Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition – Global Executive Recruiting Head

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
 

Reporting to the Global Vice President of Talent Acquisition, the Sr. Director – Global Executive Recruiting Head will lead the Global Executive Recruiting function at Gilead and will serve as a core member of the Talent Acquisition Leadership Team. The Sr. Director is a key strategic partner to senior business leaders and VP HRBPs and their teams. The Sr. Director and his/her direct reports develop executive recruiting strategies that ensure the attraction of top executive talent, as well as driving process excellence, continuity, consistency and recruiting best practices. The Sr. Director will continue to build the executive recruiting capability at Gilead into a best-in-class function.

Located in our corporate HQ in the San Francisco Bay Area: Foster City and onsite as hybrid 3 days per week, this is an opportunity to make an impact while being part of a historically significant company that is making a difference to the lives of millions of people around the world.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead Global Executive Recruiting function, partnering with Sourcing, Business Leaders, and HRBP community to source and attract top talent

• Set strategic direction for the executive recruiting function and continuously improve as a best-in-class executive COE

• Provide leadership to direct and dotted-line report(s) and build a highly capable team through the attraction, training and development of executive recruiting professionals to meet current and future business needs

• Partner with other HR COEs to deliver customized recruitment strategies to the business

  • Serve as the key global stakeholder manager of external executive recruiting search partners

  • Support the development and evolution of the Gilead employment brand to target executive candidate populations

• Create and drive executive talent pipelines in partnership with the Inclusion & Diversity COE, Sourcing, HR and business leaders

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 12+ years of recruiting experience, including people leadership experience at scale, OR

• Bachelor’s degree with 14+ years of recruiting experience, including people leadership experience at scale

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing multifunction and multilocation talent acquisition organizations in a highly matrixed organization. Preference for candidates with previous biopharmaceutical industry experience

• 5+ years executive recruiting experience, preferably in the life sciences, with demonstrated results

• Leadership of executive recruiting at a global company at scale is highly preferred

• Extremely strong business partnering skills

• Excellent learning agility and emotional intelligence

• Highly collegial

• In-depth knowledge of Talent Acquisition nuances and best practices in life sciences, healthcare, biotech is preferred.

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity recruitment, including depth and delivery of results

• Proven experience developing and implementing executive recruitment strategies and results delivery for organizations with highly dispersed employee populations of 15,000+.

• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business objectives into executive Talent Acquisition priorities

• Model strong leadership, accountable for coaching, developing, progressing and retaining employees within the function, and building inclusive teams

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