Associate Director Legal and Compliance

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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 Sciences Pty Ltd. is seeking a Senior Counsel (Associate Director Legal Compliance) to join the Legal team within the Australia and New Zealand commercial affiliate, based in Melbourne to be part of the ACE Legal and Compliance team in Australia, Canada and Europe Region. The ANZ affiliate supports Gilead’s virology business including HIV and liver diseases and growing oncology business including the Gilead Kite CAR T portfolio and solid tumour products.
A legal career at Gilead couples cutting-edge science with precision problem solving that accompanies working in a fast‑paced, innovative business environment. Gilead lawyers have a seat at the table. We provide counsel to business leaders and influence decisions as they happen. This is an exciting role with high visibility throughout the business. You will directly engage with the cross functional team and have strategic input to the business units. The aim is to assist them to reach their commercial goals in a way that meets all legal and compliance requirements.
The role reports to the Head of Lead and Compliance (Associate General Counsel / Senior Director Legal Compliance) and is part of a team managing a high volume of legal and compliance support on a range of issues often with tight deadlines. It will require a responsive and self-driven, hands-on mentality and approach. The team also a compliance specialist to manage our healthcare compliance programs, including process development, compliance monitoring and transparency obligations.
Job duties
You will be a key part of the Legal Compliance team to ensure comprehensive support for the Affiliate’s Business Units, Market Access team, Commercial Operations, and functional departments on all legal and business conduct matters. It requires an analytical approach, strong attention to detail, excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills.
You will give substantive legal advice to one or more of Gilead’s Business Units and cross functional teams supporting the activities of the Business Units on sales and marketing strategies, medical educational activities, public affairs, patient group and community activities as well as policy and government affairs initiatives.
This role also has a focus on supporting the compliance program for the ANZ affiliate, providing tools and guidance to the Business Units about Gilead’s Business Conduct Manual, the Medicines Australia Code of Practice, competition and consumer law, and anti-bribery.
The role requires advising on ANZ legal topics in the international context, especially with respect to questions or inquiries from colleagues in global headquarter in Foster City, USA and ACE headquarters in Stockley Park, UK. In addition, you will have the opportunity to work with the regional and global Legal teams to develop Gilead wide responses to areas of wider legal and compliance importance.
Legal Responsibilities
Lead on strategic legal advice and operational support for some of the local business units and other functions in the ANZ affiliate in relation to:
Planning and implementation of product promotion and launch, including supporting market access strategy.
Lead in areas of law supported by your existing areas of specialisation and new areas as required by the team.
Supporting a self-service contract platform for use by the Business Units and functions and contract negotiation in relation to high risk and complex agreements.
Regulation and reimbursement of medicines including the Therapeutic Goods Act and the National Health Act.
Together with global specialist support teams, advising on competition law and anti-bribery anti-corruption processes.
Design, development, and delivery of legal training programs.
Compliance Responsibilities
Provide strategic compliance operational support in relation to:
Collaborating with the ANZ team to implement compliance practices within the ANZ affiliate and to ensure a high degree of alignment and consistency.
Collaborating with compliance teams across Gilead on policy, practices, and training.
Ensuring that the ANZ affiliate understand the why behind Gilead’s compliance requirements and the areas of potential risk.
Advice on points of interpretation for compliance requirements and required internal approval processes.
Participate in the approval of high-risk activities and promotional materials for the ANZ affiliate associated with Gilead’s interactions with HCPs, community and decision makers, including sales, marketing, medical education, community and payer interactions.
Supports periodic compliance audits and ongoing monitoring of compliance of events and materials.
Knowledge and Skills
The ideal candidate is a highly motivated pro-active self-starter with a high dedication and natural interest to legal topics in life-science industry who:
is a strong team-player and collaborates locally and across the regional and global Legal BC function.
has excellent analytical, problem solving, written and verbal communication skills.
has a strong client service orientation and ability to recognize and respond quickly and pragmatically to urgent, complex situations and demanding client business partners.
can work cross-functionally and cross-culturally and foster and maintain relationships through all levels of the organisation.
can proactively set priorities in a high workload setting and cooperate with the ANZ Legal Compliance team on team prioritisation.
has an understanding of the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct.
is comfortable with operational compliance responsibilities including reviewing and approving meetings, events and materials.
Personal Competencies/ Behaviours
We are looking for a lawyer who brings diversity of thought and experience to Gilead. Building an inclusive and diverse legal team is critical to furthering our mission—to create a better, healthier world for all people. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that reflects the diversity of our patients. In this culture we believe all people will do their best work. The ANZ Legal Compliance team is a true team that provides development and support to its members, values diversity and feedback, and respects healthy work life balance.
Gilead is committed to its core values of Integrity, inclusion, teamwork, excellence and accountability. We expect all of our team to live our leadership commitments:
I AM BOLD in aspiration and AGILE in execution.
I CARE and make time for people.
I LISTEN, speak openly and explain the "why."
I TRUST others and myself to make sound decisions.
I OWN the impact of my words and actions.
Required Education Experience
Fully qualified lawyer, admitted to practice in Australia.
10+ years of legal experience preferably with a combination of industry and law firm experience.
Experience in pharmaceuticals, biotech or other highly regulated industries.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus worldwide include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer, cell therapy and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

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