Director, IT Data and AI Product Owner - Clinical Development

Responsibilities

• Define and lead product strategy and multi-year roadmap for AI-enabled clinical development capabilities.
• Partner with senior clinical development leaders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, identify pain points, and advanced analytics opportunities, and develop compelling business cases
• Partner with senior clinical development leaders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, identify pain points, and advanced analytics opportunities, and develop compelling business cases
• Establish and scale product operating model for consistency in delivery.
• Translate business objectives into clear product requirements and backlog items, incorporating data architecture, platform constraints, and scalability considerations.
• Own the end‑to‑end product vision and multi‑year roadmap for a portfolio of AI-enabled capabilities for clinical development decision-support, balancing enterprise priorities, platform constraints and value realization.
• Align solutions with data architecture, AI/ML capabilities, and platforms.
• Drive change management and user adoption, including designing for user experience, stakeholder communications, training strategies, and feedback loops.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clinical development leadership, applying strong business and financial acumen to evaluate trade‑offs and recommend data‑ and AI‑driven solutions.
• Key Skills & Experience
• Bachelor's with 12+ years or Master's/PhD with 10+ years in relevant field.
• Strong understanding of clinical development processes including trial operations and data management.
• Experience leading AI/data product portfolios and

Benefits

Additional Information

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, 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. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Director, IT Data/AI Product Owner - Clinical Development As part of our enterprise AI strategy to accelerate clinical development and deliver therapies to patients faster, we are seeking a Director, IT Data/AI Product Owner - Clinical Development to lead AI/data product strategy across Clinical Development. In this leadership role, you will define and drive a portfolio-level product vision and roadmap for AI-enabled clinical development capabilities spanning clinical trial operations, clinical data management, regulatory reporting, safety, and study analytics. You will serve as the IT Data & AI Center of Excellence (COE) lead for Clinical Development AI product/s, acting as the primary interface between Clinical stakeholders and IT, and shaping how AI is applied to improve trial execution, cycle time, data quality, and decision-making. Reporting to the Senior Director, Data & AI, who will oversee a portfolio of AI-enabled products, lead product owners within the clinical development and other domains, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions at scale. As the IT product owner, you will own the product vision, roadmap and stakeholder engagement for AI-enabled reporting, planning and analytics use cases while understanding the technical architecture required to deliver solutions. This position is based in Foster City, CA (hybrid‑eligible).

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