Associate Director, Marketing Training Excellence

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's mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses worldwide. As an Associate Director, Marketing Training Excellence (reporting to the Executive Director of Global Commercial Learning and Development) responsibilities involve leading aspects of training for marketing that link to marketing competencies. This will include designing and delivering global marketing training content and conducting training for all affiliates, including the US. The candidate will be accountable for training content creation, conducting global training needs assessments, training design, training development, training delivery, and training evaluation. This position is based On Site in Foster City, CA.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic, experienced individual with a strong track record of marketing and/or marketing training experience in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry. They must have the proven ability to manage complex projects effectively, influence stakeholders without authority, effectively network across the organization, and communicate with senior leaders, all within a fast-moving, challenging, and dynamic Commercial environment.

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Advanced experience in curriculum development, project management, executive presence, facilitation expertise, and a deep understanding of adult learning principles.

• Develop/enhance fundamental marketing training that is fit-for-future.

• Collaborate with global stakeholders (with US being a major stakeholder) to define desired performance outcomes and the required behaviors, skills, and knowledge needed by different roles to deliver them.

• Work with external vendors to design and build new global content.

• Incorporate motivation, creative, and interactive training techniques to enhance the training experience and maximize learning and retention.

• Ensure that strategic plans, goals, and objectives are documented, communicated, reviewed, and evaluated continuously.

• Ensure stakeholders are engaged throughout training development, continuously incorporating feedback to ensure relevance and inclusion.

• Proactively engage with Commercial groups to resolve issues, conflicts, and interdependencies

• Respect Gilead's core values of integrity, accountability, teamwork, excellence, and inclusion.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years’ Experience

OR

Masters' Degree and Eight Years’ Experience

OR

PhD and Two Years’ Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver compelling training to large audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to connect and align stakeholders of diverse backgrounds. 

• Excellent influencing skills:  managing without direct power skills.

• Strong self leadership, self-direction, comfort, and experience tackling ambiguous and complex problems.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with, focus, negotiate, resolve conflict, and drive consensus among individuals from various cultures and disciplines.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to command respect through the exercise of sound business judgment and clear decision-making.

• Proven ability to lead collaborative and creative problem-solving and overcome resistance or barriers.

• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams or work groups.

• Demonstrated excellence in program management, project management, change management, and managing multiple projects/priorities.

• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

 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.

 

The salary range for this position is: $195,670.00 - $253,220.00. 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

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

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