Sr Manager, Quality Planning & Strategy

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.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintains overall project portfolios across Global Quality

• Monitors progress, manage risks, and ensure projects are delivered on time

• Drive end-to-end planning and execution of global quality initiatives, including detailed project plans, timelines, and resource management

• Collaborate with Project Leads and Quality leadership to monitor progress, manage risks, and communicate outcomes across the network

• Captures and manages Quality Systems enhancements and integrations to various platforms and ensures timely and effective implementation

• Support the annual Quality Planning process in alignment with corporate objectives

• Facilitate regular project updates, steering committee meetings, quality forums, and executive reporting

• Develop, organize, and maintain comprehensive QA and QC project documentation and performance reporting

• Identify and implement opportunities for process efficiency, automation, and innovation

• Apply Organizational Change Management strategies to support adoption and sustainability of initiatives, as appropriate

• Manage stakeholder relationships across all phases of the project lifecycle

• Measure Quality project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques, including defining and tracking KPIs related to project success, quality impact, and operational outcomes

• Leverage data-driven insights to inform decisions and continuous improvement

• Perform and assess risk management to minimize project risks, and escalate critical risks to leadership as needed

• Guide junior Quality staff, fostering a culture of quality excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Stay current with industry trends, regulatory changes, and best practices to proactively enhance Quality systems and processes

Minimum Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience

OR

• Master’s degree and 6 years of experience

Preferred Education & Experience

• Demonstrates knowledge in Quality Systems, Quality principles, concepts, industry practices, and standards.

• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and excellent written & oral communications skills. 

• Strong planning and organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously

• Familiarity with tools and practices for project management, stakeholder management and results tracking

• Ability to effectively engage with internal and external stakeholders, facilitate discussions, influence effectively and develop relationships; problem solve, drive efforts and projects and delegate appropriate tasks to collaborators and follow-up as needed to meet deadlines

• Self-motivated, proactive and responsive, highly organized, results-oriented and attentive to detail

• Ability to navigate ambiguous initiatives and decisively support the organization in crafting an actionable plan for the deliverables.

• Strong sense of urgency to drive projects to completion

• Ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while fostering a dynamic work culture founded on trust and having a proactive mindset

• Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified is a pl

People Leader Accountabilities: