Sr Director, ERP Technology & Operations

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

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.

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. Join Gilead and help create possible together.

Senior Director ERP Technology & Operations Enterprise Solutions & Business Partnering

Role Overview

Gilead is seeking a Senior Director ERP Technology & Operations to lead the strategy performance and operational excellence of the foundational ERP technology ecosystem that powers critical processes across Gileads value chain. As part of the ERP Leadership Team this leader will ensure Gileads AI-enabled SAP platforms are stable secure compliant scalable and positioned to produce and deliver medicines to patients in markets around the world.

The Senior Director will lead a global team across SAP DevOps Reporting & Analytics Security Testing Validation Architecture and platform operations leveraging strong relationships with key outsourced partners. As a senior technology leader within ES&BP this role sits at the center of Gileads enterprise technology landscape orchestrating across complex business quality and compliance needs to deliver resilient ERP capabilities that support disciplined execution from planning and supply through manufacturing distribution finance and enterprise reporting.

This is a new leadership position for a candidate who can combine deep ERP technology expertise with enterprise judgment operational discipline and the ability to influence across functions. By strengthening the platforms and practices that underpin Gileads core operations this leader will help the organization scale with confidence maintain audit readiness and deliver on its commitment to patients with quality speed and reliability.

This position will report to the Vice President IT Enterprise Solutions & Business Partnering and is based in Gileads London office.

Key Responsibilities

ERP Technology & Platform Strategy

Deliver build test release and run through the global ERP Technology & Operations team leveraging strategic partners and vendor relationships as appropriate

Define standards for SAP environments release management and operational excellence

Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture security and regulatory compliance standards

DevOps & Environment Management

Lead SAP DevOps capabilities including development enablement transport and release management

Oversee environment strategy landscape management refreshes and lifecycle planning

Drive automation and discipline to improve delivery velocity and reliability

SAP Reporting & Analytics

Own SAP Reporting & Analytics across SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) embedded analytics and SAP-enabled reporting solutions

Ensure reporting aligns with enterprise data and analytics standards

Partner with Finance and business teams to support operational and management reporting needs

Security Testing & Validation

Lead SAP security access controls and segregation-of-duties compliance

Oversee ERP testing and validation capabilities in regulated environments from strategy through execution

Ensure quality compliance and audit readiness are embedded into delivery and operations

Architecture & Platform Operations

Lead ERP technical architecture including SAP Basis infrastructure and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)-related capabilities

Partner with enterprise and solution architects to ensure extensibility and scalability

Oversee incident and problem resolution for ERP platforms and manage execution through vendor partners Continuous Improvement & Enterprise Support

Identify opportunities to improve platform stability cost efficiency and operational maturity

Serve as a trusted technical advisor to ERP Solutions leaders and program teams

Provide operational and technical leadership to ERP programs and releases

People Leadership and Vendor Management

Inspire lead and grow a high-performing globally dispersed team

Proactively partner with managed service providers vendors and system integrators to maintain a high-quality compliant technical environment resolve issues and plan and execute changes seamlessly

Manage costs and optimize cost-of-ownership making informed trade-off decisions across activity impact and business need

Key Skills & Experiences

Bachelors degree with relevant experience in SAP ERP platforms or enterprise technology leadership

Extensive experience leading SAP DevOps platform operations and release management

Strong understanding of SAP security testing validation and architecture in regulated environments

Experience leading SAP reporting and analytics platforms

Proven ability to inspire lead and grow technical teams in a global matrixed organization proactively partnering across IT domains

Excellent vendor management skills to build strong relationships hold vendors accountable and create win-win partnerships that amplify value for both parties

Highly developed customer service orientation; proven track record of effective prioritization marshalling response teams and trouble-shooting in the moment while maintaining stakeholder confidence

Strong planning and orchestration skills; able to recognize interdependencies and identify critical path under complexity

Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

The role is based in UK UK contract. We are pleased to share that Gileads Stockley Park and Holborn offices are planning to come together at a new London headquarters at 1 Triton Square NW1 from approximately Q2 2027. Applicants should consider this planned location change when applying for this role. Gilead operates a flexible working policy offering a balanced approach with two days of remote working and three days working onsite.

It is the policy of Gilead Sciences Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively Gilead or the Company) to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation benefits transfers layoffs returns from layoffs company-sponsored training education assistance social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds which may include an individuals gender race color national origin ancestry religion creed physical or mental disability marital status sexual orientation medical condition veteran status and age unless such protection is prohibited by federal state municipal provincial local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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