Assoc Clinical Development Director

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Job Description

Associate Director, Virology Clinical Development (MD)

The Associate Director, Virology Clinical Development (MD) plays a key role in the clinical development of therapies within the Virology Therapeutic Area. As a physician member of a multidisciplinary development team, this position contributes to the planning, execution, oversight, analysis, and reporting of clinical studies across multiple stages of development.

The role provides scientific and medical expertise to support clinical development strategies, study conduct, regulatory submissions, data interpretation, and scientific communications. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and external stakeholders to help advance innovative treatments for patients with viral diseases.

Location: Foster City, California

This is an on-site, Foster City-based position. The successful candidate must work from the Foster City campus; remote work is not available for this role.

This is an opportunity to contribute to the clinical development of novel therapies for HIV infection in a dynamic, collaborative environment. Working on-site as part of a cross-functional team, you will support the planning, execution, monitoring, and interpretation of clinical studies within the Virology Therapeutic Area. For assigned projects, you will contribute to a range of clinical trial activities, including study protocol development, investigator and study-related documentation, medical monitoring activities, data review and interpretation, study reporting, regulatory submissions, scientific publications, and presentations. This role provides an opportunity to gain broad experience across the clinical development process while helping advance innovative therapies for people with HIV.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides scientific and clinical expertise to cross-functional teams to support clinical development project deliverables and timelines.

• Contributes to the development and review of clinical trial protocols, clinical study reports, and responses to health authority inquiries.

• Provides ongoing medical monitoring for clinical trials, including but not limited to assessment of eligibility criteria, toxicity management, and drug safety surveillance.

• Contributes to the clinical development component(s) in the preparation/review of regulatory documents, investigator brochures, and development plans.

• Supports the collection, review, and interpretation of clinical data for internal analysis and decision-making.

• Manages the preparation and/or review of data listings, summary tables, study results, and scientific presentations.

• Presents scientific and clinical information at investigator meetings, internal forums, and scientific conferences.

• Adheres to regulatory requirements of study conduct and industry standards of Good Clinical Practice as well as Gilead SOPs.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ Years with PhD/PharmD

OR

• 2+ Years with MD in a relevant scientific, medical, or healthcare discipline.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site at the Foster City, California campus. This position is not eligible for remote work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree preferred, with training and/or experience in HIV medicine, Infectious Diseases, and/or HIV clinical research.

• Exposure to clinical research through academic, fellowship, investigator-initiated, translational, or industry-sponsored studies is preferred.

• Interest in HIV clinical drug development and clinical trial design, with a demonstrated desire to develop expertise in these areas.

• Experience presenting scientific or clinical data through publications, abstracts, posters, presentations, or other scholarly activities is preferred.

• Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams in academic, clinical, research, or industry settings is preferred.

Additional Qualifications:

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