Gilead Sciences Inc

Medical Scientist HIV, Quebec

Gilead Sciences Inc • $90K — $120K *
Quebec, QC G1B 0A1In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
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Qualifications

  • Advanced health sciences degree (M.D., Pharm. D., PhD preferred)
  • 5-7 years in healthcare or pharmaceutical industry preferred
  • Experience in HIV/infectious disease therapeutic area preferred (2-4 years)
  • Strong interpersonal skills to engage with opinion leaders and advocacy groups
  • Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with scientific and business acumen
  • Project management and organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Bilingual (French and English) required

Responsibilities

  • Implement goals aligned with Medical Affairs Plan of Action in HIV
  • Anticipate and resolve field obstacles collaboratively
  • Collaborate with internal Gilead teams across various units
  • Conduct frequent travel for meetings and conferences
  • Present scientific data and respond to inquiries from healthcare providers
  • Develop and maintain relationships with opinion leaders and HCPs
  • Support clinical operations through investigator interaction and study recommendations

Benefits

  • Opportunity to travel up to 70% (domestic and international)
  • Work in a multidisciplinary team environment
  • Engage in medical education and community healthcare outreach
  • Support for professional development and networking at conferences
  • Alignment with Gilead's core values of integrity and excellence
Full Job Description
Job Description

Medical Scientist- HIV, Quebec

Gilead Sciences is seeking a knowledgeable and motivated Medical Scientist (MS) capable of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment. The successful candidate will assume a full-time employment role in the capacity of Medical Scientist or Sr. Medical Scientist in the HIV therapeutic area, and will report to the MS Lead, HIV. The role will be field-based, and requires travel up to 70% of the time. The person must reside in the Greater Montreal Area.

The Role:
  • Implements defined goals and objectives aligned with the Medical Affairs Plan of Action and other strategic initiatives within the HIV therapeutic area covering treatment and prevention.
  • Anticipates obstacles and difficulties that may arise in the field and resolves them in a collaborative manner.
  • Works collaboratively with Gilead personnel in Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Clinical Research, Global Safety and Global Medical Affairs.
  • The incumbent travels to appointments, meetings and conferences on a frequent and regular basis, occasionally with short notice.
  • Exhibits Gilead's core values: integrity, inclusion, teamwork, accountability, and excellence.


Key Responsibilities:

Medical Education:
  • Discusses and presents scientific and clinical data related to Gilead products, and key HIV topics to health care providers, HIV Community, and other internal and external stakeholders, as requested.
  • Responds to on- and off-label clinical inquiries regarding marketed or developmental Gilead products.
  • Disseminates scientific information, as requested, including medical education materials, slide decks, publications, etc. to support clinical practice.
  • Communicates insights regarding HCP perceptions of the HIV treatment and prevention landscape, marketed Gilead and competitor products, and emerging pipeline products.
  • Attends and reports back on National and International conferences, as requested. Participates in internal Gilead key abstract identification and critical evaluation of key scientific information presented at the conference.
  • Reviews current and emerging literature and communicates, as requested, with HCPs, and to internal Gilead colleagues.


KOL Development:
  • Establishes, develops and maintains strong relationships with opinion leaders, clinical investigators and healthcare professionals at academic and non-academic settings.
  • Identifies and develops regional and national opinion leader advocates for Gilead products through personal contacts and on-site visits.
  • Connects external HCP and other HIV treatment and prevention stakeholders with internal Gilead colleagues to further education and research collaborations.
  • Creates connections between external HCPs and other HIV Treatment and Prevention community stakeholders to foster education, research and patient care.


Research/Data Generation Support:
  • Supports Gilead clinical operations through site/investigator identification and liaising regarding recruitment and enrollment challenges.
  • Supports investigator-sponsored and collaborative research through liaising with investigators on alignment with Gilead strategic priorities and data gaps, and presenting potential study ideas to internal review committees.
  • Identifies publication opportunities and facilitates development of publications as requested.


