Director, Organizational Effectiveness Foster City

At Gilead were creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years weve 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 worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

Every member of Gileads 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 were 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

Director Organizational Effectiveness

Business Title: Team Excellence & Continuous Improvement Lead

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 individuals contribution 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.

Job Overview

This Director of Organizational Effectiveness will be a pivotal member of the OE Team and will serve as the lead for Team Excellence & Continuous Improvement. This role will lead enterprise-wide efforts to enhance team performance collaboration and impact across the company. This role will design and oversee the companys diagnostic and continuous improvement approach for teams ensuring our teams have the tools insights and frameworks to operate at their highest potential.

This position will play a critical role in shaping the companys strategy for how teams form perform and continuously evolve in alignment with organization goals culture and strategy.

This position reports to the Global Head of Organization Effectiveness and is based in Foster City CA. It requires working on campus three days per week during core collaboration days (Tuesday Wednesday Thursday).

Responsibilities:

Team Effectiveness Strategy & Framework Design

• Define and implement the enterprise strategy for team effectiveness including frameworks for diagnostics measurement and development.

• Partner with senior leadership HR Business Partners and the Organizational Effectiveness (OE)Team to align team development with business priorities and culture initiatives.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on high-performing teams group dynamics and continuous improvement.

Team Diagnostics & Measurement

• Lead the design and deployment of assessment tools and diagnostics to evaluate team health effectiveness and engagement.

• Develop metrics and dashboards to track progress and outcomes of team effectiveness interventions.

• Translate data insights into actionable recommendations for leaders and teams.

Program Design & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and oversee scalable team development including team launches resets and ongoing improvement journeys.

• Create toolkits and experiences for team leaders and facilitators to build internal capability.

• Establish a sustainable model for continuous improvement and learning across teams and functions.

Enterprise Support & Strategic Projects / Programs

• Partners on high-value and complex programs/projects from inception through execution ensuring alignment with organizational goals and leveraging OE practices tools and capabilities to ensure outcomes. Works across Talent Development and Inclusion to align capabilities and approaches to deliver projects or programs.

• Collaborates across the Talent Development and Inclusion and People Analytics teams to review OE metrics and analyze organizational health.

• Designs and implements metrics to support performance improvement or organizational health outcomes with a future-oriented mindset and simple user-friendly approaches.

Domain Ownership & Capability Building

• Partners to embed OE capabilities in HR and the business. Brings expertise to develop frameworks tools and approaches for use with diverse audiences.

• Play a key role in enabling HR capability development in selected domain areas (Org Design Change Management / Leadership Team Effectiveness Culture)

• Act as a thought partner to senior leaders and HRBPs providing insights frameworks and constructive challenges where needed.

• Help shape and embed a culture that supports business goals.

• Enable leaders to model desired behaviors and lead change effectively.

• Collaborate with OE Team to identify approach to prioritize measure and track OE initiatives ensuring tangible results.

Knowledge Experience and Skills

• An advanced degree in Organizational Development HR or Business Administration or a related field and minimum of 10 years of progressive experience Organizational Effectiveness Organizational Development Management Consulting HR or Business Strategy.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience designing implementing and leading enterprise-level team effectiveness solutions including diagnostics development frameworks and continuous improvement strategies across complex organizational environments.

• Strong expertise in change management principles and methodologies (Prosci Certification is preferred).

• Experience working with senior leaders and cross functional teams. Exceptional verbal written and interpersonal communication skills with strong facilitation and influencing abilities.

• Ability to assess and prioritize conflicting business priorities quickly resolve issues and address root causes while multi-tasking in a high-pressure environment.

• Deep understanding of strategic and operational drivers of business performance.

• Demonstrated ability to lead by influence outside of hierarchical structures and build strong collaborative relationships within and outside of HR.

• Experience in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry preferred.

• Strong analytical skills including utilizing data-driven approaches to develop insights diagnose opportunities and inform decision-making.

• Global experience with a history of partnering with teams across geographies.

Behaviors and Capabilities

• Demonstrate Gileads core values

• Influence the ability to collaborate with colleagues and ensure they understand the vision mission and execution to support the business objective. Work well with peers and stakeholders and ability to influence without direct authority

• Strong teamwork and facilitation effective at being a member of teams. Listens actively and responds constructively to the needs and views of others.

• Delivery gets the job done in accordance with Gilead core values. Understands and exhibits a sense of urgency on critical time-dependent issues

• Strong resilience to navigate lead and coach during change and ambiguity

• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize and is persistent to achieve the business objectives

• Proactive Solution Oriented Positive attitude and a customer

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