Data/AI Technical Delivery Lead, Finance - Foster City

Gilead Sciences • Foster City, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers. We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations. As Data/AI Technical Delivery Lead, Finance, at Gilead you will ... As part of our enterprise AI strategy to speed life-changing therapies to patients, we are seeking a Data/AI Technical Delivery Lead to lead the technical development and delivery of AI/ML solutions across financial operations. In this role, you will bridge the business needs of CFO organization with technical execution and manage data science solution teams composed of internal resources and key external partners. You will drive technical excellence in our tailored AI solutions through hands-on architecture decisions, code quality standards and advanced analytics methodologies, delivering measurable impact to finance users from concept to scaled release. This position will report to the Director, Data/AI, Finance and is based in Foster City, CA (hybrid-eligible).

Requirements

• BA/BS with 8+ years of relevant experience OR MA/MS with 6+ years of relevant experience OR PhD/PharmD with 2+ years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

• Significant experience leading technical delivery in an agile environment. Fluent with Agile/Scrum methodology and mindsets.
• Experience as a lead data engineer, solution architect or data scientist. Hands-on, full-stack experience with operations/ continuous improvement in addition to design and implementation preferred
• Experience working with large (15+) dispersed development teams
• Product-centric mindset
• Strong understanding of AI architectures
• Fluency with master data elements and core processes in the Finance domain preferred. Experience with ERP (SAP/Oracle) process and data flows a plus.
• Strong team leadership skills; able to lead and influence without authority.
• Excellent communications and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery including timeline and technical quality of finance AI use case solutions from ideation through production
• Apply product-centric approach with clear ownership, roadmaps, and user adoption metrics
• Oversee the development of scalable solutions using Databricks, AWS, and finance enterprise platforms
• Lead hybrid technical delivery teams, drawing on technical experts within and beyond the team
• Manage sprint planning, backlog prioritization and release schedules, extending into continuous improvement as both needs and the solution landscape evolves
• Facilitate technical problem-solving across financial operations, risk, and planning domains
• Ensure integration with existing data infrastructure and reusable components for common finance patterns (reconciliation engines, reporting frameworks)
• Shape technical standards for financial data models and automation workflows
• Maintain technical documentation and runbooks for financial data pipelines
• Track delivery metrics: cost reduction targets, process automation rates, weekly usage adoption
• Manage vendor relationships and outsourced delivery with co-source providers
• Monitor product performance & drive continuous improvement towards quantifiable targets

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level