Associate Director, Clinical Business Strategy & Operations

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
 

Gilead's mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses worldwide. As the Associate Director, Clinical Business Strategy & Operations, you are the project manager for assigned projects of increasing complexity. You will manage the full project management lifecycle for assigned projects and act as a functional area expert. You will develop and manage project plans, project timelines, communications, change management, meetings, and other interactions to ensure project deliverables are met on-time, to the quality expected, and within-budget. You will represent the Project Team to various partners and stakeholders. You will typically manage multiple projects simultaneously. You will also contribute to short- and long-range Business Strategy & Operations (BS&O) strategies, plans, and infrastructure development. You may also have leadership responsibilities for the BS&O team located on the Foster City campus.

This postion is located ONSITE in Foster City, CA (Tuesday - Thursday full days) and is not eligible for relocation, local candidates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

• Direct moderately complex department/cross-functional specific programs and/or initiatives.
• Supervise moderately complex project/initiative communications (including change management) and ensures that all stakeholders are fully informed and knowledgeable of project activities and their status.
• Provide Project Management support for strategic programs/projects/initiatives; attends sub-team meetings; organizes ad hoc working groups as needed.
• Provide leadership to the team and functional areas to anticipate and identify complex project issues which pose a challenge to achieving strategic goals; proposes and implements plans to resolve such issues and execute corrective actions.
• Identifies and manages critical path activities and resources.
• Works in partnership with project sponsor/lead and stakeholders to ensure timely, efficient and effective meetings and progress on activities between meetings.
• Work in partnership with project sponsor/lead to develop, gain approval and execute on strategy.
• Leads project meetings and coordinates moderately complex team operations and communications. 
• Organizes and/or leads preparation of high-quality documents for review by internal and external stakeholders. May author documents for leadership teams.
• Tracks and prepares project information and activities, including minutes, charter, timelines, budgets, action items and project specific deliverables. Ensures integration of project timing, scope and resources.
• Represents Project Team to functional area leadership and/or steering committees for major strategic decisions.
• May develop and implement continuous improvement and optimization initiatives across the department.
• Ensures project work complies with established practices, policies and processes and any regulatory or other requirements.
• Influence and drive an inclusive and engaging BS&O culture at the Foster City location. Facilitate face-to-face collaboration with Clinical Trial Capabilities and Clinical Operations colleagues on the Foster City campus.

Project Management & Business

• Recognized as a functional area expert for specific products, programs, projects and/or initiatives.
• Possess knowledge of full cycle project management, from project start-up to close-out, and has shown ability to effectively apply this knowledge to achieve targeted project outcomes.<