Assoc Director, Medical Information

Role Summary

As an Assoc Director, Medical Information at Gilead you will lead medical information activities to support timely, accurate, and compliant responses to requests from healthcare professionals, patients, and internal stakeholders. You will drive strategic MI initiatives, collaborate cross-functionally, and contribute to global medical information programs to improve patient care. This role requires strong scientific expertise, leadership, and the ability to communicate complex data to diverse audiences.

• Responds to unsolicited medical requests regarding Gilead products from HCPs, the public, and internal colleagues using approved documents and current literature.
• Use scientific and MI expertise to drive strategic initiatives and empower partners, HCPs, and patients to enable informed decisions and improved outcomes.
• Perform medical review for promotional and/or medical materials.
• Prepare global scientific resources in collaboration with local affiliate teams.
• Identify, report, and record adverse events and product complaints in a timely manner per SOP.
• Contribute to development of GMI strategy and represent GMI cross-functionally.
• May lead department-wide and/or global projects, initiatives, and product launches.
• Develop and maintain deep knowledge of product, disease state, and competitor landscape for assigned therapeutic area.
• Respond to unsolicited requests for medical and scientific information and manage documents in the request handling system.
• Research and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to address complex requests.
• Create, update, and participate in review, quality check, and approval of MI response documents.
• Collaborate with affiliate MI and internal partners to manage global topics and content.
• Prepare and approve data on file to support response documents and complex requests.
• Maintain repository with routine review of approved documents for new data from regulatory updates and literature.
• Understand needs of internal and external partners and customers.
• Review and analyze MI databases for trends and insights to guide content development and reporting.
• Participate and support MI booths at scientific congresses.
• Serve as liaison for department training for new staff, colleagues, and vendors as required.
• Contribute to departmental strategic initiatives within the therapeutic area, including launches and patient engagement.
• Execute and drive global MI initiatives to improve patient care.
• Build and cultivate relationships with appropriate functions.

• Required: 10+ years with BS/BA or 8+ years with MS/MA or MBA.
• Preferred: Pharm
  
  D, MD, PhD or equivalent.
• Experience in MI or comparable healthcare/clinical environment required.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or MI vendor required.
• Experience in conducting medical/promotional reviews required.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to work in multidisciplinary, cross-geography teams.
• Ability to communicate scientific data clearly to different audiences.
• Knowledge of regulatory and legal requirements for MI in the pharmaceutical environment.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate clinical and biomedical data.
• Demonstrates core values and leadership commitments; strong attention to detail and project management skills.
• Previous experience with problem-solving and project management preferred.