Build, maintain, and socialize a 3-year AI roadmap for Medical Affairs Technology - sequencing initiatives by strategic value, technical feasibility, and organizational readiness
Translate the roadmap into actionable delivery plans with clear milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements
Continuously scan the AI landscape forpurpose built AI technology, agentic frameworks, LLMs, multimodal tools and make confident, evidence-based recommendations on what Gilead MA should adopt, pilot, or avoid
Partner with GMSO and Medical Affairs leadership to ensure the roadmap stays tightly connected to Medical Affairs strategic priorities
Drive AI Build Delivery
Serve as the delivery accountability point for all AI builds across the MAT portfolio managing system integrators, vendor build teams, and Microsoft/Copilot agent delivery teams.
Lead sprint reviews, manage escalation resolution, enforce quality standards, and ensure builds land on time and at the standard Medical Affairs requires
Translate strategic intent into execution-ready requirements bridging the gap between what Medical Affairs needs and what engineering teams can build
Maintain a real time inventory of AI initiatives across the portfolio, tracking status, risk, and outcomes with discipline
Lead Strategic Technology Selection
Serve as the central evaluation point for new AI tools and platforms - running structured assessments across capability, security, compliance, and integration fit
Route technology candidates through Medical Affairs and Enterprise IT governance, security review, and compliance validation with speed and rigor
Build a vendor selection framework that makes evaluation repeatable and defensible at the MA Leadership team level
Maintain strong relationships with key AI vendors and stay ahead of roadmap changes that could impact Gilead's strategy
Build AI Fluency Across a Global Organization
Demonstrate, prototype, and test AI capabilities directly with Medical Affairs leaders and GMSO teams as ap
Benefits
Health insurance
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 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. The Director of Global AI Capability- Medical Affairs Technology position is a high-visibility, high-impact role at the center of Gilead's Medical Affairs AI transformation.
As Director of Global AI Enablement, you will own the end-to-end delivery of AI capabilities across the Medical Affairs Technology (MAT) portfolio - from shaping the 3-year AI roadmap to hands-on evaluation of emerging tools and overseeing build execution with system integrators and vendor teams.
This role leads without a direct team.
Success depends on your ability to influence senior leaders, align global stakeholders, and drive delivery momentum across a complex, matrixed organization. You will be expected to exhibit technical fluency, strategic acumen, and execution excellence when translating cutting-edge capabilities like RAG, agentic AI, and LLM-based tools into production-ready, pragmatic solutions based on the needs of Medical Affairs stakeholders.
You will partner closely with the ED of MAT and functional leaders of GMSO, Medical Affairs, IT, Legal, Medical Governance, and Compliance. Your ability to scale solutions across MA is a critical success factor for this role.
Location
This is a site-based role in Foster City, CA with a hybrid (3 days a week in office) requirement.
Gilead Sciences · - California - Foster City