Associate Director- Commercial Project Management, Planning and Operations

Associate Director
- Commercial Project Management, Planning and Operations

United States - California - Foster City Commercial/Sales Operations Regular

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, Project Management position, you will report to the Head of Global Commercial Project Management (GCPM) and will support Gilead’s oncology program, managing cross‑functional project teams in support of business‑critical projects in the Gilead portfolio, including high‑profile initiatives.

The successful candidate will be dynamic, multi‑faceted and an experienced project/program manager with excellent project management capabilities and track record, highly organized, with strong attention to detail. Additionally, the ideal candidate will have the proven ability to effectively manage, drive large and complex projects and work streams; effectively network across the organization and communicate with senior leaders, all within a very dynamic, fast paced environment.

This role is a Foster City Office based position.

• Manage cross‑functional project teams and initiatives, including co‑chairing timely, efficient, and action‑oriented project team meetings.
• Project and program management of Gilead early Commercialization Teams & Commercialization Teams, primarily in oncology therapy areas.
• Direct team operations, managing multiple touchpoints and communication channels, engaging stakeholders, keeping them abreast of project activities & status, drive towards decisions in a timely manner.
• Develop and manage project scope, deliverables, resource requirements, and identification of program/project risks.
• Develop and maintain detailed work plans on key initiatives which include identification of project tasks, clear milestones, and assignments of work project responsibilities, schedules, resources, budget, and status reports.
• Coordinate project management resources support for functional areas across multiple projects, attending sub‑teams and working groups where appropriate.
• Lead the team and cross‑functional stakeholders in discussions to anticipate/identify project issues/risks which may be a barrier to achieving strategic goals; propose, contribute to and implement plans to resolve such issues and execute corrective actions as appropriate.
• Partner with project lead to develop, contribute to project strategy, gain approval at governance committee review.
• Coordinate and contribute to preparation of high‑quality documents for governance committee reviews, may represent oncology teams and attend senior management review committees.
• Co‑leading with project lead in the design, implementation, and update of life cycle plans.
• Enterprise Mindset: Aligns priorities and projects to the broader organizational vision and strategy. Uses peripheral vision instead of focusing only on what is in front of them.
• Business Acumen: Understands risks/opportunities/trade‑offs and uses analytical skills to interpret, translate and simplify complexity to others. Provides analyses, explores a range of solutions and makes recommendations to drive business growth.
• Strategic Mindset and Planning: Sees the big picture of things with ability to align detailed work to the overall strategy. Formulates clear, practical approaches to help meet strategic objectives; anticipates future issues and helps teams adapt plans accordingly. Recognizes interdependencies of different elements of a process and identifies opportunities to make improvements to processes and systems.
• Emotional Intelligence: Displays humility and adopts a mature approach to feedback and is open to learning from any member of the team and other key stakeholders.
• Thought Partner: Asks powerful questions and evaluates new ideas thoroughly. Shares ideas and experiences to help navigate complex challenges.

Bachelor's Degree and 10+ Years’ Experience

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Masters' Degree and 8+ Years’ Experience

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Pharm.

D./Ph.D. and 2+ Years’ Experience

• Experience must include 5+ years of leading cross‑functional project…