Director, Contingent Workforce Strategy, Procurement & Program Operations

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. 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.

Every 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.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description

The Director, Contingent Workforce Strategy, Procurement & Program Operations is accountable for the enterprise strategy, category performance, governance, and operational effectiveness of Gilead's Contingent Workforce Program and related consulting and professional services categories.

The Director serves as a strategic thought partner to senior business leaders, translating workforce and business priorities into scalable category strategies, sourcing models, supplier solutions, and program capabilities.

This role owns enterprise outcomes across value realization, demand management, supplier performance, workforce risk, compliance, user experience, and operational effectiveness. The Director establishes the long-term vision and roadmap for the contingent workforce ecosystem, directs cross-functional governance and decision-making, and sponsors transformation initiatives that improve how Gilead engages, manages, and derives value from its external workforce.

Enterprise Scope & Decision Authority

• Own enterprise-wide performance and outcomes for the Contingent Workforce Program and assigned consulting and professional services categories.
• Establish the strategic direction, operating model, governance structure, decision rights, controls, performance measures, and escalation pathways for the program.
• Support cross-functional governance forums and provide recommendations on workforce channels, supplier models, rate strategies, program expansion, policy exceptions, and major operating-model decisions.
• Serve as the escalation point for material workforce, regulatory, financial, supplier, compliance, and operational risks.
• Represent Global Procurement in enterprise workforce planning, budgeting, external labor strategy, and operating discussions with senior leadership.

Strategic Business Partnering

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior executives on external workforce, category, supplier, risk, and commercial decisions.
• Build trusted relationships that position Procurement upstream in workforce planning, budgeting, demand shaping, and business decision-making.
• Translate business strategies, operating plans, and talent priorities into actionable procurement, category, supplier, and program strategies.
• Influence decisions through business acumen, market intelligence, workforce analytics, supplier insights, and clear recommendations.
• Anticipate potential roadblocks and align stakeholders around solutions that balance enterprise standards with business needs.

Category Strategy & Strategic Sourcing

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for Contingent Workforce and assigned consulting and professional services categories, aligned with enterprise priorities and projected demand.
• Own the category roadmap and opportunity pipeline across cost optimization, demand management, standardization, supplier consolidation, innovation, sustainability, inclusion, and risk mitigation.
• Set the commercial and negotiation strategy for complex, high-value, or high-risk sourcing initiatives, partnering with Sourcing and Legal to ensure effective execution and contracting.
• Provide executive direction and decision support for major supplier selections, renewals, negotiations, and operating-model changes.
• Apply supply-market intelligence and benchmarking to improve rate competitiveness, service quality, category resilience, and total cost of ownership.
• Ensure sourcing activity is aligned with approved category strategies, workforce policies, financial objectives, and enterprise risk requirements.

Contingent Workforce Strategy & Program Leadership

• Own the strategic and operational performance of Gilead's Contingent Workforce Program as a stable, scalable, compliant, and value-generating enterprise platform.

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