Associate Director, Organizational Effectiveness Portfolio and Project Management

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company founded in 1987. Together we deliver life-saving therapies to patients in need. With the commitment and drive you bring to the workplace every day, you will be part of a team that is changing the world and helping millions of people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. Our worldwide staff is a close community where you can see the tangible results of your contributions, where every individual’s contribution matters, and everyone has a chance to enhance their skills through ongoing development. Our scientific focus has resulted in marketed products that are benefiting hundreds of thousands of people, a pipeline of late-stage drug candidates, and unmatched patient access programs to ensure medications are available to those who could otherwise not afford them. By joining Gilead, you will further our mission to address unmet medical needs and improve life by advancing the care of patients with life-threatening diseases.

Job Overview

The Associate Director, Organizational Effectiveness Portfolio and Project Management will be a key member of the Organizational Effectiveness (OE) Team. In this role they will partner with OE advisors to support critical OE initiatives, Talent Development & Inclusion (TDI) team members to support high impact projects and programs and will maintain a portfolio of Organizational Effectiveness engagements to help enhance future prioritization efforts, ensure alignment of stakeholders and enable tracking of outcomes and value creation.

This role requires creativity, data fluency, and excellent facilitation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record solving challenges to deliver key outcomes efficiently and successfully, managing a portfolio, leading and supporting complex initiatives.

This position is located in Foster City, CA and will require working at our campus 3 days per week during our core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Responsibilities:

Portfolio Management

• Design and build OE portfolio to support a growing demand and increasing complexity of support needs

• Build processes and criteria and infrastructure needed to identify, prioritize, manage and monitor OE initiatives and resources in a way that produces tangible results
• Design measurement approach with input from OE Advisors and Stakeholders for OE value creation and maintain / enhance over time

• Create impactful and compelling presentations summarizing findings and recommendations that lead to improvements of the portfolio
• Leads portfolio review sessions as needed

Project Support & Management

• Partner with OE team members to support ongoing OE Capability Building
• Partner with TDI team to support critical initiatives and programs
• Leverage project management methodologies and tools to design and deliver key HR programs and initiatives, coordinate workstreams and ensure programs are rolled out to the business in a timely, well-coordinated and high-impact manner
• Partner with OE advisors to support OE Business Consultant and/or cross functional initiatives as needed
• Ensure timely deliverables, assessing risks and anticipating obstacles
• Communicate proactively with stakeholders and teams to help identify problems and identify solutions

• Conduct research and analysis, develop and present recommendations to senior management and drive overall OE portfolio management effectiveness
  

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills

• 10+ years of relevant experience and a BS/BA or 8+ years of relevant experience and an MS/MBA
• Knowledge of HR programs and processes; previous experience in OE or internal consulting space preferred
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are required. Must possess strong facilitation and influencing skills
• Proven track record in strategic thinking, project management, and managing change (PROSCI Certification a plus
• Able to assess and prioritize conflicting business priorities, quickly resolve issues and address root causes while multi-tasking in a high-pressure environment
• Able to lead by influence outside of hierarchy and build strong, collaborative relationships within and outside of HR

Behaviors and Capabilities

• Demonstrate Gilead’s core values
• Influence – the ability to collaborate with colleagues and ensure they understand the vision, mission, and execution to support the business objective. Work well with peers and stakeholders and ability to influence without direct authority
• Strong teamwork and facilitation – effective at being a member of teams. Listens actively and responds constructively to the needs and views of others.
• Delivery – gets the job done, in accordance with Gilead core values. Understands and exhibits a sense of urgency on critical time-dependent issues
• Resilient during change and ambiguity
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize and is persistent to achieve the business objectives
• Positive attitude and a customer-centric approach