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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.\nEvery 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.\nWe 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.\nJob Description\nThe Director, Contingent Workforce Strategy, Procurement & Program Operations is accountable for the enterprise strategy, category performance, governance, and operational effectiveness of Gilead's Contingent Workforce Program and related consulting and professional services categories.\nThe Director serves as a strategic thought partner to senior business leaders, translating workforce and business priorities into scalable category strategies, sourcing models, supplier solutions, and program capabilities.\nThis role owns enterprise outcomes across value realization, demand management, supplier performance, workforce risk, compliance, user experience, and operational effectiveness. The Director establishes the long-term vision and roadmap for the contingent workforce ecosystem, directs cross-functional governance and decision-making, and sponsors transformation initiatives that improve how Gilead engages, manages, and derives value from its external workforce.\nEnterprise Scope & Decision Authority\nOwn enterprise-wide performance and outcomes for the Contingent Workforce Program and assigned consulting and professional services categories.\nEstablish the strategic direction, operating model, governance structure, decision rights, controls, performance measures, and escalation pathways for the program.\nSupport cross-functional governance forums and provide recommendations on workforce channels, supplier models, rate strategies, program expansion, policy exceptions, and major operating-model decisions.\nServe as the escalation point for material workforce, regulatory, financial, supplier, compliance, and operational risks.\nRepresent Global Procurement in enterprise workforce planning, budgeting, external labor strategy, and operating discussions with senior leadership.\nStrategic Business Partnering\nServe as a strategic thought partner to senior executives on external workforce, category, supplier, risk, and commercial decisions.\nBuild trusted relationships that position Procurement upstream in workforce planning, budgeting, demand shaping, and business decision-making.\nTranslate business strategies, operating plans, and talent priorities into actionable procurement, category, supplier, and program strategies.\nInfluence decisions through business acumen, market intelligence, workforce analytics, supplier insights, and clear recommendations.\nAnticipate potential roadblocks and align stakeholders around solutions that balance enterprise standards with business needs.\nCategory Strategy & Strategic Sourcing\nDevelop and execute multi-year category strategies for Contingent Workforce and assigned consulting and professional services categories, aligned with enterprise priorities and projected demand.\nOwn the category roadmap and opportunity pipeline across cost optimization, demand management, standardization, supplier consolidation, innovation, sustainability, inclusion, and risk mitigation.\nSet the commercial and negotiation strategy for complex, high-value, or high-risk sourcing initiatives, partnering with Sourcing and Legal to ensure effective execution and contracting.\nProvide executive direction and decision support for major supplier selections, renewals, negotiations, and operating-model changes.\nApply supply-market intelligence and benchmarking to improve rate competitiveness, service quality, category resilience, and total cost of ownership.\nEnsure sourcing activity is aligned with approved category strategies, workforce policies, financial objectives, and enterprise risk requirements.\nContingent Workforce Strategy & Program Leadership\nOwn the strategic and operational performance of Gilead's Contingent Workforce Program as a stable, scalable, compliant, and value-generating enterprise platform.\nEstablish the long-term program vision and roadmap, including operating-model maturity, geographic expansion, service delivery, governance, controls, analytics, technology, and user experience.\nPartner with Human Resources and Finance to incorporate external workforce insights into enterprise workforce planning and total talent decisions.\nEstablish frameworks for selecting the appropriate engagement channel across temporary labor, independent contractors, consulting and professional services, and managed services.\nUse workforce, spend, supplier, rate, tenure, demand, and compliance data to identify emerging risks and recommend enterprise interventions.\nBalance enterprise standards with country-specific legal, regulatory, tax, privacy, and operational requirements.\nEnsure effective demand management, program adoption, policy compliance, workforce classification, rate governance, tenure management, and user support.\nSupplier & MSP Governance\nDefine supplier segmentation, relationship strategies, performance expectations, and governance models for the MSP, staffing suppliers, consulting firms, and other strategic service providers.\nEstablish the supplier-performance framework and hold partners accountable for contractual commitments, service levels, quality, compliance, innovation, user experience, and business outcomes.\nLead executive business reviews and align internal leaders and suppliers on priorities, performance, risks, corrective actions, and improvement plans.\nDirect remediation and executive escalation when supplier or program performance does not meet expectations.\nDevelop strategic supplier partnerships that improve access to talent, innovation, workforce agility, service quality, and enterprise value.\nFinancial Stewardship & Value Realization\nOwn the multi-year value agenda for the Contingent Workforce Program and assigned categories, including savings, cost avoidance, demand management, productivity, service improvement, and risk-adjusted value.\nPartner with FP&A and business leaders to establish annual plans, forecasts, targets, investment priorities, and resource requirements.\nIdentify structural cost opportunities through workforce-channel optimization, supplier consolidation, rate management, competitive sourcing, demand controls, and process simplification.\nEnsure benefits are clearly defined, validated, tracked, communicated, and sustained.\nProvide senior leadership with transparent reporting on spend, demand, financial performance, program health, risks, and value realization.\nTechnology, Analytics & Transformation\nOwn the strategic roadmap for contingent workforce technology, data, analytics, automation, and user experience.\nPartner with Systems & Insights, IT, HR technology, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and program partners to prioritize and deliver scalable capabilities.\nEstablish data-quality, reporting, and control standards that provide trusted enterprise visibility into external workforce demand, cost, utilization, tenure, classification, supplier performance, and compliance.\nUse predictive and prescriptive insights to improve demand planning, rate management, supplier allocation, risk identification, and workforce decisions.\nSponsor automation and operating-model improvements that simplify processes, strengthen controls, improve service, and increase program scalability.\nLead stakeholder readiness, communications, change management, adoption, and benefit realization for major program enhancements.\nRisk, Compliance & Controls\nEstablish and maintain a risk-based control framework covering worker classification, co-employment, tenure, approved channels, supplier compliance, privacy, security, audit readiness, and applicable regulatory requirements.\nPartner with Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, Finance, Tax, Privacy, and regional stakeholders to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor enterprise external-workforce risks.\nDefine risk indicators, thresholds, exception processes, corrective actions, and escalation requirements.\nEnsure material issues are communicated promptly and supported by clear facts, options, recommendations, and ownership.\nPromote consistent policy application while enabling proportionate, documented decisions for legitimate business needs.\nPeople Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness\nLead, coach, and develop a high-performing team responsible for category management and Contingent Workforce Program operations, where applicable.\nSet clear goals, decision rights, performance expectations, development plans, and operating rhythms.\nBuild succession, capability, and workforce plans aligned with the program's evolving needs.\nLead a global network of internal team members, MSP resources, suppliers, and cross-functional partners through influence and matrixed accountability.\nCreate an inclusive, accountable, collaborative, and continuous-improvement culture.\nChampion procurement transformation and contribute to capability building across the Global Procurement Organization.\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor's Degree and Twelve Years' Experience\nOR\nMasters' Degree and Ten Years' Experience\nOR\nPhD and Eight Years' Experience\nPreferred Qualifications:\nSignificant experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement business partnering, contingent workforce, professional services procurement, or enterprise program management.\nDemonstrated success developing and executing enterprise-wide category or program strategies that deliver measurable business value.\nExperience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in a global, highly matrixed organization.\nProven ability to influence senior leaders and guide decisions involving cost, risk, compliance, suppliers, technology, and operating models.\nExperience leading 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