Manager, IT Engineering

Job Description

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

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to pursuing scientific invention to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead has operations in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.

You will be part of a team that is helping millions of people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. We are a close community where every individual matters and everyone has a chance to enhance their skills through ongoing development. Inclusion is one of our core values, which means we are creating and fostering a work environment where our differences are valued, and everyone feels respected and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

Summary:

This role sits within the global Gilead IT organization within the US Commercial Field Enablement IT team with the primary responsibility of supporting IT operations for Field Enablement applications. This role reports to the US Commercial IT Field Enablement lead.

This role will support and liaise with a broad business team including Gilead Commercial Operations, Medical Affairs and Business Conduct. The role will also engage across IT teams who manage/support systems within the Capability ecosystem, i.e., integration touchpoints with tools such as Master Data Management platform and Commercial Analytics Hub as well as the broader IT team that enable the overall working experience for the business teams we support.

This role would act as a liaison between CRM, Events and Account Management capability leads and the vendor MSP teams to manage and deliver on IT operations for field applications. This role would enable Next Gen CRM program by consolidating IT operations for field applications, quickly identifying and mitigating end user impacts and enabling focus on field experience with technology and IT change management.

Some of the key activities that this role would lead include managing IT support operations teams, tracking and reporting on service requests and incidents, providing hands-on support and oversight for complex / priority tickets and escalations, participating in system testing and user acceptance testing, and managing deployment and hypercare.

Core Tasks, Responsibilities & Scope of Authority:

• Utilize ServiceNow to record and track incidents, service requests including report requests
• Hands-on leadership and execution of IT support operations activities, working with MSP resources
• Engage with offshore service teams and onshore business and IT partners daily to deliver support operations
• Build and maintain a track of operational requests over time to advise leadership on trends with a key metric around first call resolution, warm transfers and minimizing field user time spent chasing IT support issues
• Support field events such as National Sales Meeting with onsite presence when necessary
• Proactive readiness and planning to support new product launches including onboarding field user groups
• Support launch of new applications such as Veeva Align, Next Gen CRM, ongoing platform and application enhancements
• Build and maintain relationships with individual field users and other support groups and product teams
• Lead IT operations for the field teams in a secure and compliant manner, adhering to appropriate SOPs and work instructions

Additionally:

• Works closely with the respective Product Owners for Veeva / Vault CRM, Events Management, Align and other field applications to ensure end user experience for field applications remains positive
• Leads operational reporting services delivered within the platform / application using Salesforce / Vault platform reporting, MyInsights / X-Pages

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate OR
• Master’s and 4+ years of relevant experience OR
• Bachelor’s and 6+ years of relevant experience OR

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong techno-functional knowledge of Veeva Commercial Cloud, including but not limited to Align, Veeva / Vault CRM, Veeva Events Management as well as Salesforce platform, Vault platform
• Strong problem-solving skills, experience in identifying and preventing issues from recurring, debugging and fixing code
• Ability to prioritize incidents and service requests based on priority levels and knowledge of support escalation paths
• High level of personal integrity consistent with Gilead’s core values (Excellence, Accountability, Teamwork, Integrity and Inclusion)
• Service-oriented, willingness to put in the extra yards to provide an outstanding experience to end users

• Experience working in a multi-vendor scenario; vendor management experience is a plus
• Strong communication skills to engage directly with business users, IT and vendor teams
• Knowledge of ITIL framework and best practices
• Knowledge of working with ServiceNow IT service management platform

The salary range for this position is: $126,565.00 - $163,790.00. 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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