Associate Director, HIV Public Affairs Planning and Operations

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Job Description

Reporting to the Executive Director, U.S. Treatment Public Affairs, the Associate Director, HIV Public Affairs Planning and Operations will provide project management and operational leadership across the U.S. HIV Public Affairs organization, supporting both HIV Treatment and HIV Prevention.

This role will serve as a critical operational partner to the HIV Public Affairs team, with responsibility for serving as the Business Owner for HIV Public Affairs content moving through important internal review process and providing end-to-end project management for priority Public Affairs initiatives.

The Associate Director will help translate strategy into execution by establishing clear workplans, coordinating content and deliverables, managing dependencies, anticipating risks and ensuring teams remain aligned against key milestones. The individual will partner closely with the established review  process owner to ensure HIV Public Affairs content is appropriately planned, prepared, submitted and progressed through review.

Working across Public Affairs and with cross-functional partners, this individual will bring structure, visibility and operational discipline to a complex portfolio of communications, community engagement, advocacy, regulatory, scientific and reputation initiatives. The role will provide the individual with a hands-on, holistic view of Gilead’s HIV Public Affairs team and how the team’s work fits into strategic enterprise-wide goals.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Counsel

• Partner with HIV Public Affairs leadership to shape and operationalize integrated U.S. Public Affairs strategies across HIV Treatment and Prevention, ensuring plans support broader business, portfolio and enterprise priorities.
• Provide strategic counsel to HIV Public Affairs colleagues on initiative design, sequencing, stakeholder considerations, reputational implications and executional trade-offs.
• Help identify emerging opportunities, external developments and potential issues that may affect HIV Public Affairs priorities, and translate those insights into recommendations for the team.
• Support the development of integrated Public Affairs strategies for priority regulatory milestones, product launches, scientific data disclosures, congresses and other significant portfolio moments.
• Ensure individual programs and deliverables connect to a clear overarching narrative, defined Public Affairs objectives and intended stakeholder outcomes.
• Partner with Communications and Community Engagement & Advocacy colleagues to align communications, advocacy and community engagement activities around shared strategic priorities while preserving clear functional ownership.
• Facilitate strategic planning discussions that help the team clarify objectives, prioritize opportunities, assess trade-offs and make timely decisions.
• Develop strategic recommendations and concise leadership materials that synthesize progress, external context, risks, opportunities and decisions requiring attention.
• Apply insights and lessons from major initiatives to strengthen future HIV Public Affairs strategies, launch planning and cross-functional ways of working.

HIV Public Affairs Content & Review Coordination

• Serve as the Business Owner for HIV Public Affairs content moving through review across HIV Treatment and Prevention.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of HIV PA content requiring review and ensure review timing and dependencies are incorporated into broader project plans.
• Partner with HIV Public...

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