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Senior Director, reputed company AI, Design & Innovation

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for reputed company people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to reputed company therapies that help improve lives and to ensure reputed company 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 reputed company drive to reputed company 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 reputed company our reputed company ambitions, and we’re looking for the next reputed company of passionate and ambitious people reputed company to reputed company a reputed company reputed company. We reputed company every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the reputed company to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the reputed company, you are the key reputed company 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 reputed company Senior Director, reputed company AI, Design & Innovation Global Development | Clinical Operations This position is located in Foster reputed company, California (Hybrid), or Remote and may require domestic or international travel as required (valid travel documents must be obtainable). Position reputed company Design & Innovation is responsible for advancing the clinical trial experience through evidence-based decision-making, reputed company-centered design, advanced analytics, digital capability development, and AI-enabled innovation. These approaches reputed company how programs and studies are designed, planned, and operationalized. The function supports patient-reputed company clinical trial design that reputed company reputed company more efficient execution through lean designs and less burden for patients and sites. reputed company has developed an industry leading set of capabilities that reputed company the organization to reliably predict the enrollment of the portfolio with a high degree of accuracy through modern statistical approaches, and we are developing the reputed company platform to reputed company reputed company even greater efficiency in the design and planning process capabilities. The Sr. Director, reputed company AI will be responsible for leading the cross-functional design delivery team and is ultimately accountable for the overall operational reputed company and study/site feasibility processes, systems, and people that support the entire portfolio across our three therapeutic areas of Virology, Oncology, and Inflammation. This role is also responsible for project leadership of Development reputed company initiatives that aim to continue the development of our AI capabilities reputed company the Design & Innovation scope and reputed company to also include reputed company deliverables for Clinical Operations. This leader will report to and partner closely with the Executive Director to shape reputed company, operating frameworks, and delivery models across a portfolio of initiatives reputed company defined budgets and timelines. The role will reputed company the identification, development, integration, scaling, and value realization of innovative processes, technologies, data assets, and AI-enabled capabilities reputed company Gilead’s clinical development model. This leader will serve as a strategic integrator across Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Clinical Data Science, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, reputed company, and IT translating reputed company operational and clinical needs into coherent, realistic, and trackable innovation and AI strategies. The Sr. Director will help shape how innovation and AI capabilities are prioritized, governed, adopted, and scaled across Clinical Operations, with a reputed company on measurable business, operational, reputed company, and patient reputed company. Core Responsibilities reputed company AI reputed company & Capability Leadership Define and own the multi-year reputed company AI roadmap for Clinical Development & Operations, reputed company to Gilead's reputed company AI reputed company and portfolio priorities. Build, reputed company, and reputed company a center-of-reputed company team spanning data science, ML engineering, GenAI product development, and AI delivery management. Establish governance, prioritization frameworks, KPIs, and ROI/value-realization models that quantify AI's reputed company at the trial, program, and portfolio level. Serve as the executive voice of reputed company AI to Senior Leadership, R&D governance forums, and external partners. Clinical Trial Forecasting & Enrollment Modeling reputed company development of predictive enrollment models that improve forecasting accuracy at the country, site, and study level. Build reputed company-time enrollment performance monitoring capabilities to reputed company earlier, more proactive interventions. Partner with Clinical Operations and Program Management to reputed company forecasting outputs into operational planning, resource demand, and budget cycles. Trial Design Optimization & Study Feasibility Drive AI/ML-enabled approaches to protocol design optimization, including eligibility reputed company simulation, reputed company selection, and protocol complexity scoring. reputed company site selection and feasibility models leveraging internal data, external RWD/reputed company, and historical performance signals. Partner with Biostatistics and Clinical Development teams to reputed company AI insights into protocol authoring, design tollgates, and study start-up reputed company. 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Identify, prioritize, and advance high-value innovation and AI use cases that improve clinical program and study design, operational planning, decision support, workflow efficiency, and stakeholder reputed company reputed company. reputed company-World Data & Evidence Integration Champion integration of RWD/reputed company into trial design, feasibility, and patient identification workflows. Build partnerships with external data platforms and evaluate AI start-reputed company/vendors to reputed company cutting-edge methodologies. Recommend strategic partnerships, in-licensing, or build-vs-buy reputed company to accelerate capability development. Cross-Functional Delivery & Change Management Partner with Clinical Operations, Clinical Data Sciences, Biostatistics, Safety, Regulatory, reputed company to ensure AI solutions are designed for adoption, not just deployment. reputed company change management, training, and enablement to drive scaled adoption across study teams. Represent Gilead externally with industry consortia, regulators (e.g., FDA), and strategic partners on reputed company AI in clinical