Senior Director, Alliance Management

Gilead Sciences•Foster City, CA

1d•$261,375 - $338,250

About The Position

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers. We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come. As a Senior Director, Alliance Management, at Gilead you will play a critical role in shaping and executing high-impact strategic alliances that advance our research, development, and commercialization objectives. This role exists to ensure that complex external partnerships deliver on their scientific, operational, and financial potential. You will serve as the enterprise owner of alliance execution—aligning internal stakeholders, governing decision-making, anticipating risk, and driving value realization across a global, matrixed environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 14 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree and 12 years of relevant experience OR PhD and 12 years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (PhD, MBA or equivalent) in Business, Life Sciences, Medicine, or Law
Experience leading alliance management or partnership execution in pharmaceutical or life sciences settings
Knowledge of oncology, virology (HIV, hepatitis), or inflammation pharmaceutical markets
Experience with global partnerships, including EU and Japan
Integration Management experience
Strong executive presence, strategic thinking, and matrix leadership capability

Responsibilities

Set alliance direction, scope, and operating cadence in collaboration with internal and external partners.
Establish and lead governance forums that enable effective decision-making and issue resolution.
Act as the primary escalation point for critical alliance risks.
Ensure internal teams are aligned with contractual commitments, milestones, and deliverables.
Monitor adherence to research, development, and commercialization plans.
Lead or support contract renegotiations and new business agreements.
Oversee forecasting inputs and alliance “health checks” to support financial and strategic planning.
Identify, prioritize, and resolve execution risks across portfolios of active alliances.
Drive continuous improvement through audits, best-practice sharing, and process ownership.
Serve as Gilead’s internal expert on assigned partner companies, including strategy, organization, and financial context.
Engage senior leadership with clear insights, recommendations, and decision support.
Contribute to alliance management capability-building through training, tools, and shared standards.
Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations, and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop, and realize their purpose.
Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.