Gilead Sciences · 3 days ago
Director, External Quality Strategy and Operations
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$210K/yr - $272K/yr
8+ years expGilead Sciences is dedicated to creating a healthier world for all people, focusing on significant health challenges such as HIV and COVID-19. The Director, External Quality Strategy & Operations will lead a team to develop and implement quality standards and processes across Gilead’s global network of contract organizations, driving operational excellence and quality transformation initiatives.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional business and quality process mapping and OpEx initiatives. This requires exceptional facilitation skills to gather SME input to design clear end-to-end business and quality processes that are practical and meaningfully improve current processes / approaches, in addition to expertise in business and quality process and OpEx methodologies and tools
Ability to analyze situations and/or data, applying sound judgment and reasoning, to identify and resolve problems and make recommendations. These will typically be high impact processes that have implications across multiple PDM Global Quality teams
Interface with members of the PDM Global Quality Leadership Team to drive meaningful process improvements in PDM Global Quality
Utilize excellent analytical, communication and influencing skills, as well as a keen problem-solving ability, to drive helpful changes and continuous improvements
Qualification
Required
A BS in life sciences or a relevant business area with 12+ years of varied post-graduation experience in Pharmaceuticals, Biosciences or a related industry required OR
MS with 10+ years of relevant experience OR
PhD with 8+ years of relevant experience
Experience leading cross-functional biopharma strategic initiatives
Experience leading business process mapping with a variety of stakeholders and SMEs
Experience with business process mapping tools such as Visio
Strong interpersonal skills and conflict resolution skills
Solid understanding of current industry, quality and compliance trends
Demonstrated ability to understand complex and complicated situations and to strip out complications
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with all levels within the organization
Benefits
Discretionary annual bonus
Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role)
Paid time off
Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Company
Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes therapies for critical diseases.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.41BKey Investors
Abingworth
2024-11-13Post Ipo Debt· $3.5M
2024-02-29Post Ipo Equity· $210M
2023-09-07Post Ipo Debt· $2B
Leadership Team
Keeley Wettan
Senior Vice President, Legal
Patrick Loerch
Senior Vice President, Clinical Data Science
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