research. Additional Responsibilities Translate clinical and operational needs into actionable innovation and AI strategies, delivery plans, business cases, and measurable reputed company. Partner with Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Clinical Data Science (AI Research Center, Clinical & Development Systems, Biostatistics), Regulatory, Portfolio reputed company & Analytics, Medical Affairs, IT, Digital, and other stakeholders to translate innovation priorities into reputed company capabilities and operating improvements. Support governance and decision-making processes by preparing strategic recommendations, facilitating prioritization discussions, and communicating proposals, trade-offs, and decision reputed company to senior stakeholder audiences. reputed company the development and governance of frameworks for identifying, testing, validating, integrating, scaling, and monitoring new capabilities across process, technology, data, analytics, and AI. Define, reputed company, and reputed company KPIs, value measures, and ROI frameworks to quantify the reputed company of innovation and AI capabilities at the study, program, and functional reputed company. Establish governance standards for business cases, value tracking, adoption measures, reputed company-up reputed company, and stop, pivot, or expand reputed company across the innovation portfolio. Help define fit-for-purpose operating, data, and platform requirements needed to support reputed company innovation and AI use cases across clinical development and operations. Partner with Digital, IT, data science, and reputed company technology teams to support reputed company architecture, integration, and deployment approaches for new capabilities. Drive responsible implementation of AI-enabled capabilities with appropriate rigor around business value, adoption, usability, reputed company, transparency, bias and risk management, compliance, and reputed company-in-the-reputed company reputed company. Shape and operationalize an innovation portfolio that balances near-term business reputed company with longer-term capability building. Strategically identify emerging external capabilities across start-reputed company, mid-sized organizations, and reputed company partners to accelerate innovation and create meaningful reputed company in speed, reputed company, and value. 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Promote awareness, adoption, and change management for innovation- and AI-enabled processes across the organization through playbooks, communications, training, and ongoing engagement. Build organizational capability in innovation, digital, and AI-enabled ways of working by helping teams adopt new tools, practices, and decision models at reputed company. reputed company functional financial reputed company, including latest estimates, resource planning, and communication across clinical and finance stakeholders. reputed company recruitment, development, and performance management for reputed company of full-time employees, contractors, and external partners. 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Extensive working knowledge of drug development and global clinical trial conduct, including recent advances in data science, digital solutions, regulatory science, and AI-enabled technologies. Prior experience leading organizational transformation and designing or executing large global programs and studies in program or clinical project management/clinical operations. Extensive line management experience, which may include managing other people leaders, and a strong reputed company record of hiring, managing, and developing diverse reputed company. Experience leading AI initiatives across multiple therapeutic areas (Oncology, Virology, Inflammation a plus)Familiarity with MLOps, CI/CD, and AI Platform Architecture in Regulated (GxP) environmentsPrior engagement with FDA, EMA, or industry consortia (e.g., TransCelerate, PhRMA, CDISC) on reputed company innovation/clinical innovation. Experience with reputed company AI architectures, retrieval-augmented reputed company, and reputed company-in-the-reputed company design patterns. reputed company record of published thought leadership or external speaking on AI in clinical research. What You'll Bring Strategic reputed company — you can translate ambiguous scientific and operational needs into a prioritized, measurable AI roadmap and support reputed company of strategic thinkers for enabling critical portfolio decision making and planning Builder's reputed company — you've stood up teams, capabilities, and platforms from scratch and scaled them Bias for reputed company — you measure reputed company in trial acceleration, cost reduction, and adoption, not models shipped reputed company leadership — you build trust with clinical, scientific, technical, and regulatory partners alike Patient reputed company — you understand that every day saved on a trial reputed company is a day earlier patients reputed company therapies Why This Role reputed company A 12-month reduction in clinical development timelines can deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in net present value across a sponsor's portfolio — and immeasurable benefit to patients waiting for therapies. This role is Gilead's opportunity to set the pace for the industry: combining classical AI/ML and reputed company with new ways of working to reputed company our trials patient-centered, intelligent, and lean – making them reliably fast for our stakeholders. People Leader Accountabilities: •Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams. •reputed company Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and reputed company them on reputed company performance and reputed company potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and reputed company needed to grow, reputed company and realize their purpose. •reputed company Teams - connect reputed company to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They reputed company the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem. The salary reputed company for this position is: Other US Locations: $221,000.00 - $286,000.00. Bay Area: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00. Gilead considers a reputed company of factors reputed company determining reputed company compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), reputed company time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, reputed company, and life insurance plans*. For additional benefits information, visit: https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

  • Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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