Director, PDM Business Process & Operational Excellence - Foster City

Gilead Sciences, Inc. • Foster City, CA

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About The Position

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California. Director, PDM Business Process & Operational Excellence Location: Foster City

Requirements

• A degree in life sciences or a relevant business area with 12+ years of varied post-graduation experience in Pharmaceuticals, Biosciences or a related industry. Or MS with 10+ years of relevant experience. Or PhD with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Blackbelt in Lean and/or Six Sigma
• Expertise in 1+ areas of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls
• Experience leading cross-functional biopharma strategic initiatives
• Experience in design and leading business process mapping kaizens with a variety of stakeholders and SMEs
• Experience with business process mapping tools such as Signavio and/or Visio
• Strong interpersonal skills, change management and conflict resolution skills

Nice To Haves

• Solid understanding of current industry trends and application of insights into day to day work
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex and complicated situations and to strip out complications
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with all levels within the organization
• Outstanding stakeholder management/service for a wide variety of services and facilitation needs.
• Enthusiastic and experienced in change management with a growth mindset approach
• Proactive in educational growth and best practices in the areas of Operational Excellence, Innovation with ability to train, mentor, influence and inspire others to amplify growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional business process mapping and OpEx initiatives. This requires exceptional facilitation skills to gather SME input to design clear end-to-end business processes that are practical and meaningfully improve current processes / approaches, in addition to expertise in business process and OpEx methodologies and tools
• Ability to analyze situations and/or data, applying sound judgment and reasoning, to identify and resolve problems and make recommendations. These will typically be high impact processes that have implications across multiple PDM functions
• Ensure initiatives are set for success to deliver on time and within budget with appropriate stakeholder management
• Proactively identify and drive continuous improvement and innovation opportunities across PDM
• Interface with members of the PDM Extended Leadership Team to drive meaningful process improvements in PDM
• Utilize excellent analytical, communication and influencing skills, as well as a keen problem-solving ability, to drive helpful change and continuous improvement
• Mentor and influence PDM lean enthusiasts as a trainer for lean methodologies and member of the wider PDM Operational Excellence community.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees