Senior Business Unit Director Oncology

Senior Business Unit Director Oncology
Spain - Madrid

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gileads therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

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Senior Business Unit Director Oncology

Gilead has declared Hematology-Oncology as one of the key therapeutic areas for future growth. Gilead is growing its pipeline in immune-oncology through internal research, partnerships and acquisitions.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to participate in the future growth of Gilead Oncology Spain and to lead the initial efforts to advance our breast cancer expertise and strengthen our role in Immuno-Oncology. The role is going to be based in Madrid, Spain.

Position Overview:

This role will report into the General Manager for Gilead. The Business Unit Head will be responsible and accountable for the strategy, planning and implementation of all commercial activities within Spain, with success' defined by bringing to market products to patients fighting with cancer. The Business Unit Head will manage a team of Marketing and Sales professionals and lead a cross functional team to drive operational excellence. The Business Unit Head will be a member of Gilead local leadership team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional team providing vision, motivation, support and coaching to drive the business and achieve our commercial objectives
• Build and execute a highly successful launch of Breast Cancer Treatment product
• Drive development and execution of commercial strategy and action plans for the portfolio
• Lead & ensure well-functioning marketing & sales team
• Drive Operational Excellence in marketing & sales efforts and business/forecast planning
• Develop, implement, and maintain the required infrastructure to meet business goals
• Cooperate with a cross- functional team to prepare the readiness plan for launch
• Establish effective working relationships with opinion leaders and other key stakeholders & be recognised as partner in improving quality of care
• Partner with Medical Affairs to ensure effective development and implementation of strategies
• Partner with Government Affairs and Public Affairs to ensure a positive policy environment
• Support Market Access activities for all impending launches
• Create an environment in which every member of the team has an opportunity to succeed, regardless of their tenure or standing within the organization
• Participate actively in the Spanish LT and contribute to high performance team to drive business forward in Spain
• Represent the leadership team of Gilead Spain internally and externally
• Represent the cross - functional vision in global and regional forums
• Role model Leadership Essentials and support strong Gilead culture and Core Values
  
  Required Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
  
  The successful candidate will be a recognized leader with excellent communication skills. The role requires being comfortable at working in a high-growth environment where influencing and negotiating across an organization are a prerequisite. You will need to demonstrate the ability to manage complexity, ambiguity and paradoxes through thinking outside of the box with a collaborative, constructive and solution-oriented approach.
  

• Undergraduate degree is required, MBA and/or post graduate preferred or advanced life science degree (MD, Pharm D, PhD)
• Demonstrable commercial leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry such as a highly successful Business Unit Lead and a strong sales & marketing leader within the specialty therapeutics area
• Must have experience in oncology specifically in solid tumors/ breast cancer an asset
• Must be a pragmatic individual who enjoys getting involved in the business at all levels and across all disciplines. Broad-based cross-functional experience is important.
• Must have a track record of successful budget management with an understanding of revenue forecasting and expense budget planning and tracking
• Must demonstrate excellence in project management and effectively managing multiple projects/priorities
• Must be good at building new relationships rapidly with KOLs and other stakeholders such as oncology collaborative groups. A strong already established network is preferable.
• Must have the ability to build and drive a business, whilst possessing innate market-making' capabilities with natural self-starter, hands-on, entrepreneurial and innovative attitude.
• Preferably, previous experience in negotiating with key pricing and reimbursement agencies, and involvement in successful access and reimbursement strategies and their execution
• Strong leadership qualities such as having the ability to attract, motive and retain talent and drive a culture of collaboration, engagement and motivation.
• Strong learning agility and willingness to take on increasing responsibility as Gilead Oncology Franchise grows
• Excellent command of written and spoken Spanish and English
• Ability to provide strategic input at a Global level
• International experience, either working in a Global or Regional role or in the context of above country project teams is desirable
• Openness to travel domestically and some internationally when safe to do so
  

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Gilead" or the "Company") to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual's gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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