Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager
About this opportunity
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.
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.
Job Description
• Represents regional Regulatory Affairs or may serve as Regional Lead on cross-functional/cross-regional Regulatory Submission Teams.
• With guidance, defines the regulatory strategy for one or more Gilead/Kite products or projects.
• Evaluates changes to the local regulatory landscape and sharing risks and opportunities with the global study team when necessary.
• Proactively identifies regulatory or related risks/issues and develops mitigation and/or contingency plans.
• Leads the preparation, compilation, and timely filing of regulatory submissions, which require cross-functional interactions for commercial or investigational product(s). Examples include meeting requests, briefing packages, original Clinical Trial Notification (CTN).
• Leads cross-functional teams in the authoring of regulatory documents, including meeting requests, Module 1 documents for new drug submission, etc.
• Provides input to the content of the original label and label updates.
• Ensures product packaging and associated information is updated and maintained in accordance with the product license for assigned products and markets.
• Contributes to process improvements and/or other special projects within Regulatory Affairs.
• Ensures own work complies with established practices, policies and processes, and any regulatory or other requirements.
For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:
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How this role compares
Computed from every other active Regulatory Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 145 comparable Manager Regulatory Affairs roles across 41 biopharma companies.
Salary context
37 of 145 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
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Seniority mix
145 of 145 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
22 of 145 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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How we calculate "similar"
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.