Critical Competencies:
  • Advanced health sciences degree (M.D., Pharm. D., PhD are preferred) with 65 years of experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industry preferred.
  • Two to four years of experience in HIV and/or infectious disease therapeutic area preferred, but not required.
  • Advanced interpersonal skills including demonstrated proficiency in building relationships with opinion leaders in health care professions, and with patient advocacy groups, and the ability to network within the health care community.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong scientific and business acumen.
  • Excellent project management ability and organizational skills, including the management of multiple priorities and resources, and high attention to detail.
  • Excellent judgment and personal initiative are required.
  • Advanced computer knowledge (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Concur, Zoom) is required.
  • Must have knowledge of and be willing to comply with all regulatory/compliance policies.
  • Ability to travel 70% of the time; domestic and international travel is required, including potential attendance at conferences which may include occasional weekend travel.
  • Bilingual (French and English) candidates required.


Gilead Core Values:
  • Integrity (doing what's right)
  • Teamwork (working together)
  • Excellence (being your best)
  • Accountability (taking personal responsibility)
  • Inclusion (encouraging diversity)


Gilead Leadership Commitment:
  • 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.


Scientifique me9dical VIH - Quebec

Gilead Sciences recherche un scientifique me9dical (MS) compe9tent et motive9, capable de travailler efficacement dans un environnement d'e9quipe multidisciplinaire. Le candidat retenu assumera un rf4le e0 temps plein en tant que scientifique me9dical dans le domaine the9rapeutique du VIH et rele8vera du responsable MS, VIH. Le rf4le sera base9 sur le terrain et ne9cessitera des de9placements jusqu'e0 70 % du temps. Les candidats doivent eatre base9s e0 Montre9al.

Le rf4le:
  • Mettre en 53uvre les buts et objectifs de9finis aligne9s sur le plan d'action des affaires me9dicales et d'autres initiatives strate9giques dans le domaine the9rapeutique du VIH couvrant le traitement et la pre9vention.
  • Anticiper les obstacles et les difficulte9s qui peuvent survenir sur le terrain et les re9soudre de manie8re collaborative.
  • Travailler en collaboration avec le personnel de Gilead dans les domaines des ventes, du marketing, de l'acce8s au marche9, de la recherche clinique, de la se9curite9 Monde et des affaires me9dicales Monde.
  • Le titulaire du poste se rendra fre9quemment et re9gulie8rement e0 des rendez-vous, des re9unions et des confe9rences, parfois avec un court pre9avis.
  • Pre9senter les valeurs fondamentales de Gilead : inte9grite9, inclusion, travail d'e9quipe, responsabilite9 et excellence


Responsabilite9s cle9s:

Formation me9dicale:
  • De9velopper et pre9senter des donne9es scientifiques et cliniques lie9es aux produits Gilead et aux sujets cle9s sur le VIH aux prestataires de soins de sante9, e0 la communaute9 VIH et e0 d'autres parties prenantes internes et externes, sur demande.
  • Re9pondre aux demandes cliniques sur et hors indication concernant les produits Gilead commercialise9s ou en de9veloppement.
  • Diffuser des informations scientifiques, sur demande, y compris du mate9riel de formation me9dicale, des diaporamas, des publications, etc. pour soutenir la pratique clinique.
  • Communiquer des informations sur les perceptions des professionnels de la sante9 concernant le contexte du traitement et de la pre9vention du VIH, les produits commercialise9s par Gilead et ses concurrents, ainsi que les produits e9mergents en cours de de9veloppement.
  • Assister et rendre compte des confe9rences nationales et internationales, sur demande. Participer e0 l'identification interne des re9sume9s cle9s de Gilead et e0 l'e9valuation critique des informations scientifiques cle9s pre9sente9es lors de la confe9rence.
  • Examiner la litte9rature actuelle et e9mergente et communiquer, sur demande, avec les professionnels de sante9 et les colle8gues internes de Gilead.


