Associate Director, IT Data Engineering

Gilead Sciences

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Raleigh, NC
Salary
$168,980–$218,680 / yr
Posted
25 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Oct 26, 2026

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Similar $203k
This role $194k
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $161,150–$245,225 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $194k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

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About Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a leading American biopharmaceutical company specializing in discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative medicines for unmet medical needs.

Gilead Sciences currently has 22 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $169,320–$219,120 across 21 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Associate Director, IT Data Engineering

Assoc Director, IT Data Engineering will join the Enterprise Data and Analytics organization as a leadership role focused on commercial stakeholder engagement and the delivery of operational data management, reporting, dashboards, and applications for US Commercial teams. The role involves building IT data solutions for multiple therapeutic areas and product launches while managing complex programs, budgets, and vendor ecosystems. Key responsibilities include driving cloud transformation initiatives, roadmap planning, and portfolio streamlining to enhance sales analytics effectiveness. The position requires expertise in a technology stack including AWS, Informatica, MDM, Dell Boomi, Teradata, Oracle, Azure, Salesforce, Starburst, Databricks, SQL, Python, Tableau, and MicroStrategy. This role solves critical business problems by optimizing data infrastructure for pharmaceutical products, managing large-scale data warehousing processes, and improving operational efficiency through advanced analytics and cloud optimization within a biopharmaceutical context.

What you'll do

  • Deliver operational data management, reporting, dashboards, and applications for US Commercial Sales and Analytics teams.
  • Lead the development of IT data and analytics solutions for multiple therapeutic areas and product launches.
  • Manage complex program budgets and develop business cases with ROI frameworks for commercial stakeholders.
  • Oversee a diverse portfolio of technology tools and manage global vendor ecosystems to ensure operational efficiency.
  • Drive cloud transformation initiatives and optimize DevOps processes within AWS and other cloud environments.
  • Lead proof-of-concept projects to advance the company's data technology stack and analytics capabilities.
  • Collaborate with IT leadership to develop roadmaps and streamline the portfolio of data management tools.
  • Manage cross-functional programs and coordinate milestones across various internal departments and external partners.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree and ten years of experience or a Master's Degree and eight years of experience.
  • Experience supporting Commercial Pharma Sales Analytics and Operations processes (preferred).
  • At least 8 years of experience with data management and analytics tools and technologies (preferred).
  • At least 5 years of experience managing technology and analytics vendor support teams (preferred).
  • PMP, Scrum Master, CSPO, ITIL, ICP-ACC, Six Sigma SME, or other equivalent certifications (preferred).
  • Experience building Commercial Analytical solutions within a pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical organization (preferred).
  • Deep understanding of Commercial data sets such as IQVIA DDD, XPO, XPD, LAAD, SHAPTD, and specialty pharmacy data (preferred).
  • Proficiency with SQL, Python, AWS Cloud, Databricks, Informatica, Dell Boomi, Salesforce, Veeva, Teradata, Tableau, or MicroStrategy (preferred).

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