Sr Director, Inclusion & Diversity

Gilead Sciences • Foster City, CA

4d • $243,100 - $314,600

About The Position

The Senior Director, Inclusion & Diversity leads Gilead’s Employee Resource Group (ERG) strategy, ensuring programs, initiatives, governance, and metrics advance high-impact priorities and align with HR and corporate strategy. The role provides leadership to ERGs and directs the work of an I&D Specialist II, partnering with ERG leaders, People & Culture Councils, Human Resources, Public Affairs, Legal, Commercial, Executive Leadership, and other stakeholders. It reports to the Global Head of Inclusion & Diversity and is based in Foster City, California. Relocation is not offered.

The role requires an experienced, autonomous leader who can influence senior stakeholders, build trusted partnerships, anticipate and mitigate risks, lead organizational change, and take complex work from strategy through execution. The Senior Director will communicate Gilead’s I&D journey internally and externally, use quantitative and qualitative insights to guide decisions, and apply an inclusion perspective to AI-enabled tools and practices, including potential bias and accessibility barriers.

The position also carries people-leader responsibilities, including creating an inclusive team environment, developing talent through coaching and feedback, and empowering the team by aligning goals and removing barriers. The stated base salary range is $243,100 to $314,600. The position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in inclusion, communications, HR business partnering, or a related field, with a record of influencing senior leaders and mobilizing cross-functional teams to advance global strategies and outcomes.
• Bachelor’s degree and 14 years of experience, or master’s degree and 12 years of experience, or PhD and 12 years of experience.
• Demonstrated ability to use data-informed approaches to develop insights, diagnose opportunities, inform decisions, and tell a compelling story.
• Demonstrated understanding of strategic and operational drivers of business performance and ability to embed outcomes in business strategy and performance.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI-enabled tools to synthesize insights, improve productivity, and strengthen strategies, programs, and communications.
• Ability to build inclusive relationships and influence stakeholders across a matrixed, global organization.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to change, and apply lessons learned to improve outcomes.
• Ability to operate autonomously, anticipate business needs, and drive work from strategy through execution.
• Ability to seek diverse perspectives and foster an environment where employees feel valued and empowered to contribute, challenge assumptions, and thrive.
• Ability to keep patient and employee needs central to decisions and use data and insights to guide priorities and translate I&D goals into inclusive strategies and practices.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, including simplifying complex concepts and producing concise, accurate, decision-ready materials.
• Ability to seek and act on feedback and provide constructive feedback to others.
• Ability to apply an inclusion lens to AI adoption, identify potential bias and accessibility barriers, and support equitable employee experiences.

Nice To Haves

• Pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Refresh and execute an enterprise ERG strategy that aligns capabilities, community insights, and lived experiences with Gilead’s business priorities.
• Partner with business leaders, Executive Sponsors, and ERG Chairs to co-create initiatives that strengthen employee experience, inform business decisions, deepen understanding of patients and communities, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Establish scalable ERG governance, operating principles, and ways of working that focus resources on high-impact priorities, strengthen accountability, and support collaboration and best-practice sharing.
• Set and facilitate ERG chair meeting agendas and foster collaboration among ERG leaders, members, and Executive Sponsors.
• Lead ERG succession planning in consultation with key stakeholder groups and build a pipeline of ERG leaders.
• Recommend I&D initiatives and best practices to Executive Sponsors and advise them on championing I&D priorities.
• Contribute to I&D Council meetings with actionable insights that encourage engagement and accountability.
• Partner with Public Affairs to develop internal and external communications about ERG impact and Gilead’s commitment to patients and communities.
• Lead the strategy, planning, and execution of World Inclusion Day in partnership with teams across the organization.
• Lead planning for the annual ERG Summit and advise on the ERG Year-End Awards process and celebration.
• Use quantitative and qualitative data to assess ERG effectiveness and improve strategy, program design, investment decisions, and business impact.
• Provide an inclusion perspective on the development and adoption of AI-enabled tools and practices, identifying potential bias and accessibility barriers.
• Direct the work of an I&D Specialist II and fulfill people-leader accountabilities, including creating inclusion, developing talent, and empowering the team.

Benefits

• The position may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.
• The position may be eligible for discretionary stock-based long-term incentives; eligibility may vary by role.
• Paid time off.
• Company-sponsored medical insurance.
• Company-sponsored dental insurance.
• Company-sponsored vision insurance.
• Company-sponsored life insurance.

What This Job Offers

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