Senior Director, Oncology Pipeline Commercial Strategy

About the Role Senior Director, Oncology Pipeline Commercial Strategy will lead the global commercial strategy for Gilead's early oncology pipeline from preclinical through Phase 2, collaborating with asset teams, R&D, Medical, Value & Access, Regulatory, and other stakeholders to shape a clear value proposition and ensure patient impact. The role requires strong cross-functional leadership to accelerate decision-making and maximize asset value across the product lifecycle. What You'll Do

• Provide strategic commercial leadership for Gilead's early-stage oncology pipeline, serving as a core member of Asset Teams and shaping global commercial strategy from preclinical development through Phase 2.
• Anchor commercial strategy in disease biology, unmet patient need, and evolving standards of care, ensuring early pipeline programs are positioned to deliver meaningful patient impact.
• Partner closely with Asset Team Leads, R&D, Medical, Value & Access, Regulatory, and other global stakeholders to integrate commercial insight into development decisions and align on long-term asset priorities.
• Ensure pipeline and disease strategies clearly articulate differentiated value for patients, health systems, and society, while supporting sustainable value creation for Gilead.
• Lead the development of commercially informed early Target Product Profiles, provide strategic input into Clinical Development Plans, and drive early commercialization work as needed (e.g. branding, naming, education initiatives, packaging).
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams to develop and maintain disease area strategies that anticipate near- and long-term portfolio evolution and inform investment, prioritization, and governance decisions.
• Contribute strategic commercial perspective to business development evaluations and external opportunity assessments, as needed.
• Represent the commercial voice within program governance, owning critical commercial workstreams and ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and oncology portfolio objectives.
• Build trusted, collaborative relationships with global partners to drive alignment, accelerate decision-making, and enable high-impact execution across functions.
• Your ultimate benchmark will be the successful execution of a global commercial strategy that maximizes the overall value of the asset and patient access across the product lifecycle. What We're Looking For
• Bachelor's degree and 12 years' experience, OR Master's Degree and 10 years' experience, OR PhD and 8 years' experience.
• Prior oncology experience required.
• Prior experience working with early-phase programs and understanding how early research & development decisions may impact a final product profile.
• Strong analytical skills, demonstrated by the ability to interpret and distill diverse insights from cross-functional global commercial partners (forecasting, market research, competitive intelligence, value & access).
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and build credibility with cross-functional partners, as well as present to wide audiences including peers and executives.
• Proven experience providing clear recommendations to senior management and across functional areas. Nice to Have
• Prior oncology experience.
• Experience with early-phase programs and understanding how early R&D decisions may impact final product profile.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize diverse data into actionable insights.
• Ability to influence and build credibility with cross-functional partners and present to executives.
• Cross-functional leadership and program governance experience. Compensation & Benefits
• Salary range: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00.
• This position may 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