Senior IT Leader, SAP PLM & Quality for Life Sciences

Gilead Sciences Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 226,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Annual bonus

Stock-based long-term incentives

Job summary

Gilead Sciences Inc. is seeking an experienced senior IT leader to own the Regulatory-to-Release capability strategy across PLM, QM, Batch Release, and related digital platforms.

You will partner with Development, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, Clinical, Supply Chain, and Kite to align priorities and set the multi-year roadmap and investments for SAP PLM, SAP QM, and related quality capabilities. You will lead delivery across the Regulatory-to-Release portfolio, ensuring scope, schedule,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Life Sciences, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 15+ years of SAP, ERP, digital platform, product management, solution architecture, or enterprise delivery experience in life sciences or regulated manufacturing.
• Deep experience with SAP PLM, SAP QM, SAP S/4HANA, and regulated product lifecycle, quality, and release processes.
• Strong knowledge of PLM and quality capabilities, including specifications, recipes, BOMs, change management, inspection, batch management, release, genealogy, and related integrations.
• Solid understanding of GxP, GMP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, validation, data integrity, audit readiness, and regulated delivery practices.
• Proven ability to lead ERP portfolios across strategy, roadmap, investment planning, delivery, sustainment, compliance, and value realization.
• Demonstrated leadership of global matrix teams, vendors, system integrators, AMS partners, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Strong business partnership, executive communication, and governance skills with the ability to simplify complex SAP, quality, regulatory, and compliance topics.
• Track record of driving standardization, reducing technical debt, improving operational resilience, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery performance across the Regulatory-to-Release portfolio, ensuring scope, schedule, quality, validation, deployment, sustainment, and adoption commitments are met.
• Lead execution across PLM, QM, Batch Release, and related digital initiatives, ensuring delivery is predictable, compliant, and business-aligned.
• Oversee cross-functional teams, partners, and vendors to resolve issues, manage dependencies, and drive integrated planning from design through support.
• Govern backlog priorities, release plans, testing, validation, deployment readiness, and hypercare execution.
• Ensure delivery documentation, metrics, and governance controls support quality, compliance, adoption, stability, and measurable business outcomes.

Skills

ERP

Solution architecture

Executive communication

Delivery governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering/CS/Business/Life Sciences

Master's degree in related field

Tools

SAP PLM

SAP QM

SAP S/4HANA

Batch Release

Global Batch Trace

Job description

Gilead Sciences Inc. is seeking an experienced senior IT leader to own the Regulatory-to-Release capability strategy across PLM, QM, Batch Release, and related digital platforms.

You will partner with Development, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, Clinical, Supply Chain, and Kite to align priorities and set the multi-year roadmap and investments for SAP PLM, SAP QM, and related quality capabilities. You will lead delivery across the Regulatory-to-Release portfolio, ensuring scope, schedule,