Associate Director, HR Program Management
Gilead Sciences
June 27, 2026
Remote friendly (San Francisco Bay Area)
United States
Human Resources
What You’ll Do
- Lead cross-functional HR initiatives from opportunity definition and scoping through execution, ensuring alignment, progress, and measurable outcomes.
- Bring structure to ambiguous challenges by organizing work, designing project team structures, and clarifying roles and responsibilities.
- Facilitate governance and decision-making across HR and business stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
- Manage the HR project portfolio, driving prioritization, sequencing, resource allocation, and outcome measurement.
- Serve as a connector/integrator to ensure visibility, communication, and collaboration across HR domains (Talent, Rewards, Shared Services, Digital, etc.).
- Partner with HR leaders and initiative sponsors to define success, structure work, and translate vision into delivery.
- Prepare updates and insights for HR leadership/executives, synthesizing complex information into actionable recommendations.
- Identify and resolve roadblocks, risks, and integration points across initiatives.
- Standardize how work is scoped, executed, and reported across the HR portfolio.
- Drive closure and sustainability by documenting outputs, transitions, and key learnings.
What You Bring
- 10+ years relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or 8+ years with an MS/MBA.
- Experience in project leadership, strategy execution, transformation, or HR consulting in a corporate environment.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional HR initiatives and designing project teams/governance.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment in matrixed organizations.
- Experience managing a portfolio of HR initiatives with strong prioritization and outcome measurement.
- Deep understanding of HR practices and operational improvement.
- Strong consulting toolkit (problem framing, opportunity shaping, effort structuring).
- Experience across multiple HR domains (e.g., HRSS, Talent, Total Rewards, Ops, Tech).
- Proficiency with collaboration/planning tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Miro, Teams).
People Leader Accountabilities
- Create Inclusion; Develop Talent; Empower Teams.
Application instructions
- Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
- Lead cross-functional HR initiatives from opportunity definition and scoping through execution, ensuring alignment, progress, and measurable outcomes.
- Bring structure to ambiguous challenges by organizing work, designing project team structures, and clarifying roles and responsibilities.
- Facilitate governance and decision-making across HR and business stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
- Manage the HR project portfolio, driving prioritization, sequencing, resource allocation, and outcome measurement.
- Serve as a connector/integrator to ensure visibility, communication, and collaboration across HR domains (Talent, Rewards, Shared Services, Digital, etc.).
- Partner with HR leaders and initiative sponsors to define success, structure work, and translate vision into delivery.
- Prepare updates and insights for HR leadership/executives, synthesizing complex information into actionable recommendations.
- Identify and resolve roadblocks, risks, and integration points across initiatives.
- Standardize how work is scoped, executed, and reported across the HR portfolio.
- Drive closure and sustainability by documenting outputs, transitions, and key learnings.
What You Bring
- 10+ years relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree or 8+ years with an MS/MBA.
- Experience in project leadership, strategy execution, transformation, or HR consulting in a corporate environment.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional HR initiatives and designing project teams/governance.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment in matrixed organizations.
- Experience managing a portfolio of HR initiatives with strong prioritization and outcome measurement.
- Deep understanding of HR practices and operational improvement.
- Strong consulting toolkit (problem framing, opportunity shaping, effort structuring).
- Experience across multiple HR domains (e.g., HRSS, Talent, Total Rewards, Ops, Tech).
- Proficiency with collaboration/planning tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Miro, Teams).
People Leader Accountabilities
- Create Inclusion; Develop Talent; Empower Teams.
Application instructions
- Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.