Senior Director, Program Change Lead

Gilead Sciences•Foster City, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Gilead, the Senior Director, Program Change Lead leads the change and transformation agenda across high-priority U.S. Commercial initiatives. The role helps the organization adopt and sustain new capabilities, operating models, processes, and ways of working, and works to ensure transformation efforts result in sustained business outcomes. The position reports to the Executive Director, Business Enablement, Strategy & Transformation, and partners with Business Units, functions, and initiative leaders to anticipate organizational impacts and strengthen readiness and adoption. The role also strengthens U.S. Commercial change practices by establishing practical methods, capabilities, and targeted support for consistent, effective execution. It is based in Foster City, California, and requires onsite presence. Relocation assistance is available. As a people leader, the position is expected to create an inclusive environment, develop talent through coaching and feedback, and empower teams by aligning goals and purpose with organizational objectives and holding teams accountable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 14 or more years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree/MBA and 12 or more years of relevant experience; or a PhD and 12 or more years of relevant experience.
Deep experience in enterprise transformation, organizational change, business transformation, or strategic program leadership.
Ability to assess organizational readiness, anticipate adoption barriers, and design interventions that support sustained changes in behaviors and ways of working.
Experience managing the cumulative impact and interdependencies of multiple simultaneous organizational changes.
Ability to establish practical change methodologies, governance, tools, and measurement approaches without creating unnecessary process.
Ability to work effectively across U.S., Global, and Corporate teams, translating enterprise approaches to business-specific needs while maintaining alignment.
Excellent executive communication skills, including synthesizing complex organizational issues into clear recommendations and decisions.
Significant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or a similarly complex industry.
Experience leading large-scale organizational change or transformation across complex, cross-functional environments.
Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing outcomes across functions and organizational levels without direct authority.

Responsibilities

Lead change and transformation strategies for high-priority U.S. Commercial initiatives to support adoption, embedding, and sustainability of new capabilities, operating models, processes, and ways of working.
Partner with initiative and business leaders to assess organizational impact, readiness, and adoption needs, and translate findings into practical change strategies and interventions.
Advise senior leaders, anticipate barriers, and identify actions needed to implement change effectively and realize intended business value.
Define and monitor measures of readiness, adoption, and sustainability, using insights to identify when additional leadership attention or intervention is needed.
Build alignment across Business Units and functions around change while navigating competing priorities and differing levels of readiness.
Represent U.S. Commercial needs in enterprise transformation, translating broader change efforts into specific implications and actions for the U.S. business.
Partner with Corporate and Global functions, including OE&TDI, to align U.S. Commercial change efforts with enterprise strategies, capabilities, and approaches while representing U.S. business needs.
Identify dependencies, risks, and cumulative organizational impacts across simultaneous initiatives so transformations are coordinated.
Establish practical change approaches, methods, tools, and measurement practices that complement enterprise approaches and adapt to U.S. Commercial needs.
Equip leaders and teams to lead through change and build greater organizational ownership of change over time.
Determine where specialist change support will have the greatest impact and focus resources on initiatives and populations where targeted support is most needed.
Model inclusion, develop employees through coaching and feedback, and empower teams by connecting goals and purpose to organizational objectives.