Director, Market Access & Reimbursement

Director, Market Access & Reimbursement

United States - California - Foster City Market Access & Health Economics Regular

Job Description

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 possible, together.

Job Description

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 Executive Director, Market Access Strategy (MAS), the Director will develop and execute strategic and tactical initiatives to support optimal coverage, reimbursement, and patient access for Gilead's HCV and HBV therapies. Secondarily, this role may support other MAS – Virology strategic initiatives. The Virology team is responsible for HCV, HBV, PBC, HIV treatment and HIV prevention (PrEP). Additionally, the MAS department includes a Pricing & Contracting, Virology team.

This role is based at Gilead, Foster City, CA HQ offices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

As U.S. access lead for HCV & HBV, develop respective access strategies and execute in partnership with Market Access field teams, across all lines of business and payers.

Serve as HCV / HBV subject matter expert cross-functionally with the Business Unit, Medical, Analytics, and others.

Provide expertise to pricing and contracting strategy for Gilead’s HCV / HBV portfolio, providing both an access landscape perspective and informed Business Unit brand-level point of view to inform decision-making, and shape effective storytelling.

Lead and / or attend key workshops / workstreams to provide HCV / HBV access lens, such as the annual strategic and tactical planning cycles, landscape strategies, and policy and access-related initiatives.

Develop payer tools, resources, and programs for the Market Access field teams and ensures appropriate training and implementation for the field.

Integrate critical data elements with Medical Affairs, HEOR, and RWE partners to build payer value propositions and key messages for account team coverage and access initiatives.

Provide payer-related context and insights such as US market trends, size and dynamics, product clinical profile, product differentiation, and competitive environment to define strategies, positioning, and plans to support broad access to Gilead's branded and unbranded HCV / HBV therapies.

Partner collaboratively with brand marketing and cross-functional partners to develop a Market Access Brand-aligned POA designed to achieve payer access goals and net revenue aligned to the overall brand and Liver business unit objectives

Works with commercial operations and market access research & analytics to attain deep customer and market insights to create KPIs aligned to strategic objectives with quarterly updates

Lead Market Access-specific primary and secondary market research to refine access strategy for all in-line and potential future HCV / HBV products, TBD.

Lead and manage agency and consultant projects and relationships.

Other Roles and Responsibilities :

Develop understanding of Gilead’s PRC process, including management of materials in Veeva, to shepherd materials through PRC and provide to field teams in a timely manner.

Manage and maintain budget and accruals process for HCV.

Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory guidelines governing commercial and scientific interactions with payers and other business partners.

Demonstrated ability to lead without authority, influence, resolve conflict, and drive decision-making among cross-functional stakeholders

Proven ability to successfully manage complexity, including solving problems and building strong relationships

Understanding of the pharmaceutical payer marketing that includes FDA regulatory and legal environment (PIE, FDAMA-114, etc.)

Proven cross-functional collaboration / leadership and project management skills

Advanced written and oral communication skills including ability to up-level effective and compelling storytelling across the organization

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years' Experience

OR

Masters' Degree and Ten Years' Experience

OR

PhD and Eight Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications :

Understanding of Federal and State policies impacting HCV and patient access to HCV medications

Advanced experience with product life cycle management is preferred

MBA / MS or relevant graduate degree preferred

A minimum of 8 years of experience across managed markets functions (or combination of managed markets and marketing or other relevant function) in pharmaceutical, biotech, or related industry

Product launch and specialty market experience preferred

Understanding of the pharmaceutical payer marketing that includes FDA regulatory and legal environment (PIE, FDAMA-114, etc.)

Computer aptitude with appropriate software programs, Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat, is required.

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.

Job Description

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 possible, together.

Job Description

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 Executive Director, Market Access Strategy (MAS), the Director will develop and execute strategic and tactical initiatives to support optimal coverage, reimbursement, and patient access for Gilead's HCV and HBV therapies. Secondarily, this role may support other MAS – Virology strategic initiatives. The Virology team is responsible for HCV, HBV, PBC, HIV treatment and HIV prevention (PrEP). Additionally, the MAS department includes a Pricing & Contracting, Virology team.

This role is based at Gilead, Foster City, CA HQ offices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

As U.S. access lead for HCV & HBV, develop respective access strategies and execute in partnership with Market Access field teams, across all lines of business and payers.

Serve as HCV / HBV subject matter expert cross-functionally with the Business Unit, Medical, Analytics, and others.

Provide expertise to pricing and contracting strategy for Gilead’s HCV / HBV portfolio, providing both an access landscape perspective and informed Business Unit brand-level point of view to inform decision-making, and shape effective storytelling.

Lead and / or attend key workshops / workstreams to provide HCV / HBV access lens, such as the annual strategic and tactical planning cycles, landscape strategies, and policy and access-related initiatives.

Develop payer tools, resources, and programs for the Market Access field teams and ensures appropriate training and implementation for the field.

Integrate critical data elements with Medical Affairs, HEOR, and RWE partners to build payer value propositions and key messages for account team coverage and access initiatives.

Provide payer-related context and insights such as US market trends, size and dynamics, product clinical profile, product differentiation, and competitive environment to define strategies, positioning, and plans to support broad access to Gilead's branded and unbranded HCV / HBV therapies.

Partner collaboratively with brand marketing and cross-functional partners to develop a Market Access Brand-aligned POA designed to achieve payer access goals and net revenue aligned to the overall brand and Liver business unit objectives

Works with commercial operations and market access research & analytics to attain deep customer and market insights to create KPIs aligned to strategic objectives with quarterly updates

Lead Market Access-specific primary and secondary market research to refine access strategy for all in-line and potential future HCV / HBV products, TBD.

Lead and manage agency and consultant projects and relationships.

Other Roles and Responsibilities :

Develop understanding of Gilead’s PRC process, including management of materials in Veeva, to shepherd materials through PRC and provide to field teams in a timely manner.

Manage and maintain budget and accruals process for HCV.

Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory guidelines governing commercial and scientific interactions with payers and other business partners.

Demonstrated ability to lead without authority, influence, resolve conflict, and drive decision-making among cross-functional stakeholders

Proven ability to successfully manage complexity, including solving problems and building strong relationships

Understanding of the pharmaceutical payer marketing that includes FDA regulatory and legal environment (PIE, FDAMA-114, etc.)

Proven cross-functional collaboration / leadership and project management skills

Advanced written and oral communication skills including ability to up-level effective and compelling storytelling across the organization

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years' Experience

OR

Masters' Degree and Ten Years' Experience

OR

PhD and Eight Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications :

Understanding of Federal and State policies impacting HCV and patient access to HCV medications

Advanced experience with product life cycle management is preferred

MBA / MS or relevant graduate degree preferred

A minimum of 8 years of experience across managed markets functions (or combination of managed markets and marketing or other relevant function) in pharmaceutical, biotech, or related industry

Product launch and specialty market experience preferred

Understanding of the pharmaceutical payer marketing that includes FDA regulatory and legal environment (PIE, FDAMA-114, etc.)

Computer aptitude with appropriate software programs, Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat, is required.

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.

The salary range for this position is : $226,185.00 - $292,710.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans

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• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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Job Requisition ID R0046094

Full Time / Part Time Full-Time

Job Level Director

Remote Type Onsite Required

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