Jobs at Gilead Sciences

Leads corporate financial planning and forecasting, annual budgeting, long-range planning, consolidation, management reporting, financial modeling, and performance analysis. Partners with senior leaders to guide resource allocation, investment decisions, and corrective actions. Oversees close support, governance, controls, process improvement, and executive presentations while managing strategic initiatives and ad hoc analyses. The role also includes people leadership, talent development, and cross-functional collaboration within a biopharmaceutical organization.

Leads the global Next Best Action product strategy across therapy areas and countries. Partners with brand, marketing, sales, IT, and analytics teams to develop omnichannel personalization, customer targeting, recommendation engines, and journey orchestration. Manages offshore teams building and optimizing machine learning models, evaluates experimentation and model performance, oversees deployment and production execution, and ensures data privacy, documentation, and business continuity.

Leads IT financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, close processes, variance analysis, investment evaluation, and strategic decision support. Partners with IT, Finance, and Controllership to optimize capital and operating expense allocation, assess accounting treatment, improve reporting processes, and measure ROI on technology investments. The role also provides executive insights, supports strategic initiatives, and leads a high-performing finance team.

Leads corporate SEC reporting, including preparation and filing of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K; oversees financial statement disclosures, XBRL, disclosure controls, and SEC comment responses. Partners with Legal, Investor Relations, auditors, Tax, Treasury, and technical accounting teams. Advises senior management, manages reporting cycles and complex transactions, improves technology and controls, and leads, coaches, and develops a team of four.

Leads high-priority U.S. Commercial strategic initiatives, advises senior leaders, and manages complex cross-functional planning and special projects. Develops strategic frameworks, governance models, recommendations, and executive communications; anticipates risks and interdependencies; mobilizes stakeholders; drives consensus and decisions; and designs scalable processes and operating models. The role also includes people leadership responsibilities involving inclusion, talent development, coaching, and team empowerment.

Leads organizational change and transformation across high-priority U.S. Commercial initiatives. Develops adoption strategies, assesses readiness, advises senior leaders, aligns cross-functional stakeholders, manages interdependencies and risks, and establishes practical change methodologies, governance, measurement, and capability-building practices. The role focuses on embedding new operating models, processes, capabilities, and ways of working across a complex pharmaceutical organization.

Leads global marketing content operations and the Agency G in-house agency, translating strategy and governance into scalable workflows, service standards, and delivery practices. Oversees campaign orchestration, regulated content processes, partner and vendor performance, operational metrics, continuous improvement, and AI or marketing technology adoption. Coordinates global and local stakeholders across marketing, creative, technology, procurement, legal, medical, and regulatory functions while guiding teams, managing escalations, and improving partner experience, quality, efficiency, and compliance.

Leads Gilead’s global HR operational transformation agenda, improving service delivery, employee experience, processes, operating models, and automation. Oversees process redesign, work transitions, service readiness, governance, continuous improvement, and digital HR initiatives. Partners with HR Shared Services, COEs, HR Business Partners, technology teams, and business stakeholders. The role manages and develops an Operational Excellence team while applying Lean, Six Sigma, structured problem-solving, and change leadership to deliver measurable, sustainable results.

As a Senior Scientist, you will develop machine learning methods for biologics design, optimize large-molecule therapeutics, and work collaboratively with experimental teams to enhance drug development processes.

Leads general ledger accounting, month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, internal controls, SOX compliance, audits, and US GAAP adherence across multinational markets. Partners with FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Controllership, and market finance teams; supports acquisitions, KPI monitoring, process automation, balance sheet reviews, and operational reporting. Requires strong technical accounting expertise, leadership through change, stakeholder management, and experience in a multi-country record-to-report environment.

Leads SAP role security, testing, compliance, access governance, segregation-of-duties management, and audit readiness across global ERP operations. Owns the capability roadmap, controls, operational metrics, release readiness, remediation, and continuous improvement. Manages global internal teams, system integrators, and managed service providers while partnering with enterprise security, validation, architecture, and business leaders. Requires executive communication, regulated-environment experience, and expertise in SAP security, SAP GRC, S/4HANA, cloud technologies, SOX, ITGC, and GxP requirements.

