Sr Director, Portfolio Strategy & Analytics
Gilead Sciences
August 13, 2026
Remote friendly (San Francisco Bay Area)
United States
Corporate Functions
Sr Director, Portfolio Strategy & Analytics
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the PS&A lead or representative for assigned assets, therapeutic areas, or portfolio initiatives.
- Partner with GATs, DETs, and cross-functional leaders to frame strategic questions, evaluate options, assess risks/trade-offs, and support key decision points.
- Deliver analyses, insights, forecasts, and recommendations to inform asset- and portfolio-level decisions.
- Provide strategic/analytical support for governance discussions, portfolio reviews, investment decisions, and lifecycle planning.
- Develop and implement PS&A processes, methodologies, and best practices (lifecycle planning; options development/evaluation).
- Ensure timely delivery of recurring and ad hoc analyses, presentations, and insights for leadership and governance forums.
- Assess asset-level opportunities within portfolio strategy, priorities, constraints, and resource allocation.
- Act as an objective strategic thought partner to support complex decisions.
- Identify opportunities to improve portfolio processes, analytical approaches, systems/tools, and reporting.
- Support change management for new portfolio processes, tools, and planning methodologies.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing, capability building, and continuous improvement.
- Provide matrix leadership for complex cross-functional initiatives (alignment and execution without direct management responsibility).
Minimum required education/experience:
- Bachelor’s + 12 years OR Master’s + 10 years OR PhD + 8 years.
Requirements:
- MA/MS/MBA with 10+ years (or BA/BS with 12+ years) in life sciences; PhD with 8+ years.
- 6+ years in strategic portfolio analysis, planning, decision support, or related life-sciences experience.
- Experience influencing complex cross-functional drug development programs/portfolio initiatives.
- Strong biopharma portfolio strategy, drug development, and commercialization knowledge.
- Demonstrated stakeholder influence and alignment building; process improvement and change management experience.
- Strong analytical/problem-solving and executive communication skills; ability to lead through influence in highly matrixed environments.
People Leader Accountabilities:
- Create Inclusion; Develop Talent; Empower Teams.
Benefits/compensation:
- Salary range: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00; may be eligible for discretionary annual bonus, stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and company-sponsored medical/dental/vision/life.
Application instructions:
- For current Gilead employees and contractors: apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the PS&A lead or representative for assigned assets, therapeutic areas, or portfolio initiatives.
- Partner with GATs, DETs, and cross-functional leaders to frame strategic questions, evaluate options, assess risks/trade-offs, and support key decision points.
- Deliver analyses, insights, forecasts, and recommendations to inform asset- and portfolio-level decisions.
- Provide strategic/analytical support for governance discussions, portfolio reviews, investment decisions, and lifecycle planning.
- Develop and implement PS&A processes, methodologies, and best practices (lifecycle planning; options development/evaluation).
- Ensure timely delivery of recurring and ad hoc analyses, presentations, and insights for leadership and governance forums.
- Assess asset-level opportunities within portfolio strategy, priorities, constraints, and resource allocation.
- Act as an objective strategic thought partner to support complex decisions.
- Identify opportunities to improve portfolio processes, analytical approaches, systems/tools, and reporting.
- Support change management for new portfolio processes, tools, and planning methodologies.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing, capability building, and continuous improvement.
- Provide matrix leadership for complex cross-functional initiatives (alignment and execution without direct management responsibility).
Minimum required education/experience:
- Bachelor’s + 12 years OR Master’s + 10 years OR PhD + 8 years.
Requirements:
- MA/MS/MBA with 10+ years (or BA/BS with 12+ years) in life sciences; PhD with 8+ years.
- 6+ years in strategic portfolio analysis, planning, decision support, or related life-sciences experience.
- Experience influencing complex cross-functional drug development programs/portfolio initiatives.
- Strong biopharma portfolio strategy, drug development, and commercialization knowledge.
- Demonstrated stakeholder influence and alignment building; process improvement and change management experience.
- Strong analytical/problem-solving and executive communication skills; ability to lead through influence in highly matrixed environments.
People Leader Accountabilities:
- Create Inclusion; Develop Talent; Empower Teams.
Benefits/compensation:
- Salary range: $243,100.00 - $314,600.00; may be eligible for discretionary annual bonus, stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and company-sponsored medical/dental/vision/life.
Application instructions:
- For current Gilead employees and contractors: apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.