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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 fulfill their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description   Enterprise Architect Governance Lead   Level – 28/29     The Enterprise Architecture Governance Lead manages and executes the enterprise architecture decision-governance model. The role ensures that governance processes operate consistently; decisions are routed to the right people at the right level, and decision rights, approval authority, accountability, delegated authority and escalation paths are applied in practice. Governance is measured by reliable execution and the quality and business impact of decisions—not by the volume of reviews completed.   The role applies enterprise strategy and established architecture direction when coordinating material architecture decisions. It manages risk-based guardrails and the Architecture Review Board process, coordinates stakeholders, challenges incomplete or non-conforming submissions, facilitates resolution of cross-enterprise conflicts and ensures exceptions remain controlled, transparent and time-bound.   Working across business, application, data, integration, technology, security and solution architecture, the position coordinates how EA pillars contribute to enterprise decisions while preserving their accountable ownership. It also manages the operational connection between EA governance and capability-based planning, roadmaps, standards and reusable patterns, portfolio and lifecycle management, architecture repository and data governance, sourcing and product selection, control functions, assurance, reporting and continuous improvement.   Job Responsibilities   Enterprise Architecture Governance Execution   • Implement and administer enterprise-wide architecture decision rights, approval authorities, delegated authority, accountability and escalation paths so decisions are routed to the appropriate people at the appropriate level.   • Apply enterprise strategy, business priorities, capability outcomes, strategic investments, target-state roadmaps and established architecture direction when coordinating material architecture decisions.   • Operate risk-based governance policies, review tiers, decision thresholds, service levels and guardrails that fast-track conforming decisions while applying proportionate scrutiny to material deviations, trade-offs and risks.   • Coordinate decision mechanisms for duplicate investments, competing standards, cross-domain dependencies, portfolio overlap and conflicting architecture priorities, escalating material trade-offs to the appropriate enterprise authority.   Architecture Review Board Leadership and Process Ownership   • Manage and facilitate the enterprise Architecture Review Board, keeping a