Country Medical Director

Job Description

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.

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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.

Role purpose

The Country Medical Director (CMD), France is the senior medical and scientific leader for the affiliate. The role owns the country medical strategy across the portfolio, leads the Medical Affairs organisation, and ensures that patient needs, scientific evidence and the French healthcare environment shape affiliate, regional and global decisions.

Act as a trusted, credible scientific partner in the external ecosystem and the senior medical representative of the affiliate.

Serve as a strategic member of the Country Leadership Team, contributing an independent medical perspective to affiliate strategy and decisions.

Connect the country with regional and global teams so that French needs, insights, evidence gaps and opportunities are heard early and translated into action.

Create an inclusive, high‑performing Medical Affairs organisation that develops talent, empowers teams and delivers measurable value for patients and the healthcare system.

Four dimensions of the role

• Country medical and scientific leader. Owns the medical and scientific strategy across therapeutic areas, pipeline and in‑market products.
• Affiliate enterprise leader. Shapes affiliate priorities, decisions, culture and resource choices as a Country Leadership Team member.
• External scientific ambassador. Represents the company with healthcare professionals, scientific societies, patient organisations, public‑health stakeholders, authorities and other relevant external stakeholders.
• Enterprise connector. Creates a two‑way flow of insights, decisions and priorities between France, ACE/International and Global teams.

Key accountabilities

1. Own and continuously evolve the France Medical Affairs strategy and annual medical plans, aligned with patient needs, country priorities and regional/global strategy while preserving the appropriate independence of Medical Affairs. Translate scientific, clinical, access, policy and healthcare‑system developments into clear priorities, choices and resource allocation across therapeutic areas. Lead medical launch readiness and life‑cycle planning for pipeline and in‑market products, including evidence needs, scientific engagement, education, medical information readiness and cross‑functional dependencies. Use meaningful objectives and indicators to monitor impact, identify risks and adjust plans.
2. Put patients first in strategy and execution, including attention to unmet need, equitable evidence generation, access barriers and patient experience. Identify and help close care gaps so that patients can benefit from the latest evidence‑based care, including appropriate contribution to guidelines, pathways and public‑health initiatives. Set the medical framework for compliant patient and community engagement, clarifying interfaces with Public Affairs and other functions. Ensure the medical organisation understands the French healthcare, regulatory, reimbursement and policy environment and its implications for patients and Medical Affairs.
3. Build and sustain trusted, transparent relationships with external experts, healthcare professionals, scientific societies, patient organisations, payers/HTA stakeholders, public‑health bodies and other relevant stakeholders, in line with applicable rules. Ensure balanced, evidence‑based scientific exchange and high‑quality medical education, tailored to stakeholder needs and delivered through appropriate channels. Act as senior scientific spokesperson for the affiliate when appropriate and authorised, including on complex evidence, benefit‑risk, disease and healthcare‑system topics. Establish a systematic