Senior Manager (Product Owner), Digital Solutions, Technical Development

Biopharma Careers; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Gilead is seeking a Senior Manager (Product Owner), R&D Information Systems to support a portfolio of digital solution areas. You will translate scientific workflows into clear requirements, maintain a practical roadmap, and coordinate cross-functional delivery across TechDev, Data Science and IT to enhance biologics and small molecule development.

You will embed AI and automation into workflows, drive UAT plans, and ensure compliance with data and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree or higher with extensive domain experience in lab informatics or scientific workflows.
• Experience translating complex scientific needs into clear requirements, epics and user stories.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional delivery with IT, QA, Data Science and operations.

Responsibilities

• Understand current scientific workflows and define future-state processes to improve efficiency and data quality.
• Embed AI, data science and automation into digital workflows where beneficial.
• Translate needs into artifacts: process flows, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, data requirements and UAT plans.
• Maintain roadmap and backlog for digital solutions, balancing impact, value and risk.
• Guide delivery teams by clarifying priorities, dependencies and release readiness.
• Partner across groups to ensure solutions are integrated, compliant and fit for use.
• Identify opportunities to reuse patterns across TechDev initiatives.

Skills

Product ownership

Business process analysis

Solution delivery

Data platforms

Scientific workflows

Communication

Cross-functional delivery

APIs and data concepts

Education

BA/BS with 8+ years

MA/MS/MBA with 6+ years

PhD with relevant experience

Job description

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access 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 relentless drive to make 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 achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver 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 Description

We are seeking a Senior Manager (Product Owner), R&D Information Systems to support a portfolio of Technical Development digital solution areas. This role translates scientific workflows and stakeholder needs into clear, build-ready requirements; maintains a practical roadmap and prioritized backlog; and coordinates cross-functional delivery through partnership and influence. The role works closely with TechDev scientists, Data Science, IT/platform teams, Quality, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful, supportable solutions that improve scientific workflows across biologics and small molecule development. Early focus areas may include ELN and lab platform expansion, lab digitalization, materials/sample management, workflow automation, and the integration of computational capabilities into day-to-day scientific work.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with lab and data scientists, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand current scientific workflows, define future-state processes, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, data quality, and user experience.
• Embed AI, data science, modeling, automation, and other computational approaches into digital workflows where they improve scientific work, usability, or data-driven ways of working.
• Translate scientific and operational needs into clear solution artifacts, including process flows, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, data/integration requirements, and UAT plans.
• Maintain the roadmap and prioritized backlog for assigned digital solutions, balancing organizational impact, user value, scientific rigor, timelines, risk and technical complexity.
• Guide delivery teams and working groups by clarifying priorities, dependencies, acceptance criteria, release readiness, and issue resolution.
• Partner with TechDev Data Science, IT, Quality, Digital Operations, and other groups across Gilead so solutions are integrated, supportable, fit for intended use, and aligned with data and compliance expectations.
• Identify opportunities to reuse requirements, workflow patterns, data definitions, and solution approaches across related TechDev initiatives to reduce duplication and improve consistency.
• Coordinate user validation, rollout planning, training and communication needs, adoption feedback loops, and impact tracking for assigned capabilities.
• Support AI-enabled solution areas in line with Gilead’s Responsible AI requirements and governance processes, including risk-based assessment, clear accountability, appropriate oversight, and safeguards that help protect patients, employees, data and Gilead.

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS with 8+ years of relevant experience; MA/MS/MBA with 6+ years of relevant experience; or PhD with relevant scientific, technical, informatics or business systems experience.
• Experience in product ownership, business process analysis, solution delivery, data platforms, scientific workflow solutions, or technical systems implementation in a lab-based environment.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical development, Technical Development, CMC, laboratory informatics, ELN, sample/materials management, workflow automation, data-enabled workflows or adjacent scientific domains.
• Ability to translate complex scientific or operational workflows into clear requirements, process flows, user stories, acceptance criteria and UAT plans.
• Clear communication and stakeholder partnership skills, including the ability to synthesize complex technical and scientific topics and support alignment across diverse audiences.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional delivery through partnership and influence, including work with business SMEs, IT/platform teams, engineering, Quality, Data Science and operations partners.
• Working knowledge of data and integration concepts relevant to scalable digital solutions, including APIs, metadata, identifiers, data quality and system boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating data science, data-enabled, AI-enabled or computational capabilities into scientific or operational workflows.
• Experience developing reusable requirements templates, business process standards or working practices across related solution areas.
• Experience working in GMP-adjacent environments, including fit-for-purpose documentation, intended-use clarity and change control expectations.

The salary range for this position is: $169,320.00 - $219,120.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base 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), paid time off and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision 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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