De9veloppement de KOL:
  • Identifier et former des leaders d'opinion re9gionaux et nationaux de9fenseurs des produits Gilead par le biais de contacts personnels et de visites sur place.
  • Mettre en relation les professionnels de sante9 externes et d'autres parties prenantes du traitement et de la pre9vention du VIH avec des colle8gues internes de Gilead pour poursuivre les collaborations en matie8re d'e9ducation et de recherche.
  • Cre9er des liens entre les professionnels de sante9 externes et d'autres acteurs communautaires du traitement et de la pre9vention du VIH pour favoriser l'e9ducation, la recherche et les soins aux patients.


Prise en charge de la recherche/ge9ne9ration de donne9es:
  • Soutenir les ope9rations cliniques de Gilead par l'identification des sites/investigateurs et la liaison concernant les de9fis de recrutement et d'inscription.
  • Soutenir la recherche collaborative et parraine9e par les chercheurs en assurant la liaison avec les chercheurs sur l'alignement sur les priorite9s strate9giques de Gilead et les lacunes en matie8re de donne9es, et en pre9sentant des ide9es d'e9tudes potentielles aux comite9s d'examen internes.
  • Identifier les opportunite9s de publication et faciliter le de9veloppement de publications sur demande.


Compe9tences critiques:
  • Diplf4me avance9 en sciences de la sante9 (MD, Pharm. D., PhD sont pre9fe9re9s) avec 65 ans d'expe9rience dans les soins de sante9 ou l'industrie pharmaceutique.
  • Deux e0 quatre anne9es d'expe9rience dans le domaine the9rapeutique du VIH et/ou des maladies infectieuses, de pre9fe9rence, mais non obligatoire.
  • Compe9tences interpersonnelles avance9es, y compris la capacite9 de9montre9e e0 e9tablir des relations avec les leaders d'opinion des professions de sante9 et avec les groupes de de9fense des patients, et la capacite9 de re9seauter au sein de la communaute9 des soins de sante9.
  • Excellentes compe9tences en communication orale et e9crite, fort sens scientifique et commercial.
  • Excellentes capacite9s de gestion de projet et compe9tences organisationnelles, y compris la gestion de multiples priorite9s et ressources, et une grande attention aux de9tails.
  • Un excellent jugement et une initiative personnelle sont requis.
  • Des connaissances informatiques avance9es (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Concur, Zoom) sont requises.
  • Doit connaeetre et eatre preat e0 se conformer e0 toutes les politiques de re9glementation/conformite9.
  • Capacite9 e0 voyager 70 % du temps ; des de9placements nationaux et internationaux sont ne9cessaires, y compris une e9ventuelle participation e0 des confe9rences qui peuvent inclure des de9placements occasionnels le week-end.
  • Bilingue frane7ais et anglais requis.


Valeurs fondamentales de Gilead :
  • Inte9grite9 (faire ce qui est juste)
  • Travail d'e9quipe (travailler ensemble)
  • Excellence (eatre le meilleur de vous-meame)
  • Responsabilite9 (assumer la responsabilite9 personnelle)
  • Inclusion (encourager la diversite9)


Engagement de la direction de Gilead :
  • JE SUIS AUDACIEUX dans l'aspiration et AGILE dans l'exe9cution.
  • Je me soucie et je prends du temps pour les gens.
  • J'c9COUTE, je parle ouvertement et j'explique le " pourquoi ".
  • Je fais confiance aux autres et e0 moi-meame pour prendre des de9cisions judicieuses.
  • Je suis responsable de l'impact de mes paroles et de mes actions.


For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:

Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.

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Learn more about Gilead Sciences Inc
Size
14,400 employees
Market Cap
$107.2 billion
Industry
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Net Income
$123 million
Founded
1987
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$24.6 billion
NASDAQ
GILD
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