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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. 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Join Gilead and help create possible, together.\nJob Description\nEssential Job Functions:\nOwns enterprise IAM control effectiveness, ensuring identity governance, certification, and access controls are consistently enforced, measurable, and audit-ready across systems and data domains.\n\nLeads and governs DOJ Data Security Program (DSP) IAM controls, including definition, implementation, and ongoing validation of access restrictions protecting sensitive and regulated data.\n\nDrives and matures access certification programs, including campaign strategy, execution oversight, reviewer accountability, exception governance, and remediation enforcement.\n\nOwns role-based access control (RBAC) strategy and execution, including role engineering, role lifecycle management, and alignment to least privilege and compliance requirements.\n\nEstablishes and enforces standardized access models and certification scope across enterprise and cloud applications, ensuring consistency and scalability.\n\nOversees identity lifecycle management (joiner, mover, leaver) as a controlled process, ensuring timely and accurate provisioning aligned with authoritative data sources and governance policies.\n\nProvides leadership over IAM operations, including access request fulfillment, incident/problem management, and operational issue resolution across integrated platforms.\n\nActs as service owner for IAM platforms, accountable for availability, performance, control enforcement, and continuous service improvement.\n\nManages managed service providers and vendors supporting IAM, including defining SLAs/KPIs, monitoring performance, and enforcing delivery accountability.\n\nDrives onboarding of applications into IAM platforms with a focus on RBAC alignment, certification inclusion, and governance standardization, reducing control gaps.\n\nEnsures IAM processes and controls support audit, compliance, and regulatory readiness, including GxP and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.\n\nPartners with Security, Architecture, and business stakeholders to evolve IAM control frameworks and improve governance effectiveness across the enterprise.\n\nIdentifies and implements improvements to IAM processes, tools, and operating models to enhance control maturity, operational efficiency, and scalability.\n\nRequired Skills & Job Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree plus 6+ years of IT and/or Information Security experience.\n\nStrong experience owning and operating IAM governance and control functions, including certification and RBAC at enterprise scale.\n\nHands-on experience with IAM platforms such as SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, or Saviynt.\n\nDeep experience with access certification programs, RBAC design, and identity lifecycle governance.\n\nUnderstanding of regulatory-driven IAM controls, including DOJ DSP, GxP, and 21 CFR Part 11.\n\nExperience leading IAM operations and service delivery in complex, hybrid enterprise environments.\n\nWorking knowledge of directory services (Active Directory, LDAP) and application integration patterns.\n\nPreferred Skills:\nExperience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences environments.\n\nFamiliarity with evolving access control models (e.g., ABAC) and modern IAM architectures.\n\nExperience supporting regulatory audits and control validation activities.\n\nBroad knowledge of enterprise IT systems, cloud platforms, and application architectures.\n\nThe salary range for this position is: $146,540.00 - $189,640.00. 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:\nhttps://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing\n* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.\nFor jobs in the United States:\nGilead Sciences Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, geneticinformation or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact  for assistance.\nFor more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the 'Know Your Rights' poster.\nNOTICE: EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT\nYOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT\nGilead Sciences will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information; or (d) otherwise protected by law.\nOur environment respects individual differences and recognizes each employee as an integral member of our company. Our workforce reflects these values and celebrates the individuals who make up our growing team.\nGilead provides a work environment free of harassment and prohibited conduct. 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