Associate Director, Insights & Analytics Platform Technology Lead

Gilead Sciences • Foster City, CA

10d

About The Position

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve taken on some of medicine’s greatest challenges — HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19, and cancer — driven by an unwavering belief that science can change lives. We don’t just develop therapies; we fight to make sure people everywhere can access them. Our work demands bold thinking, relentless curiosity, and a deep commitment to making a difference. If that sounds like you, keep reading. We believe great leaders build great teams. At Gilead, people leaders are culture-builders — creating environments where everyone feels included, challenged, and empowered to do the best work of their careers. Role Overview This is a high-impact, high-visibility role sitting at the intersection of technology, data, and Medical Affairs strategy. As the Insights & Analytics Platform Technology Lead, you’ll own the product vision and execution for Gilead’s Medical Affairs Technology (MAT) organization — driving the roadmap, shaping vendor partnerships, and ensuring that the data powering Medical Affairs is reliable, connected, and ready to generate real-world insights. You’ll be a builder, a connector, and a problem-solver — translating complex business needs into scalable technology solutions that help Gilead’s Medical Affairs teams operate smarter and move faster.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s + 10 years of experience OR Master’s + 8 years

Nice To Haves

• Deep experience in product ownership or platform management in pharma, biotech, or life sciences
• A proven track record of managing complex vendor relationships and delivering across multi-stakeholder technology programs
• Strong command of data architecture concepts — data lakes, ETL/ELT pipelines, metadata management
• Familiarity with Medical Affairs workflows and tools
• Hands-on experience with platforms like Databricks, Tableau, Veeva, IQVIA, or comparable life sciences tech stacks
• A history of building MAT-style operating models, governance frameworks, and implementation playbooks that actually get used
• Proficiency in Agile/Scrum, Jira, Confluence, and modern requirements documentation practices
• MBA or Master’s preferred (Healthcare, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field)

Responsibilities

• Own the Platform Roadmap
• Drive the technology product strategy for MAT’s insights platforms, keeping them tightly aligned with Medical Affairs goals and Insights Data & Analytics (IDA) priorities
• Turn business requirements into crisp user stories, functional specs, and acceptance criteria that engineering teams can execute on
• Lead prioritization, release planning, and delivery milestones — balancing short-term wins with long-term platform maturity across reporting and analytics platforms such as Spotfire, Tableau, DataBricks.
• Continuously evaluate platform capabilities against evolving needs and proactively push for improvements before gaps become problems
• Lead Vendor Partnerships
• Be the go-to MAT point of contact for key vendors — holding them accountable to SLAs while building strategic, innovation-focused relationships
• Coordinate releases between vendors and internal IT/engineering teams with standardized, repeatable processes
• Drive regular performance reviews and keep leadership informed with clear, concise updates
• Push partners to move faster, build better, and stay aligned with Gilead’s vision
• Build a Scalable Operating Model
• Create the intake processes, documentation templates, and activation playbooks that make MAT platform delivery consistent and repeatable
• Roll up your sleeves for hands-on implementation support — KT sessions, requirements workshops, release validation, and IT handoffs
• Socialize best practices across MAT functions to raise the bar on adoption, governance, and operational efficiency
• Serve as the bridge between IDA’s evolving requirements and the platforms that bring them to life
• Govern the Data That Matters
• Translate IDA-defined data requirements into integration structures across key MAT platforms (MiQ, Publications, MedComms, and more)
• Own the data flows from MAT platforms into enterprise infrastructure — maintaining lineage documentation and conformance monitoring
• Define and enforce data standardization protocols so that IDA's quality standards are consistently met across MAT
• Partner with IT, compliance, and privacy teams to bake governance into MAT platform design from day one — not as an afterthought

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level