Senior Director, Program Change Lead

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.
 

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Job Description
 

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world's most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come.

As a Senior Director, Program Change Lead, at Gilead you will lead the change and transformation agenda across high-priority U.S. Commercial initiatives, helping the organization successfully adopt and sustain new capabilities, operating models, processes and ways of working.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Business Enablement, Strategy & Transformation, you will partner with Business Units, functions and initiative leaders to anticipate the organizational impact of change, strengthen readiness and adoption, and help ensure transformation efforts translate into sustained business outcomes.

You will also strengthen how U.S. Commercial approaches change across initiatives by establishing practical methods, capabilities and targeted support that enable more consistent and effective execution.

This role is based in Foster City, California, and requires onsite presence. Relocation assistance is available.

Key Responsibilities

Lead change strategy and adoption

• Lead change and transformation strategies for high-priority U.S. Commercial initiatives, helping ensure new capabilities, operating models, processes and ways of working are adopted, embedded and sustained.
• Partner with initiative and business leaders to assess organizational impact, readiness and adoption needs and translate those insights into practical change strategies and interventions.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, anticipating barriers and identifying actions required to implement change effectively and realize intended business value.
• Define and monitor meaningful measures of readiness, adoption and sustainability, using insights to identify where additional leadership attention or intervention is needed.

Drive cross-functional and enterprise alignment

• Build alignment across Business Units and functions around new capabilities, operating models, processes and ways of working while navigating competing priorities and differing levels of readiness.
• Bring a U.S. Commercial perspective to enterprise transformation, translating broader change efforts into the specific implications, needs and actions required within the U.S. business.
• Partner with Corporate and Global functions, including OE&TDI, to align U.S. Commercial change efforts with broader enterprise strategies, capabilities and approaches while ensuring U.S. business needs are effectively represented.
• Identify dependencies, risks and cumulative organizational impacts across simultaneous initiatives so transformation efforts are coordinated rather than managed in isolation.

Build sustainable change capability

• Establish practical change approaches, methods, tools and measurement practices that leverage and complement enterprise approaches while remaining adaptable to U.S. Commercial needs.
• Equip leaders and teams with the capabilities to lead through change effectively and build greater organizational ownership of change over time.
• Determine where specialist change support will have the greatest impact and focus resources on the initiatives and populations where targeted support is most needed.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and 14+ years of relevant experience; OR

Master’s degree/MBA and 12+ years of relevant experience; OR

PhD and 12+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience in enterprise transformation, organizational change, business transformation or strategic program leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational readiness, anticipate adoption barriers and design interventions that support sustained changes in behaviors and ways of working.
• Experience managing the cumulative impact and interdependencies of multiple simultaneous organizational changes.
• Ability to establish practical change methodologies, governance, tools and measurement approaches without creating unnecessary process.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across U.S., Global and Corporate teams, translating enterprise approaches to business-specific needs while maintaining alignment.
• Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex organizational issues into clear recommendations and decisions.
• Significant experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare or a similarly complex industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale organizational change or transformation across complex, cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing outcomes across functions and organizational levels without direct authority.

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

 

The salary range for this position is: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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