Director, Commercial Product Strategy

Overview

In this role you will shape and execute the global HIV congress strategy, aligning cross-functional teams to advance Gilead’s HIV portfolio. You will lead high-visibility projects, oversee congress content and execution in key markets, and manage partnerships with agencies and vendors. The position sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and global launches, delivering impactful commercial outcomes at industry conferences. Join a mission-driven, collaboration-focused environment that values inclusion and performance.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working policy
• two days remote per week
• three days onsite
• opportunity to influence global strategy

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the global HIV congress strategy with cross-functional partners
• Lead annual congress planning for the HIV therapeutic area and select G9 markets
• Develop congress narratives, messaging, and customer engagement plans
• Coordinate commercial content for conferences and ensure regulatory/compliance review
• Support creation of congress materials (booth, microsite, advertising, symposia) and staffing
• Track KPIs and impact of congress activities; manage global budget
• Build and manage vendor relationships and partnerships across regions
• Collaborate with key G9 markets to understand challenges and feed insights to Global Marketing

Key requirements

• B.A. or B.S. (required)
• 10+ years of pharmaceutical marketing experience with prior congress leadership
• HIV Treatment and/or PrEP experience preferred
• Strategic and operational experience from country-level leadership roles
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to lead in a fast-paced, matrix global organization
• Experience presenting strategic plans to senior/executive management
• Ability to translate strategies into resource needs, tactics, and metrics
• Proven project management and prioritization skills
• Experience with global pharmaceutical planning and budget management

• excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication
• leadership and influence in cross-functional teams
• customer focus with emphasis on quality deliverables
• global congress strategy
• campaign/content development for medical conferences
• budget management

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