Sr Director, Business Strategy and Operations

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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 fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description   JOB RESPONSIBILITIES • serves as a key strategic partner to the Vice President of Operations and the Site Leadership Team, enabling the La Verne site to achieve its short- and long-term business objectives through strong strategy deployment, operational discipline, organizational change management, communication, digital enablement, and operational excellence. • This role is accountable for translating site, PDM, and enterprise priorities into actionable plans, governance routines, performance management systems, and cross-functional execution mechanisms. • The position provides leadership across multiple strategic and operational workstreams and ensures alignment between business priorities, resources, organizational capability, and site performance. • Ultimate responsibility for staff development, budgeting and cost control, and multi-function strategic planning. • Models strong leadership, accountable for talent mapping, succession planning and the development of strong leaders within the function. • Provides leadership to direct reports and builds a highly capable team through the attraction, training and development of the necessary skilled professionals to meet business needs. • Inspires culture and institutes key processes necessary to achieve long and short-term strategic goals. • Anticipates shifts in industry trends and regulatory environment that will impact Gilead’s business needs and positions the function to respond accordingly. • Ensures that departments operate in accordance with department SOPs which meet regulatory and GMP standards. • Establishes and publishes Key Performance Indicators. Strategy Development and Implementation • Act as key strategic advisor, leading the development and execution of short- and long-range strategic plans in alignment with PDM strategy and ambition, company goals, market trends and in partnership with Site Leadership Team (SLT). • Provides insight in developing, prioritization and communicating site-wide priorities and initiatives. Creates buy-in for the business plans and vision for the future to ensure goals and operating budgets are aligned and achieved. • Institutes key processes necessary to achieve long and short-term goals. • Develop plans to translate strategic objectives into tactical implementation of new technologies and processes to enhance production efficiency. • Serves as a key business partner to senior management team focusing on strategic issues across multiple functions. • Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and identify areas for further optimization. • Build strong relationsh

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