Director, AI Data Products for PDM & Tech Ops

Biopharma Careers; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 226,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life 보험

Discretionary annual bonus

Stock-based long-term incentives

Paid time off

Job summary

Gilead Sciences Inc. in Foster City, CA, is seeking a Director, IT Data & AI Product Owner – PDM & Tech Ops to shape AI-enabled product strategy across Technical Development, PD and Quality.

You will own the product vision, roadmap and stakeholder engagement, guiding AI and data initiatives from concept through scalable delivery. Reporting to the Senior Director of Data & AI, you will lead cross-functional teams, ensure compliance with GxP and 21 CFR Part 11, and partner with IT, PDM and Tech

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years or Master’s/PhD with 10+ years in a relevant field.
• Strong understanding of clinical development processes including trial operations and data management.
• Experience leading AI/data product portfolios and teams.
• Executive stakeholder engagement and influence skills.
• Ability to translate complex business problems into scalable AI solutions.
• Knowledge of AI/data platforms (AWS, Databricks).
• Experience in Agile product delivery environments.
• Strong business acumen and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead product strategy and multi-year roadmap for AI-enabled Technical Development and Quality capabilities.
• Partner with senior PDM and Tech Ops leaders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, identify pain points, and advanced analytics opportunities, and develop compelling business cases
• Lead and mentor AI Delivery Leads, Data Scientists and Product Managers. Prioritize the product backlog based on business value, risk, technical feasibility, and alignment with enterprise data and AI strategy.
• Establish and scale product operating model for consistency in delivery.
• Translate business objectives into clear product requirements and backlog items, incorporating data architecture, platform constraints, and scalability considerations.
• Own the end-to-end product vision and multi-year roadmap for a portfolio of AI-enabled capabilities for Technical Development, PD and Quality decision-support, balancing enterprise priorities, platform constraints and value realization.
• Align solutions with data architecture, AI/ML capabilities, and platforms. Ensure adherence to GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11 and regulated SDLC process.
• Define and track success metrics such as cost reduction, productivity gains, user adoption, and satisfaction; use insights to guide continuous improvement.
• Drive change management and user adoption, including designing for user experience, stakeholder communications, training strategies, and feedback loops.
• Own the vendor and partner strategy for product support, including external development capacity and AI/LLM capabilities, in coordination with IT and Procurement.
• Identify gaps between current-state capabilities and target-state solutions, influencing Databricks, AWS, and data platform evolution in partnership with technical leaders.
• Ensure compliance with GxP, privacy, and data governance requirements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clinical development leadership, applying strong business and financial acumen to evaluate trade-offs and recommend data- and AI-driven solutions.

Skills

AI product portfolios

Executive stakeholders

AWS Databricks

Agile delivery

Data strategy

Product ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s/PhD

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Job description

Gilead Sciences Inc. in Foster City, CA, is seeking a Director, IT Data & AI Product Owner – PDM & Tech Ops to shape AI-enabled product strategy across Technical Development, PD and Quality.

You will own the product vision, roadmap and stakeholder engagement, guiding AI and data initiatives from concept through scalable delivery. Reporting to the Senior Director of Data & AI, you will lead cross-functional teams, ensure compliance with GxP and 21 CFR Part 11, and partner with IT, PDM and Tech