Senior Director, Strategic Projects & Cross-Functional Leader

Gilead Sciences Inc.; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 243,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilead Sciences Inc. in Foster City, CA, seeks a Senior Director, Strategic Projects to lead high-priority U.S. Commercial initiatives and advise across business units.

You will bring structure, cross-functional leadership, and a strategic lens to complex priorities, translating needs into coordinated actions with measurable outcomes. You will report to the Executive Director, Business Enablement, Strategy & Transformation and base in Foster City with onsite presence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 14+ years of relevant experience; OR
• Master's degree/MBA and 12+ years of relevant experience; OR
• PhD and 12+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority U.S. Commercial strategic initiatives and advise leaders across Business Units and functions.
• Translate strategic priorities into coordinated action and measurable outcomes.
• Provide governance, milestones and accountabilities for priority initiatives.
• Identify risks and interdependencies, driving resolution and critical decisions.
• Build alignment across units without direct authority and partner with U.S. Commercial leadership.
• Develop executive-level materials to support senior-management decision-making.

Skills

Strategic program leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Ambiguity resolution

Governance design

US commercial knowledge

Executive communication

Influencing & stakeholder mgmt

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree / MBA

PhD

Job description

Gilead Sciences Inc. in Foster City, CA, seeks a Senior Director, Strategic Projects to lead high-priority U.S. Commercial initiatives and advise across business units.

You will bring structure, cross-functional leadership, and a strategic lens to complex priorities, translating needs into coordinated actions with measurable outcomes. You will report to the Executive Director, Business Enablement, Strategy & Transformation and base in Foster City with onsite presence.