About this role
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
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 Associate Director, Generative AI, at Gilead you will report to the Senior Director, Data Science – AI & Optimization. Based in either Parsippany, NJ or Foster City, CA, you will be the business product owner owning the feature roadmap, will work on rapid prototyping including POCs and pilots, and partner with IT to build, scale and deploy AI and Gen AI solutions across commercial functions.
This role is pivotal in leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies to drive impact in commercial functions such as marketing, sales, and strategy across G9 countries while ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks (e.g., EU AI Act) and ethical standards. You will implement the SOPs of responsible AI governance framework defined by enterprise teams, including IT. You will also foster cross-functional collaboration to maximize business value and mitigate risk in a rapidly evolving landscape.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Gen AI product development, AI governance, and data science methodologies, preferably within the pharmaceutical commercial domain. You will coordinate across internal stakeholders (e.g., Enterprise Data Science Council, affiliates, functional teams) and external partners (e.g., academia, vendors) and will be responsible for articulating the business value of AI initiatives through compelling proposals and assessments as part of a cross-functional team.
This is an individual contributor role, supported by a team of offshore data scientists. Occasional travel to global Gilead locations may be required.
Key Responsibilities:
Gen AI strategy and solution development
As the business product owner, drive POCs and Pilot solutions in accordance with published enterprise frameworks and align to build, deploy and scale with IT.
Assist business owners with AI procurement (buy) initiatives alongside IT and lead technical feasibility discussions for commercial.
Partner with other functions (GCO and business owners when different) to support the governance of AI and Tech integration of futuristic AI solutions.
Pressure test explainability, sustainability, and roadmap for model evolution of external solutions.
Manage and work with IT on choice of platform and design for internally built solutions.
Cross-functional AI initiatives
Work with EDSC to plan and develop cross-functional use cases and act as point of contact for commercial on AI policy and governance workstreams.
Liaise with affiliates (US and ex-US) to understand the different AI requirements and help shape AI use cases, be the SME for AI use cases with all the affiliates and support by pressure testing build or buy from a data science standpoint, in partnership with IT.
Partner with GDI and US teams in supporting AI rollouts and manage the sustainability of AI products.
Bring in industry-wide best practices in DS and AI focusing on commercial use cases and work with EDSC on training and tools work streams.
Lead the content for AI literacy as a member of the EDSC working group and assist in bridging commercial-specific content.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years’ Experience OR
Masters' Degree and Eight Years’ Experience OR
PhD and Two Years’ Experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years, or Master’s degree with 8+ <
About Gilead Sciences
Biopharmaceutical company known for antiviral therapies in HIV and hepatitis, plus oncology treatments. Headquartered in Foster City, CA.
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