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At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job Description
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company founded in 1987. Together we deliver life-saving therapies to patients in need. With the commitment and drive you bring to the workplace every day, you will be part of a team that is changing the world and helping millions of people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. Our worldwide staff is a close community where you can see the tangible results of your contributions, where every individual matters, and everyone has a chance to enhance their skills through ongoing development. Our scientific focus has resulted in marketed products that are benefiting hundreds of thousands of people, a pipeline of late-stage drug candidates, and unmatched patient access programs to ensure medications are available to those who could otherwise not afford them. By joining Gilead, you will further our mission to address unmet medical needs and improve life by advancing the care of patients with life-threatening diseases.
About the role:
The (Sr) Director, Enterprise Leader Development is responsible for designing and delivering comprehensive leadership strategies for the Operating Group (VP+) leadership group and differentiated experiences for successors to exec team and critical roles. This role will be responsible for ensuring there is an ongoing, dynamic learning experience that enables both individual and collective growth of this executive group, connected to organizational strategy and ultimately, developing future ready leaders. The Sr Director Enterprise Leader Development will have deep experience in leadership development, specifically adult learning expertise and talent acceleration approaches. This leader will facilitate input from external thought leaders and practitioners in service of developing experiences that reflect a future focused approach to leadership. This role has the opportunity to build on strong practices and embed leadership growth as part of our culture and transformation efforts, including measurable and sustainable outcomes. This leader will bring solid experience in coaching and facilitating highly engaging and experiential learning and be a trusted advisor to HR and Senior business leaders to accelerate our leadership and organizational growth.
This role reports to the Global Head of Talent & Growth and is located in Foster City, CA.
Responsibilities:
Leadership Journey:
Develop and implement a strategic leadership journey for enterprise leaders that fosters ongoing growth, leadership agility, cross-functional collaboration and builds capacity, capability and community.
Craft a comprehensive leadership development roadmap, including experiences that address critical leadership capabilities, organizational culture, and market dynamics.
Ensure that the enterprise leadership journey is part of an ecosystem experience. Create mechanisms of support and challenge and opportunities for leaders to practice in the flow of work.
Successor Development for Critical Roles:
Create customized development approaches to ensure accelerated development an increased readiness of high growth talent in succession for executive level critical roles.
Ensure systemic review of readiness and progress against development plans, including input from executive coaches and other partners working with key talent.
Executive Coaching:
Develop a cadre of preferred executive coaches, aligned with our leadership goals and organizational culture.
Partner with HR and Business leaders to set up executive coaching matching and ongoing engagement.
Facilitate executive coaching forums to share internal insights and leadership themes observed.
Insights and Measurement:
Use data and insights to makes sense of what is happening in the organizational system and share with appropriate partners and leaders to inform thinking.
Establish data requirement and metrics to evaluate effectiveness and understand progress, tracking leadership growth, succession readiness, and overall business impact.
Continuously refine approach based on feedback, leadership needs, and changing business dynamics.
Expertise:
14+ years with BS/BA; 12+ Years with MS/MA or MBA
Progressive experience in leadership development and/or human capital experience people / talent management (in either an HR internal role or HR consulting role working directly in Human Capital or Leadership development consulting), with a focus on executive level leadership.
Experience advising and guiding leaders in talent and leadership practices in a global environment.
Expertise in leadership assessments, executive coaching and differentiated development experiences for executives, with a focus on adult development principles and vertical development application.
Leadership Capabilities:
Role models personal growth and ongoing practice through reflection, seeking feedback and challenging own assumptions.
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence across a matrixed, global organization, responding quickly to change and adapting/operating in ambiguous environment.
Ability to leverage data and insights to diagnose, define focus and align opportunities.
Takes a proactive, long term perspective in design and developing approaches to deliver outcomes for the business.
Seeks diverse perspectives, experiences and insight; creates an environment of trust and openness.
Demonstrates enterprise mindset and systems thinking. Understands how work fits into the ecosystem and takes care in creating connections.
Excellent oral and written communication skills; is able to simplify and integrate complex concepts and ideas.
As an equal opportunity employer, Gilead Sciences Inc. is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact careers@gilead.com for assistance. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the EEO is the Law poster.
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