Senior Director, Immunology Clinical Development

Regulatory Jobs; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 243,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Discretionary annual bonus potential

Stock-based long-term incentives

Job summary

Gilead Sciences Inc. in Foster City, California, seeks a Director of Clinical Development (MD) to lead key elements of inflammation and immunology programs.

You will provide scientific leadership, contribute to clinical strategy, and collaborate across functions to advance investigational therapies through early development. This hybrid role offers optional work-from-home days and a path to influence protocol design, safety monitoring, regulatory submissions, and scientific communications.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree and 10 years of experience in biopharmaceuticals, healthcare, consulting, academia, or related environment.
• 4+ years of clinical, scientific, and/or drug development experience.
• Board certification in Rheumatology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Allergy and Immunology, or related specialty.
• Familiarity with systemic autoimmune diseases and immunology drug development.
• Experience leading small cross-functional project teams in clinical research or clinical development.
• Experience with study concept development, protocol design, regulatory submissions, medical monitoring, publications, and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of Clinical Development Plans and target product profiles for assigned molecules/products.
• Provide scientific and clinical leadership to cross-functional teams; support milestones and timelines.
• Contribute to regulatory submissions, health authority responses, and development documentation.
• Coordinate data review and interpretation for internal decision-making and external communications.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations, Biostatistics, Data Management, Safety, Regulatory Affairs to advance programs.

Skills

Scientific leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Clinical trial design

Regulatory submissions

Medical monitoring

Education

MD or DO degree

Job description

Gilead Sciences Inc. in Foster City, California, seeks a Director of Clinical Development (MD) to lead key elements of inflammation and immunology programs.

You will provide scientific leadership, contribute to clinical strategy, and collaborate across functions to advance investigational therapies through early development. This hybrid role offers optional work-from-home days and a path to influence protocol design, safety monitoring, regulatory submissions, and scientific communications.