Director, PDM Experience - Foster City

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

Director, PDM Experience

Location: Foster City

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing (PDM) Operations Management, the Director, PDM Experience will serve as the business lead for programs that have outsize import on the experience of our employees and which enable a culture of support and growth.

FOCUS AREAS

• Lead the nascent PDM Rotational Program, working with functional leaders and Human Resources partners, to ensure it is successful in its goal of supporting the development of PDM staff. Solicit feedback on the Rotational Program from all key stakeholders, monitor its rollout, determine needed iterations and then implement such improvements. This will require significant collaboration with Human Resources and other partners and functions

• Review current onboarding program for new PDM staff, identify gaps, develop roadmap for comprehensive PDM onboarding and then implement onboarding program. This will also require significant collaboration with PDM functional leaders and Human Resources

• Create and lead programming for the PDM Summer Internship program so that interns have a coordinated and meaningful time working at Gilead with a variety of experiences

• Identify future programs to support PDM’s culture by facilitating conversations with the PDM Leadership Team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A degree in life sciences or a relevant business area with 12+ years of varied post-graduation experience in Pharmaceuticals, Biosciences or a related industry. Or MS with 10+ years of relevant experience. Or PhD with 8+ years of relevant experience. Or relevant experience.

• Experience working in or with Human Resources on programs that nurture and develop talent within the business

• Demonstrated capability to navigate and lead in a highly networked environment and experienced with the required elevated level of influencing skills.

• Elevated communication skills, both written and oral. Strong presenter capable of engaging with, and facilitating conversations with, the most Senior Leaders in the organization.

• Enthusiastic about working with people at various points in their careers

• Leadership qualities of the successful candidate include the following: collaboration, accountability, cross-functional engagement and influence, program management, strategic vision, goal setting and performance management.

People Leader Accountabilities:

•Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the

way they manage their teams.

•Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current

performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and

realize their purpose.

•Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding

them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.