Director, Portfolio Digital Capabilities & Innovation, HIV Treatment

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.

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Job Description

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world's most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come.

The Director, Portfolio Digital Capabilities & Innovation, HIV Treatment will lead the portfolio business strategy for identifying, prioritizing, scaling, and driving adoption of high-value digital capabilities and innovation across the HIV Treatment portfolio.

A core focus of the role will be advancing capabilities such as NBA/NBE, AI-enabled engagement, personalization, and emerging digital solutions, translating successful brand-led pilots and enterprise capabilities into scalable, repeatable approaches that create value across multiple HIV Treatment brands.

The Director will serve as the portfolio business lead for digital capability prioritization and scale, identifying opportunities, establishing business requirements, evaluating value, and driving adoption. The role will partner closely with Brand Marketing, Customer Engagement & Experience, Digital Strategy & Operations (DSO), Analytics, Sales, and other cross-functional partners to connect HIV Treatment business priorities with the appropriate capabilities and implementation pathways.

The role complements existing brand and enterprise functional ownership. Brand teams lead differentiated brand strategy and execution, while Portfolio Marketing identifies and scales opportunities that create value across brands. DSO brings the enterprise digital expertise, capabilities, governance, and implementation needed to enable those priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Digital Capability Strategy & Prioritization

• Lead the portfolio business strategy for digital capabilities across HIV Treatment, translating portfolio strategy, brand needs, and customer opportunities into a prioritized capability roadmap.
• Identify shared needs and opportunities across brands where digital capabilities can create greater impact, accelerate learning, or reduce duplication.
• Lead portfolio prioritization of NBA/NBE, AI-enabled engagement, personalization, and other emerging digital capabilities, ensuring investments remain anchored in clearly defined business needs.
• Partner with DSO and cross-functional stakeholders to assess emerging solutions and determine their relevance and applicability to HIV Treatment.
• Develop business cases and decision-ready recommendations to guide capability investment, prioritization, and evolution.

Pilot-to-Scale & Innovation

• Establish and lead a disciplinedpilot-to-scale model that translates successful brand-led innovation into scalable, repeatable portfolio capabilities.
• Partner with brand teams to define business needs, priority use cases, and success criteria while preserving brand ownership of differentiated strategy and execution.
• Evaluate pilots and emerging solutions for broader portfolio applicability and determine where capabilities should be scaled, refined, or discontinued based on business value and strategic relevance.
• Translate successful pilots into clear portfolio business requirements, partnering with DSO to enable broader deployment.
• Capture and share learnings across brands to accelerate adoption of proven approaches and avoid recreating solutions brand by brand.

NBA/NBE & Precision Engagement

• Lead the HIV Treatment portfolio business strategy for the continued evolution and integration of NBA/NBE and related precision-engagement capabilities.

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