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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 research-based biopharmaceutical 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. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.
We are seeking a Senior Manager to assist in enhancing and operating Gilead’s healthcare compliance monitoring, risk assessment, and third-party due diligence programs. The location of this role will be based out of Foster City, California or Parsippany, New Jersey.
Essential Duties and Job Functions
This individual will support the monitoring, risk assessment, and third-party due diligence teams with activities in compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and policies. These activities will include leveraging data analytics, risk-based sampling, leading risk assessment trainings and discussions, supporting potential investigations and complaints, and live observation at various activities and events to identify potential areas of focus.
The individual will work closely with colleagues across different functions, including key partners such as IT, Commercial, Development, Medical Affairs, Public Affairs, Government Affairs, Finance and Clinical, among others, in order to leverage information from relevant systems for identification and address of potential compliance-related issues.
A key goal of this position is to help drive innovation and consistency in our approach to compliance-related monitoring, risk assessment, and due diligence to ensure both Gilead and industry best practices are shared and adopted across functions.
Key responsibilities also include the following:
Support the team to develop and align on a multi-faceted monitoring and risk assessment strategy.
Drive the timely development and propagation of ongoing enhancements to the company’s healthcare compliance monitoring and risk assessment program.
Collaborate with the team to ensure timely and appropriate action is taken to address potential risks and identified issues.
Partner with various business functions to explore ways in which monitoring and risk assessment related data may be used to support business strategy and objectives in a compliant manner.
Support various business functions in designing business-led monitoring approaches of both higher risk activities and third parties.
Responsible for facilitating requests for diligence on new and existing vendors, including communicating with internal colleagues and third parties to gather all required information to complete diligence.
Conducting review of due diligence questionnaires and external checks to identify potential red flags or areas for further inquiry.
Serving as a resource and point-of-contact for questions from internal colleagues and third-party representatives going through due diligence.
Compiling and analyzing reports and metrics and presenting results to colleagues, so that we can continually assess and adjust our risk-based program.
Foster an energizing work environment where employees have impact on our patient-centric mission and can grow their careers.
Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Gilead is looking for an experienced risk management professional from the biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry. Ideally the successful candidate will have gained exposure to working within a multi-national organization with a US-based headquarters and has relevant experience with regulatory/pharmaceutical compliance and fraud & abuse laws (e.g., Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; UK Anti-Bribery Statute; Anti-Kickback Statute). The candidate must have a strong background and exposure to healthcare compliance-related monitoring and risk assessment, compliance-related systems, with experience in change management to support effective enhancement of Gilead operations.
Education and Skills:
7+ years of relevant prior pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience, including extensive professional experience advising on anti-kickback/anti-bribery laws and other compliance mandates.
Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree (such as JD/MA/MS/MBA) or other similar certification preferred.
Project management experience and/or certification preferred (e.g., Project Management Professional).
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Able to exercise judgment and propose courses of action where precedent may not exist.
In-depth understanding of business objectives and how those translate into healthcare compliance priorities to deliver advice and guidance to the business.
Experience with conducting healthcare compliance monitoring, risk assessments and third party due diligence.
Ability to plan a monitoring activity with little to no oversight (e.g. create a project plan that clearly identifies the objective, scope, and monitoring approach; can generate an interview guide that helps facilitate discussions to better understand the risk associated with processes, and create testing sheets that captures key controls which also aligns to the expectations of applicable policies).
Ability to execute a monitoring activity with little to no oversight (e.g. perform data monitoring and analyze data for unusual trends, outliers, and compliance with applicable policies; perform live monitoring to identify compliance issues through in-person or virtual review of an activity; perform process monitoring to identify compliance issues through documentation review of an activity, and ultimately share and validate preliminary observations with the business).
Ability to report on a monitoring activity with little to no oversight (e.g. create a monitoring report that clearly documents the objective, approach, observations, recommendations, and clearly present the objective, approach, and results of the monitoring report).
Ability to present complex information in an accurate and persuasive manner to all levels of management.
Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, an inquisitive mind, and the ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed organization with multiple functions, together with a positive attitude and strong work ethic.
Experience developing and using advanced Excel-based models, data analytic tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau) and conducting quantitative analysis.
Experience, confidence, resilience, and ability to establish rapport with key stakeholders.
Competencies/ Behaviors
The ideal candidate will be solutions- and results-orientated. S/he will display personal and professional maturity and have a strong work ethic and personal integrity.
Proven leadership skills with an ability to set a vision, inspire, champion change, and drive innovative thinking
Collaborative, team player that leads by example
Strong strategic thinking skills with ability to see the big picture, and to formulate and execute strategy
Excellent influencing, interpersonal and communication skills
Demonstrated ability to network, engage and partner with other functions, and establish positive relationships
Strong judgment with proven ability to identify to implement solutions
Strong organizational and project management skills and ability to execute through others
Proven analytical skills and sound judgment
Practical approach to problem-solving
Consistently demonstrate and adhere to Gilead’s Core Values and create and inspire a team culture committed to the same
Gilead Core Values
Integrity (always doing the right thing)
Teamwork (collaborating in good faith)
Excellence (working at a high level of commitment and capability)
Accountability (taking personal responsibility)
Inclusion (encouraging diversity)
The salary range for this position is: $157,590.00 - $203,940.00. 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
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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.