Head of IT Global ERP

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Job Description

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North, South and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Gilead makes it a priority to increase access to its medicines for people who can benefit from them, regardless of where they live or their economic status.

The Head of IT Global ERP will report directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and be responsible for overseeing Global ERP - The function that (in conjunction with other IT functions including those aligned to business functions) defines, delivers, and supports business solutions enabled by the core ERP system. This role will have leadership over and be key to enabling Releases 2 and 3 of Gilead's current ERP transformation program shifting from Oracle to SAP. In Release 2, we are shifting Global Manufacturing and Direct Procurement Commercial Order to Cash and Indirect Procurement for ACE, Mexico, and Israel and work will be completed in August 2024. For Release 3, we are shifting Clinical Commercial Order to Cash and Indirect Procurement for Rest of World as well as Gilead Clinical Distribution Manufacturing and Secondary Packaging. Release 3's target completion date has not yet been set.

This role is charged with building a DevOps team. Gilead IT operates in a vertically integrated DevOps model, and as such the leader of this function will oversee and manage end-to-end Business Engagement, Solution Architecture, Solution Delivery, Solution Test, and Solution Operations.

The Head of IT Global ERP will influence and support business strategy. To be effective in this role, he/she must partner with regional and functional leaders to understand individual country and regional business drivers, and then integrate these requirements into the global strategy as it is developed. This leader should have the business acumen and communication skills to shape, articulate and execute a cohesive strategy.

The Head of IT Global ERP should have skills that include:

• ERP Transformation: This role will lead an in-flight Enterprise SAP S/4 HANA program covering the scope of Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Plan to Deliver, Record to Report, Project Accounting, etc. that is expected to complete in the next two years
• Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders within Business Functions and support their mission. Partner with senior business leadership to create technology strategies that support the objects of their functions. Understand the value drivers of the business and ensure IT solutions are scalable and can expand to support new therapeutic areas while taking into account innovation and cost to serve.
• Domain Expertise: Partner with senior leadership to create technology strategy that optimizes operational processes. Provides insight into business processes that advance user adoption, improve customer satisfaction, and refine management reports such as those used for financial oversight based on the use of day-to-day transactional systems.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to execute: Define and deliver against strategy, implement automation, improve user satisfaction and drive for operational efficiencies to obtain measurable business value. Support strategies to invest in cloud-first business architecture. Deliver scalable and flexible solutions to meet unanticipated business demand. Continuously invest in innovation to incubate new opportunities requested by business partners in support of the Strategic Technology Council investment and reduce cost to serve through careful consideration of technology investments.
• IT as a Business Value Driver: Supports the ongoing development, coordination, and execution of the integrated IT strategy including labor, investment choices, organizational priorities, and scorecards and dashboards as well as ensures governance and the definition of IT ways of working.
• Delivers on Technology Strategy: Sees Information Technology as a competitive advantage and understands the value drivers of the business and ensures IT solutions are scalable/provide efficiencies to support operational overhead and advance new therapeutic areas while taking into account innovation and reduce cost to serve. Deliver scalable and flexible solutions to meet unanticipated business demand. Continuously invests in innovation to incubate new opportunities requested by business partners in support of the Strategic Technology Council investment and make value-based decisions through careful consideration of technology investments and their associated business benefit.
• Manage Complexity and Drive for Standardization: Able to synthesize customer needs and challenges presented by multiple competing capabilities to include Finance, HR, Legal, IT (as a customer), Clinical Drug Development, Medical Affairs, and Pharmaceutical Development. Make sound and timely decisions based on corporate needs while enforcing technology standards.
• Leadership: Proven ability to build, develop and lead teams and rally organization around the vision.

Essential Duties and Job Functions

General responsibilities for this position will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Collaborate with business partners to identify future business needs and prioritize resources/effort to deliver solutions
• Manage and lead international team through thoughtful performance management and individualized career development plans based on individual needs and corporate strategy
• Enhance business value through collaborative identification of business needs
• Serve as primary point of engagement with Business Partners
• Develop Business Cases for Ideation and Project Prioritization.
• Deliver on portfolio investments and ensure Business Value/Outcomes are realized based on prioritized business needs
• Ensure governance and executive sponsorship across business units
• Ensure necessary business processes are documented and business ownership is available for projects and ongoing compliance activities
• Establish Business Domain Architecture and partner with business to establish Analytics Strategy and collaborate with Development of Business Solutions
• Leverage key strategic commercial platforms as the foundation for delivering global business outcomes
• Optimize organizational focus on core capabilities and leverage partners to provide high value services
• Embed and measure user experience and value realization in every stage of investment decisions
• Create insight based high quality customer experience
• Provide robust content and easy to use, personalized engagement
• Manage cost center and innovation investments and drive for "cost to serve" efficiencies
• Enable advanced digital capabilities
• May occasionally report progress and program activities to Gilead Leadership Team and Gilead Board

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, business administration or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 20+ years in IT and business/industry
• 8+ years of leadership responsibilities, at a minimum
• Deep expertise in delivering ERP-enabled SAP transformation programs
• Experience establishing an SAP CoE for steady state operations is preferred
• Experience managing delivery via shared services centers is preferred
• Expert experience in relevant platforms (ERP, Product Lifecycle Management, Quality/Regulatory, Medical Affairs)
• Experience in business/industry (beyond IT), managing cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders
• Strong leadership capability, executing as appropriate in the areas of responsibility
• Expertise in budget planning, financial management, and workforce management
• Broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies, technology directions and strategic application to business needs including the ability to differentiate between a relevant trend and hype
• Ability to improve operational efficiency, service delivery, and information management across the IT organization
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technology solutions in business terms, establish rapport and persuade others

The salary range for this position is: $249,645.00 - $323,070.00. 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*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

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

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