Assoc Director, IT Data and AI Product Owner

Job description

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 As part of our enterprise AI strategy to speed life‑changing therapies to patients, we are seeking a Product Owner to drive internal data/AI product strategy in support of Accounting and Controllership AI enablement. Serving as the primary liaison between finance stakeholders and technical teams, you will translate ambiguous and evolving finance needs into a clear, prioritized product roadmap, define success metrics tied to measurable business outcomes and influence both near-term delivery and longer-range data and AI platform evolution. As the product owner, you will own the product vision, roadmap and stakeholder engagement for AI-enabled automation, reporting, planning and analytics use cases while understanding the technical architecture required to deliver solutions. Reporting to the Director, Data & AI (Finance), you will collaborate closely with the Data/AI Delivery Lead and technical teams to prioritize features, define success metrics, and drive user adoption across the CFO organization. As the lifecycle owner of a portfolio of solutions, you will continuously improve financial operations decision making at Gilead through AI. Key Responsibilities Own the end‑to‑end product vision and multi‑year roadmap for a portfolio of AI-enabled capabilities for Controllership and Accounting, balancing enterprise priorities, platform constraints and value realization. Partner with Finance leaders across the CFO organization to identify pain points, define high‑value AI and advanced analytics opportunities, and develop compelling business cases. Translate business objectives into clear product requirements and backlog items, incorporating data architecture, platform constraints, and scalability considerations. Prioritize the product backlog based on business value, risk, technical feasibility, and alignment with enterprise data and AI strategy. Identify gaps between current‑state capabilities and target‑state solutions, influencing Databricks, AWS, and data platform evolution in partnership with technical leaders. Define and track success metrics such as cost reduction, productivity gains, user adoption, and satisfaction; use insights to guide continuous improvement. Drive change management and user adoption, including designing for user experience, stakeholder communications, training strategies, and feedback loops. Facilitate working sessions and design workshops with Finance stakeholders, data scientists, engineers, and architects to align on solution design and trade‑offs. Serve as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership, applying strong business and financial acumen to evaluate trade‑offs and recommend data‑ and AI‑driven solutions. Key Skills & Experiences Bachelor’s or Masters degree with relevant experience in product management, analytics, data, or related disciplines. Deep understanding of finance processes including reporting, close, planning, forecasting, and management analytics. Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, with a strong track record of translating business needs into scalable data and AI solutions. Strong stakeholder management and influence skills, including the ability to operate as a trusted advisor to senior Finance leaders. Demonstrated business and financial acumen with the ability to evaluate ROI, cost-to-value trade-offs and long-term platform investments. Solid understanding of data and AI architecture concepts, with the ability to discuss design options and trade‑offs with engineering and data science teams. Familiarity with SAP and modern data platforms such as Databricks and AWS. Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, using metrics‑driven approaches to guide prioritization and delivery. Ability to operate with minimal direction, exercising sound judgment, initiative, and accountability consistent with an Associate Director‑level individual contributor role. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Gilead" or the "Company") to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws. For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors: Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.