACE MM region/affiliate teams, acting as both:

• The primary representative of the regional needs, priorities and insights at global level.
• The key enabler ensuring ACE MM markets receive the appropriate level of support, resources and strategic alignment from the GMA team.

The Tx EL plays a central role in advancing a "global with local" model, enhancing the relevance, impact, and execution of global strategies across diverse markets.

Core Responsibilities

Regional Representation & Strategic Influence

• Act as the primary advocate for ACE Mid-Size Markets within Global Medical Affairs and other cross-functional teams.
• Represent regional priorities, challenges, and unmet needs in global strategic discussions, focused on healthcare provider and patient perspectives within the HIV treatment landscape.
• Bring forward consolidated, high-quality medical insights to actively shape and influence global strategy, priorities, and decision-making.
• Ensure regional perspectives are systematically integrated into treatment global medical strategy, asset lifecycle plans and evidence generation priorities.
• Partner across Global Medical Affairs, affiliates and key cross-functional stakeholders to ensure ACE MM priorities are represented and inform enterprise-wide decisions.

Global-to-Local Strategy Enablement & Impact

• Ensure ACE MM receive the right level of support, resources, and engagement from the GMA HIV team.
• Facilitate timely and coordinated access to GMA updates, materials, expertise and capabilities.
• Proactively identify gaps in support, execution barriers, or unmet needs, and mobilize solutions.
• Act as a centralized point of coordination, reducing fragmentation and improving responsiveness across GMA interactions.
• Translate global HIV treatment strategies and priorities into locally relevant and actionable plans.
• Drive alignment with the Global Plan of Action and cross-functional priorities.
• Enable consistent, high-quality implementation across ACE MM markets.
• Simplify global-to-local ways of working, streamline communication flows and improve execution effectiveness across stakeholders.

Insights Generation & Integration

• Lead structured and continuous insights collection from affiliates.
• Consolidate regional input into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.
• Ensure insights are visible at global level and actively used to inform strategy and decisions (closing the loop).
• Leverage affiliate insights to drive strategic ideation and continuous improvement.

Capability Building & Local Empowerment

• Strengthen affiliate capabilities by providing support to training, best practice sharing and cross-country collaboration.
• Enable local teams to execute effectively without increasing complexity or burden.
• Increase visibility of local achievements and best practices at global level.
• Foster collaboration across affiliates, global teams and cross-functional partners to accelerate learning, innovation and execution excellence.

Scientific Congress & Meeting Support

• Lead coordination and orchestration of key global HIV scientific congresses and regional Medical Affairs meetings involving ACE Mid-Size Markets.
• Partner with GMA, affiliates, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure effective planning, alignment, content coordination, and execution of congress-related activities.
• Drive stakeholder engagement, best practice sharing, and operational excellence across key meetings.

Specific Knowledge, Education and Experience Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, DO, PharmD, PhD or equivalent), with 3+ years of experience in the HIV therapeutic area.
• Prior Global or affiliate experience in pharmaceutical industry Medical Affairs.
• Demonstrated ability to translate global strategy into effective execution.
• History of establishing trusted relationships with relevant medical stakeholders (including GMSO).
• Ability to develop deep and credible collaborations with key cross functional partners such as Commercial/Global Strategic Marketing, Clinical Development, Global Value and Access, Public Affairs, Legal and other relevant stakeholders.
• Track record of contributing to cross-functional initiatives and global strategic processes (e.g., POA, strategy planning).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights.
• Experience in gathering and applying insights to inform strategy and decision-making.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and represent affiliate/regional perspectives in global forums.
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with ability to engage senior and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment and drive alignment without direct authority.
• Proven project and execution management skills, with ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborative mindset with ability to build relationships across cultures and geographies.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and effectively prioritize workload.
• Ability to travel to international conferences and internal meetings.