Therapy Area Market Access Lead HIV Middle East

About Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is dedicated to transforming the lives of individuals affected by HIV through innovative therapies, strategic partnerships, and improved access to care. The company focuses on addressing gaps in awareness, prevention, diagnosis, and linkage to care, while advancing HIV elimination plans through multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Role Overview

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is seeking a Therapy Area Market Access Lead, HIV, Middle East, to be based in Riyadh. This full-time role involves leading the development and execution of market access strategies for Gilead’s HIV treatment and prevention portfolio across the Middle East, with an initial focus on Saudi Arabia and other key regional markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an integrated Middle East market access strategy for the HIV treatment and prevention portfolio.
• Translate global and international Value & Access strategies into relevant regional and country-level priorities.
• Define differentiated access approaches that reflect the healthcare systems, reimbursement pathways, procurement models, and public health priorities of Middle East markets.
• Identify access barriers, policy opportunities, and evidence needs across the HIV patient journey.
• Ensure market access priorities are embedded in brand planning, regional planning, lifecycle management, and launch readiness processes.
• Maintain a clear view of the external access environment, including payer priorities, competitive developments, funding pressures, and changes in health policy.

Strategic Duties

• Lead strategies to secure and maintain appropriate reimbursement, formulary inclusion, funding, and availability for Gilead’s HIV portfolio.
• Prepare for and support negotiations with healthcare authorities, payers, procurement organizations, tender bodies, and institutional stakeholders.
• Partner with country teams to develop payer engagement and key account access plans.
• Develop and implement local value stories and pricing and reimbursement strategies in alignment with global direction and local access requirements.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of pricing and reimbursement dossiers, incorporating relevant health economic and outcomes evidence.
• Support tender planning and product availability discussions with relevant cross-functional partners.

Collaboration and Impact

This role involves close collaboration with various internal teams, including Market Access, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Government Affairs, Public Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, Legal, and global and international Value & Access colleagues. The Therapy Area Market Access Lead will contribute across the HIV care continuum, addressing awareness, prevention, earlier diagnosis, linkage to care, treatment access, and retention in care.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be an experienced and highly collaborative professional committed to securing sustainable access, reimbursement, and funding for current and future HIV innovations. This position requires the ability to integrate regional strategy with local execution effectively.