# Director, R&D Information Systems

Hiring organization: [Gilead Sciences](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/gilead-sciences)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/801e5c9c-3204-4353-aa9c-b5b7586850a4

Listed on Gilead Sciences's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Director
- Location: United States - California - Foster City
- Salary: 210375 – 272250 USD per year

## Summary

This director-level role leads the clinical data and analytics strategy for Gilead's R&D operations, managing multiple technical teams and large-scale projects involving platforms like Veeva, Salesforce, and Medidata. The position suits experienced IT leaders with deep pharma industry knowledge who can balance hands-on technical expertise with strategic vision and people management across complex, regulated environments.

_Our summary, not Gilead Sciences's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Lakes, Data Pipelines, Google Cloud, Looker, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, Qlik Sense, Salesforce, Tableau, ThoughtSpot

## Required

- 12+ years experience with bachelor's degree or 10+ years with master's degree
- Lead and develop high-performing teams with direct people-management experience
- Strategic leadership across multiple concurrent technical projects and teams
- Deep understanding of pharmaceutical or healthcare industry operations
- Expertise in data architecture, analytics tools, and cloud platforms
- Program-level budget creation and resource planning
- Compliance with GxP and regulatory requirements for clinical systems

## Nice to have

- 15+ years in IT data analytics, business intelligence, or related fields
- 6+ years of technical project management or leadership experience managing project teams
- 8+ years of direct people-management experience
- 10+ years in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
- Experience with modern analytics tools and cloud-based platforms including AWS, AI/ML, serverless computing, data lakes, and data marts
- Advanced business knowledge and independent execution of technical strategies and roadmaps
- Exceptional executive-level communication and influencing skills
- Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities
- Experience developing and operationalizing standards and advanced methodologies across analytics programs

Apply on Gilead Sciences's site: https://gilead.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/gileadcareers/job/United-States---California---Foster-City/Director--R-D-Information-Systems_R0050398