Assoc Director, Corporate Development

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Job Description
 

As a member of the Search and Evaluation team, the Associate Director, Corporate Development, is responsible for identifying, engaging with, and assessing external preclinical and clinical-stage opportunities that align with Gilead’s R&D strategy.   The key roles of the position are to identify and lead the evaluation of external opportunities, drive the deep scientific cross-functional diligence of select opportunities, and oversee and guide the presentation of diligence findings to Gilead’s Senior leadership.

This position will focus on identification and evaluation of external Oncology and Inflammation opportunities with support, as needed, for other Therapeutic areas including Inflammation and Technologies and Platforms.  The role requires significant scientific expertise in Oncology, Inflammation, and/or Virology and a firm understanding of and significant experience in drug discovery and/or development in Biotech/Pharma.

It requires deep collaborative engagement within Corporate Development and with key stakeholders within Gilead’s R&D leadership. Diligence efforts are supported internally through highly collaborative effort utilizing teams comprised of functional delegates.

The position is responsible for leading transactions/contracting and enables collaborative involvement in term sheet and contract negotiations. Reports to Director of Corporate Development.

Responsibilities and Job Functions

• Proactively identify, engage with, and evaluate external opportunities aligned with Gilead’s R&D Oncology and Inflammation strategies
• Work directly with Gilead’s Competitive Intelligence group to understand therapeutic area landscapes, inflection points of key clinical stage programs, and define competitive landscapes for targets/programs of interest
• Present new opportunity summaries and recommendations to therapeutic area leadership at regular triage meetings.
• Oversee and guide cross-functional scientific diligence teams assembled to evaluate selected opportunities and summarize overall assessments and recommendations.
• Work in partnership with transaction colleagues in Corporate Development and cross-functional diligence teams to prepare and present opportunity proposals to Senior Leadership governance committees for approval
• Be a highly collaborative and inclusive team member of the Corporate Development organization
• Partner with Corporate Development Business leads to help define structure and terms for proposals
• Manages the research and analysis of complex licensing and acquisition opportunities.
• Conducts the analysis of new markets and disease opportunities.
• Coordinates due diligence with minimal supervision across multiple functional areas, including research, clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, finance, intellectual property, legal through project management.
• May be required to build M&A models.
• Structures deal and develop term sheet with minimal supervision.
• Leads, negotiates and moderately complex contracts, with guidance.
• Prepares presentations to senior management and Board with minimal supervision
• The position also offers the opportunity to learn the financial, business, and contractual aspects of partnering and acquisitions based on applicant’s career aspirations

Required Education and Years of Experience

• Bachelor's degree in chemical/biological sciences and minimum and Ten Years of relevant experience in corporate development or related field. OR 
• Masters' Degree and Eight Years’ Experience OR
• PhD and Six Years’ Experience
• Advanced degree such as PhD, MD, MBA, or JD is preferred.
• Experience in a scientific discipline expected
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required.
• Strong financial modeling and forecasting skills required.
• Must have in-depth knowledge of key disease areas and/or new therapeutic areas of interest to Gilead.
• Must have a demonstrated ability to integrate clinical, commercial, and financial assessments with minimal supervision.
• Strong knowledge of biopharmaceutical industry is required.

 

The salary range for this position is: $195,670.00 - $253,220.00. 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*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

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

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