Executive Director, Talent Acquisition

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

Reporting to the Gilead Vice President Global Talent Acquisition, the Executive Director Talent Acquisition will carve the path for TA in our transformation to a leading-edge, scalable, flexible, and efficient function, while continuing our commitment to high-performance and delivery in attracting and recruiting top talent, with a lens toward diversity, across the enterprise.

The Exec. Director will serve as a key Talent Acquisition business partner to business leaders across functions and regions, including Kite, as well as VPs of HR. The Exec. Director will be a member of the Gilead Talent Acquisition Leadership Team (TALT), and will lead the following teams:

Capability Recruiting Team (Global) of full-cycle recruiters responsible for high-impact, challenging-to-fill roles across the enterprise (4 FTE – 3 US and 1 Stockley Park)

Strategic Talent Sourcing Team (US) focused on pipelining and sourcing top talent for roles in the US in service of our enterprise Aspirational Goals (5 FTE: Lead plus team of 4)

Early Talent & University Relations (US) executing Gilead’s US early talent strategy, including summer internship program and intern-FTE conversions (1 FTE)

Employer Brand & Talent Attraction (Global) focused on building and executing Gilead’s global employer brand strategy as a competitive differentiator (1 FTE)

Candidate Experience (Global) designing and implementing Gilead’s global candidate experience strategy as a value driver (1 FTE)

The Role:

Co-located in Foster City with the VP Talent Acquisition, senior leader clients, and CHRO/VP HR leaders, responsibilities of the Exec. Director include, but are not limited to:

Serve as a key Talent Acquisition business partner to senior business leaders across functions and geographies, including Kite, as well as VPs of HR

Bring forward business insights, workforce/hiring plans long term talent needs partnering with the TALT to translate insights from the business and other stakeholders, including workforce/hiring plans, builds etc. into action with the Core Recruiting Lead and their recruiting team, along with other TA teams (Capability, sourcing, Executive).

Lead and develop a team of full-cycle recruiters responsible for high-impact, challenging-to-fill roles across the enterprise, with a strong emphasis on diverse talent, efficiency, and results delivery

Lead a significant portion of Gilead’s global Talent Acquisition capabilities and strategy including:

Partner with Global Employer Brand Lead with a focus on establishing recruiting advertising campaigns leveraging our EVP for challenging-to-fill roles

Partner with Global Candidate Experience Lead to envision impactful and differentiated candidate experience across the enterprise

Partner with sourcing lead and develop a highly impactful sourcing team focused on pipelining and sourcing top talent for roles in the US

Partner with Early Talent University Relations capability lead in the US, delivering pipeline of talent for early career opportunities.

Envision and establish new ways of working in partnership with TALT and stakeholders to bring our new model to life.

Embed the transformation of our new model and structure, spearheading the streamlining and simplifying of processes to orient focus on the candidate experience.

Partner with VP TA, TALT, HRSS, PMO etc. in envisioning the future, and developing and putting plans in place to make this vision a reality

Partner with TALT members, People Technology, HRSS and others related to both transformational and continuous improvement process and technology opportunities

Identify, share and action talent insights and trends in the external talent marketplace

Partner with I&D on diverse recruitment strategies

Come to every engagement with an enterprise mindset with an eye toward the future while ensuring team delivery in the moment/near term

Build an AI-ready TA Team globally, assessing learning gaps and implementing plans to upskill our TA workforce in AI

​ Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with 16+ years of HR experience (in healthcare/biopharma industry preferred), including HR leadership roles at scale,

OR

Master’s degree/ PhD/PharmD with 14+ years of HR experience (in healthcare/biopharma industry preferred), including HR leadership roles at scale

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading teams in remote/hybrid and/or geographic disparate locations in a highly matrixed organization

TA leadership experience

Demonstrated transformational, enterprise and growth mindset

Experience leading and managing with an inclusive approach and high cultural awareness and sensitivity demonstrating a strong degree of emotional intelligence

In-depth knowledge of HR and Talent Acquisition nuances and best practices in life sciences, healthcare, or biotech is preferred.

Demonstrated passion and commitment to diversity recruitment, including results delivery

Demonstrate strong business acumen with the ability to translate business objectives into Talent Acquisition priorities

Model strong leadership, accountable for coaching, developing, progressing, and retaining employees and managed services teams while ensuring an inclusive team environment

A business partner with the experience and confidence necessary to work with senior executives, HR leaders, and employees at all levels to deliver results

Ability to exercise judgment and independently determine and take appropriate action where precedent may not exist

AI-ready aptitude to learn, grow, and lead team into an AI enabled future

Inspire culture and institute key processes necessary to achieve long and short-term strategic goals

Role model for Gilead core values and Leadership Commitments in all actions

Comfortable working with ambiguity

People Leader Accountabilities:

Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.

Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.

Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

The salary range for this position is: $281,010.00 - $363,660.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This posit