Executive Director, Procurement Center of Excellence

Role: Executive Director, Procurement Center of Excellence at Gilead, responsible for designing, scaling, and governing enterprise-wide procurement capabilities to drive value, operational excellence, and sustainability globally. Responsibilities include developing procurement strategy aligned with enterprise transformation, establishing policies across sourcing to settlement, driving digital procurement initiatives, leading analytics for spend and supplier performance, embedding ESG principles into procurement and supplier management, and building a high-performing global procurement organization.Qualifications: Bachelor's degree with 16+ years or Master's/PhD with 14+ years of senior procurement leadership experience, with expertise in global sourcing, procurement systems, and digital transformation. Preferred skills include experience leading procurement transformations, implementing AI/automation, influencing senior stakeholders, and embedding ESG principles. High-value specifics involve procurement in a large biopharma context, supporting initiatives across R&D, manufacturing, and supply chain, with a focus on process excellence, digital tools, analytics, and sustainability. The role reports to senior leadership, is based at Gilead’s Foster City headquarters, and may involve some travel. It demands a strategic, influential leader with a track record in complex, global, matrixed organizations, capable of fostering inclusion and talent development.