Director, Quality Assurance Compliance
Gilead Sciences
August 19, 2026
Remote friendly (San Francisco Bay Area)
United States
Operations
Position Impact:
The Director, Global Supplier Quality Management Program serves as the Global Process Owner (GPO) for Supplier Quality Management, providing enterprise leadership and subject matter expertise for supplier quality program strategy, governance, processes, systems, quality documents, and metrics across the end-to-end supplier lifecycle. Accountable for building and advancing a globally harmonized, risk-based, customer-focused supplier quality program.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as GPO for Supplier Quality Management; steward global processes, standards, and governance with consistent interpretation and proactive risk mitigation.
- Own and execute the Supplier Quality Management Program roadmap aligned to business objectives, regulatory expectations, and future-state needs.
- Lead future-state process design and establish enterprise-wide supplier quality standards, governance, policies, procedures, and business processes.
- Enable cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement to transform and align local supplier quality practices.
- Provide global oversight for: supplier onboarding/qualification/evaluation/monitoring/offboarding; supplier risk/performance management; supplier change management; deviations/investigations/issue management; escalation; CAPA.
- Lead cross-functional teams for design/approval/implementation/continuous improvement of global processes and capabilities.
- Establish proactive risk and compliance approaches; ensure inspection-ready regulatory compliance; monitor emerging risks/trends.
- Engage stakeholders across Global Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Technical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, IT, and others; support related program integration (SNA and External Quality).
- Establish performance measures, dashboards, and KPIs; enable data-driven decisions; partner on enabling technologies; advance automation/AI/predictive methodologies; support SAP GxP supplier process definition and data governance.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, or related field.
- Advanced degree (MS, MBA, or equivalent) preferred.
- 10+ years Supplier Quality Management experience.
- 5+ years global process ownership experience.
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical/biotech/medical device or other regulated industry requirements.
- Experience leading complex global change and cross-functional implementations in a matrixed organization.
- Strong understanding of supplier quality systems, risk management, and quality management principles.
- Experience facilitating executive governance forums and building stakeholder consensus.
- Experience developing enterprise strategies, governance frameworks, and performance measurement systems; influence senior leaders in a matrix environment.
- Lean concepts; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (+) desired.
Benefits:
- Salary range: $210,375.00 - $272,250.00.
- May be eligible for discretionary annual bonus and discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility varies), paid time off, and company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
The Director, Global Supplier Quality Management Program serves as the Global Process Owner (GPO) for Supplier Quality Management, providing enterprise leadership and subject matter expertise for supplier quality program strategy, governance, processes, systems, quality documents, and metrics across the end-to-end supplier lifecycle. Accountable for building and advancing a globally harmonized, risk-based, customer-focused supplier quality program.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as GPO for Supplier Quality Management; steward global processes, standards, and governance with consistent interpretation and proactive risk mitigation.
- Own and execute the Supplier Quality Management Program roadmap aligned to business objectives, regulatory expectations, and future-state needs.
- Lead future-state process design and establish enterprise-wide supplier quality standards, governance, policies, procedures, and business processes.
- Enable cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement to transform and align local supplier quality practices.
- Provide global oversight for: supplier onboarding/qualification/evaluation/monitoring/offboarding; supplier risk/performance management; supplier change management; deviations/investigations/issue management; escalation; CAPA.
- Lead cross-functional teams for design/approval/implementation/continuous improvement of global processes and capabilities.
- Establish proactive risk and compliance approaches; ensure inspection-ready regulatory compliance; monitor emerging risks/trends.
- Engage stakeholders across Global Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Technical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, IT, and others; support related program integration (SNA and External Quality).
- Establish performance measures, dashboards, and KPIs; enable data-driven decisions; partner on enabling technologies; advance automation/AI/predictive methodologies; support SAP GxP supplier process definition and data governance.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, or related field.
- Advanced degree (MS, MBA, or equivalent) preferred.
- 10+ years Supplier Quality Management experience.
- 5+ years global process ownership experience.
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical/biotech/medical device or other regulated industry requirements.
- Experience leading complex global change and cross-functional implementations in a matrixed organization.
- Strong understanding of supplier quality systems, risk management, and quality management principles.
- Experience facilitating executive governance forums and building stakeholder consensus.
- Experience developing enterprise strategies, governance frameworks, and performance measurement systems; influence senior leaders in a matrix environment.
- Lean concepts; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (+) desired.
Benefits:
- Salary range: $210,375.00 - $272,250.00.
- May be eligible for discretionary annual bonus and discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility varies), paid time off, and company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
Application Instructions:
- Apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.