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

Job Description

Gilead Sciences is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. Our heritage of science and innovation and the curiosity and passion of everyone who works here has enabled us to provide medicines that help transform standards of care for more than 30 years. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include liver diseases, infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases and oncology.
Kite is singularly focusing on curing cancer through delivering cell therapy. We are at the forefront of immunotherapy and engineered T cell therapy. Our personalized approach is what sets us apart. Unlike traditional pharmaceutical manufacturing, our therapies are not created on an assembly line. With CAR T-cell therapy, we are reengineering a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer — one patient at a time. To achieve this goal, Kite BU in Gilead Sciences Japan is in charge of Kite business in Japan.

Gilead Sciences Japan is seeking a knowledgeable and motivated professional capable of working effectively in a cross-functional team environment. The successful candidate will assume a full- time employment in the Kite Business Unit and report to the Product Management Brand Lead in Tokyo.

In this Kite Marketing, Opinion Leader Liaison, (Senior) Manager role, s/he will play a key role in driving the marketing tactics implementation for Yescarta which is the product for Hematology cancer and future potential indications and/or products. s/he ’ll be providing insights gained from opinion leaders and partnering with Brand managers, Sales, Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations and Public Affairs to drive the implementation of integrated commercialization strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish & maintain relationships with opinion leaders and stakeholders at a local, regional, and national level
• Oversee the effective communications process and obtain feedback and advice from key medical and scientific experts and relevant stakeholders
• Provide inputs to the launch strategy planning for Kite products
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop and implement tactics
• Engage and influence at senior cross functional levels within and above country
• Identify actionable insights based on the feedback from opinion leaders and ensure that the product / brand addresses unmet need areas
• Collaborate with Sales Team to ensure the roll-out/ implementation of strategy

Requirement (Education, Knowledge, Experience, Competencies and Skills)

• Must have deep experience in pharmaceutical industry playing customer facing role at least around 10 years
• Must have experience in engaging opinion leaders in pharmaceutical industry
• Marketing or Commercial excellence experience is not mandatory but a strong plus
• Experience in Oncology especially for Hematology area is required.
• Excellent internal and external communication skill
• Strong analytical skills, demonstrated by the ability to identify and interpret complex issues and provide appropriate recommendations to senior management and across functional areas
• Experience in people management is not mandatory but a strong plus
• Experience working with internal cross functional teams
• Experience working with multiple external key stakeholders including Medical Societies, Patients and PAGs, Diagnostics companies etc
• Familiar with current promotion code in Japan
• Strong resilience, abstract thinking, problem solving ability
• Higher post graduate qualification eg. MBA or other advanced business degree is preferred
• Fluency in Japanese is mandatory and business-level English is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree

Gilead Core Values

Everyone at Gilead is motivated by our overarching mission to discover and deliver innovative therapies that improve patient care in areas of unmet medical needs. But it’s just what we do that gives us an edge, it’s how we do it. We expect everyone at Gilead to lead by example, guided by our core values:

Integrity – Doing What’s Right
Inclusion – Encouraging Diversity
Teamwork – Working Together
Accountability – Taking Personal Responsibility
Excellence – Being Your Best

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