Sr Manager, IT Data Engineering

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

Job Description Summary:

The Delivery Lead for Kite represents a unique opportunity within the IT Data & AI Center of Excellence (CoE) to drive the adoption of Data Analytics and AI capabilities that accelerate Kites mission of delivering life-changing therapies to patients.

You will serve as the primary technical leader aligned to the G&A business function including Finance Procurement IT Services and other enterprise operations driving business outcomes through hands-on execution and multidisciplinary this role you will build and deliver production-grade solutions work directly with stakeholders to translate business needs into clear technical approaches and operate with speed and agility in complex fast-paced environments. This role requiring strong technical depth credibility with senior stakeholders industry expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset to navigate ambiguity solve complex challenges and deliver sustained business impact over time.

Responsibilities:

Architecture & Strategy

• Design and implement scalable secure and high-performance data solutions across a cloud environment including AWS and Databricks.
• Define and enforce data engineering standards best practices and architectural patterns.
• Collaborate with a highly motivated team to evaluate and integrate emerging technologies that enhance the capabilities of the data platform.

Data Engineering

• Design develop and maintain ELT pipelines using AWS services Apache Airflow and Databricks.
• Drive platform evolution by identifying opportunities for AI-powered automation and implementing solutions that improve data workflows and operational efficiency.

• Manage the development and maintenance of data models and schema designs to support efficient data storage processing and retrieval.
• Lead schema evolution and data integration processes across source systems and target platforms.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for internal stakeholders and business partners by addressing technical inquiries and providing strategic guidance.

Governance & Quality

• Implement and maintain robust data governance security and compliance frameworks.
• Ensure data quality security and integrity through effective validation cleansing testing monitoring and issue-resolution processes.
• Establish data quality metrics service-level agreements (SLAs) and monitoring mechanisms to ensure the reliability and trustworthiness of enterprise data assets.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements related to data privacy security and retention.

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Data Engineering Data Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Experience

36 years of experience in Data Engineering with a proven track record of designing and deploying data pipeline solutions at scale. At least 2 years of experience building complex data science AI/ML or large-scale analytics solutions.

Programming

Proficiency in Python and SQL; familiarity with TypeScript/JavaScript or a systems programming language such as Go or Rust. Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) CI/CD pipelines and modern software engineering best practices.

CI/CD & Infrastructure

Experience with CI/CD platforms (e.g. GitHub Actions) containerization technologies (Docker) infrastructure-as-code principles and cloud-native architecture patterns.

Cloud Platforms

Hands-on experience building and operating data and AI platforms on AWS including services such as S3 Glue Lambda IAM Bedrock and Databricks Unity Catalog. Experience designing secure scalable and production-grade cloud architectures is preferred.

Data & BI Technologies

Proficiency with Databricks (Spark) data orchestration platforms (Airflow) Tableau Genie Spaces and related business intelligence and analytics technologies.

AI/Agent Tools

Hands-on experience with AI coding tools (Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor or equivalent) and Cortex AI or comparable LLM-serving platforms. Strong understanding of how large language models generate and reason about code with practical experience in prompt engineering as an engineering discipline.

Security & Compliance

Strong understanding of data privacy security and regulatory requirements in healthcare environments. Experience with secrets management audit controls and compliance frameworks including HIPAA SOC 2 and 21 CFR Part 11.

Systems Thinking

Ability to design and operate systems that scale across both traditional ML infrastructure and emerging agentic AI architectures.

Preferred Qualifications

Domain Experience

Experience supporting analytics and AI initiatives within Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) oncology rare disease or specialty pharmaceutical organizations.

Agent System Design

Experience designing multi-agent workflows orchestration patterns and autonomous systems for enterprise applications. Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) agent interoperability frameworks and AI governance best practices.

Performance & Scalability

Experience supporting high-throughput inference workloads large-scale batch scoring low-latency APIs and horizontally scalable AI/agent platforms.

Enterprise Integration

Experience integrating enterprise platforms and related APIs to enable end-to-end business process automation and analytics workflows.

The salary range for this position is: $146200.00 - $189200.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation including experience qualifications and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role) paid time off and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical dental vision and life insurance plans*.

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Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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