Own the Workday Talent Acquisition product and roadmap, including Recruiting, HiredScore, Paradox, integrations, configuration, testing, reporting, security, and compliance. Lead end-to-end delivery, partner with HR, Talent Acquisition, IT, and data teams, and improve candidate and recruiter experiences through AI and automation. Ensure scalable global recruiting solutions, accurate analytics, regulatory compliance, and adoption of new Workday capabilities.

Leads Gilead’s enterprise contingent workforce program and related professional services procurement categories. Owns strategy, sourcing, supplier and MSP governance, financial value realization, risk and compliance controls, technology and analytics roadmaps, transformation, workforce planning, and executive stakeholder engagement. Develops operating models, performance frameworks, and supplier strategies while leading cross-functional teams and globally distributed partners. Ensures cost optimization, workforce compliance, supplier performance, program scalability, user experience, and measurable business outcomes.

Lead and deliver applied AI initiatives in life sciences: manage contractors, design and implement RAG/LLM systems, provide technical direction, build scalable MLOps/LLMOps pipelines, ensure governance and production readiness, collaborate with product and scientific stakeholders, and translate AI research into regulated, production-grade solutions that support clinical, regulatory, and enterprise use cases.

Leads Gilead’s Responsible Business reporting and communications portfolio, managing reporting calendars, data and evidence collection, reviews, approvals, publication, assessments, and stakeholder content. Develops communications strategies, leadership materials, employee communications, presentations, and topic briefs. Partners cross-functionally across Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, manages agencies and budgets, maintains approved content libraries, and advises on messaging and engagement. The role requires strong writing, editorial judgment, project management, strategic thinking, and influence in a regulated global organization.

Leads Gilead’s global benefits and wellbeing strategy, governance, design, delivery, compliance, and continuous improvement. Oversees health, retirement, financial wellbeing, leave, mobility, expatriate, and employee support programs across countries. Manages a global team, vendors, investments, risk, analytics, technology initiatives, and transformation efforts while partnering with HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Payroll, and business leaders. Supports employee experience, mergers and acquisitions, operational excellence, and talent development.

Leads global commercial services category management and strategic sourcing, including category strategy, supplier relationships, stakeholder governance, procurement transformation, spend oversight, negotiations, cost savings, risk management, and value delivery. Partners with Commercial, Public Affairs, and Medical Affairs teams while developing sourcing initiatives, supplier plans, forecasts, performance metrics, and process improvements.

Leads specialty laboratory category strategy, strategic sourcing, contracting, vendor onboarding, portfolio management, negotiations, rate-card governance, and performance improvement for biomarker, bioanalytical, and companion diagnostic services. Partners with scientific, clinical, legal, finance, quality, compliance, regulatory, and operational stakeholders to optimize vendor solutions, ensure GxP and contractual compliance, improve timelines, manage risk, and deliver savings and value across clinical development and research.

Leads Gilead’s global Internal Audit, enterprise risk management, and business continuity functions. Provides independent assurance on governance, controls, compliance, technology, cybersecurity, supply chain, and operational risks. Advises the Audit Committee, CEO, CFO, and senior leadership on emerging risks and remediation. Modernizes audit and risk practices through data analytics, automation, AI, and continuous monitoring while overseeing global teams, business continuity planning, risk assessments, audits, and executive reporting.

Leads end-to-end internal investigations into alleged misconduct, fraud, conflicts of interest, healthcare professional interactions, information misuse, and compliance violations. Conducts interviews, reviews evidence, develops findings, manages investigation plans, and partners with Legal, Employee Relations, Security, and Audit. Oversees hotline triage, reporting, case documentation, process improvements, regulatory alignment, and investigator mentorship while promoting an ethical speak-up culture.