Exec Director – PDM Strategy

Exec Director – PDM Strategy

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of relevant experience, or master’s degree / PhD / MD with 12+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years at top-tier consulting firm or in a similar role developing manufacturing and technical development strategy in the bio-pharma industry.
• Extensive experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry with demonstrated cross-functional collaboration and leadership; deep knowledge about the biotech / biopharma segment.
• Strong business acumen.
• Demonstrated capability to deliver strategic analysis and optionality impacting the effectiveness of a global manufacturing and development organization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team of multi-disciplinary professionals in delivering strategy analysis and recommending options.
• Excellent coaching and influencing skills.
• Cross-functional and enterprise-wide relationship building skills.
• A passion for developing people and supporting a team.
• A strong business process orientation but able to deploy processes practically and with the maximum impact.
• Understanding of the complexity of multi-national supply chains and the geopolitical factors impacting technical development and manufacturing in the bio-pharma industry.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to lead, interact with, focus, negotiate, resolve conflict, and drive consensus among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines.
• Highly adept at influencing upward and downward without positional authority.
• Drives forward in face of ambiguity.
• Bias for action; ability to prioritize.
• Strong leadership, self-direction, comfort and experience tackling ambiguous and complex problems.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex situations, illustrate conceptual paths, and facilitate discussions leading to resolution on key issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of professionals to develop an enterprise-focused strategy for PDM and provide clarity for leaders and decision makers in the organization.
• Develop, revise and maintain PDM’s network strategies for all aspects of clinical & commercial manufacturing.
• Support the PDM Leadership Team with cross-functional strategic initiatives and decision-making.
• Lead strategic analysis and option evaluations by leading an internal consulting team.
• Manage engagements with external consulting companies with project costs of the order of $1M.
• Define and execute a PDM risk management process to fit with the Gilead enterprise requirements.
• Stand up a business intelligence / competitive intelligence function to PDM.
• Scan the Gilead and industry environment for relevant trends that could impact on PDM and its ability to deliver.
• Build out a sustainability strategy for PDM in alignment with Gilead’s sustainability goals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 20+ years of relevant experience, or master’s degree / PhD / MD with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years at top-tier consulting firm or in a similar role developing manufacturing and technical development strategy in the bio-pharma industry.
• Ability to multi-task and independently lead multiple projects and meet key deadlines.
• High EQ, ability to listen, and adaptability to dynamic of situation.
• Confidence to provide dissenting views when appropriate.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and understand the motivations of colleagues in other functions.
• Deep experience in designing and deploying rigorous processes, tools, templates, and governance.
• Proven ability to lead collaborative and creative strategic problem solving by breaking down issues, identifying options to address, synthesizing insights, and driving to action and resolution.