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Job Description
 

The Clinical Data Sciences (CDS) organization within Gilead is accountable for the study design, data generation and analysis activities that support Gilead’s global clinical portfolio, including Gilead-led post-authorization and observational studies. Through its Development Systems department, CDS also provides an important bridge between the Development and Enterprise-IT organizations, implementing and managing Development’s unique technology needs. CDS’s vision is to advance therapeutics by providing an analytical, rigorous and data-driven foundation for innovation and excellence in drug development.

Enterprise Data Science Overview 

Recently, Gilead launched the Enterprise Data Science Council (EDSC), consisting of data science leadership from each of the major business units across Gilead and chaired by the SVP Clinical Data Science. The purpose of this council is to enable the coordinated and compliant scaling of data science across the enterprise, while preserving the strength and agility of the existing business-embedded data science teams.   

To achieve this, the Enterprise Data Science Council will take on four key roles:   1) Support and strengthen the data science community of practice; 2) Establish enterprise data science policies and governance (ex., Enterprise data and AI governance); 3) Coordinate and create transparency into data science use cases and investments across Gilead; and 4) Extend our data science capability to pursue cross-functional innovation and enable functions with limited data science resources.

Position Overview:

Reporting to the SVP of Clinical Data Science, the Executive Director, Data Science is a senior leadership role accountable for both Clinical Development and Enterprise data science capabilities. As a member of the Clinical Data Science Leadership Team, the Executive Director, Data Science is accountable for Development’s machine learning and artificial intelligence strategy, overseeing the expansion of the industry-leading Advanced Analytics organization to address the growing opportunity for value generation through the application of AI/ML, including large language models (LLMs), across Development. From an enterprise-perspective this individual will also lead the EDSC’s efforts to extend Gilead’s enterprise data science capabilities through cross-functional innovation and by providing direct data science support for functions with limited data science resources. Collaborating with senior data science leaders from the EDSC, they will oversee the development and execution of the EDSC’s strategy for prioritizing and resourcing diverse AI, ML and data science use cases across the enterprise.

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