Associate Director, U.S. Ethics & Compliance Advisor, Medical Affairs

About the role

This position reports to the Senior Director/Director, US Ethics & Compliance Advisor and is hybrid, located onsite in Foster City, CA.

As an Associate Director, U.S. Ethics & Compliance Advisor, Medical Affairs at Gilead, you will...

• Work with the Senior Director to provide expertise in healthcare compliance ensuring that Medical Affairs activities align with the highest ethical and compliance standards.
• Partner with leaders across Legal, Commercial, Medical, Clinical Development to build and integrate the compliance program into the US Medical Organization.
• Participate in activity reviews consistent with established policies and processes, advising on ethics and compliance insights and recommendations, including outreach to relevant stakeholders or subject matter experts when appropriate.
• Advise on and support the business and other key stakeholders in operationalizing compliance processes and executing within legal and compliance-related requirements
• Develop and deliver trainings and educational sessions to enhance ethics and compliance understanding among stakeholders
• Recognize healthcare compliance risks and support the identification of mitigation controls to help address, as needed
• Partner as needed with Privacy and Data Ethics team to operationalize requirements related to data privacy, information security, cyber laws, industry codes
• Support and facilitate policy, training and communications, monitoring, risk assessments, due diligence, transparency, and other healthcare compliance needs
• Stay abreast of relevant ethics and compliance developments and industry trends. Work in partnership with the US Legal Business Partners and other Legal and/or Compliance teams to help ensure the organization operates within ethical and compliance frameworks
• Lead, inspire, and foster a high-performance culture

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years' Experience
• OR
• Masters' Degree and Eight Years' Experience
• OR
• PhD and Two Years' Experience

Minimum Education & Experience

• A Juris Doctorate or fully qualified legal credentials in one or more geographies of operations is preferred but not required.
• Extensive professional experience in-house in biotech, pharmaceuticals or other highly regulated industries or law firm advising in all relevant areas of practice for these industries. Ideally the majority of the years of career spent in-house.
• 7-9+ years of Compliance experience.
• Management experience and ability to mentor and supervise a team of professionals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

People Leader Accountabilities

• Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
• Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.
• Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

Pay and benefits

The salary range for this position is: $182,070.00 - $235,620.00. 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*.

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

Your Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act

Gilead Sciences will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information; or (d) otherwise protected by law.

• Our environment respects individual differences and recognizes each employee as an integral member of our company. Our workforce reflects these values and celebrates the individuals who make up our growing team.
• Gilead provides a work environment free of harassment and prohibited conduct. We promote and support individual differences and diversity of thoughts and opinion.

For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors

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