Sr Manager, Marketing Sciences

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.

Gilead’s mission is to discover, develop, and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life‑threatening illnesses worldwide.

We are seeking a visionary Sr. Manager, Data Science to drive high‑impact, cross‑functional initiatives across therapeutic areas that deliver strategic value and innovation throughout the organization.

This role will partner with diverse stakeholders and data science peers to establish best practices, streamline operations, and deliver measurable improvements in driving business performance, team efficiency, and cost optimization.

The ideal candidate will bring knowledge in healthcare data and a strong track record of applying advanced analytics and AI/ML techniques to inform decision‑making and improve patient outcomes. The role will drive initiatives such as: defining and implementing best practices in data science across teams and TAs; championing scalable, reusable solutions that accelerate insight generation and operational excellence; and driving cross‑TA and cross‑functional data science initiatives including the Medical Digital Assistant, HCP to account mapping, stigma measurement and others.

Success requires technical depth and the ability to influence and align stakeholders across functions to shape the future of data science within the enterprise. Hands‑on functional expertise, highly collaborative mindset and leadership skillsets are required.

This role reports directly to the Sr. Director, Marketing Sciences and may be based in Parsippany (NJ), or Foster City (CA).

• Partner in driving the industrialization of predictive sciences to understand the patient journey and trigger robustly for markets.
• Understand Gilead’s commercial business objectives and develop and deploy scalable data science products and insights to influence decisions in marketing, sales, medical and related functions.
• Drive data science projects end to end, converting unstructured business questions into data science solutions; be a hands‑on expert who knows how to code, debug and communicate with stakeholders.
• Foster a culture of measurement and impact, incorporating feedback to continuously improve data science models.
• Construct robust propensity models for impactful commercial use through strong statistical knowledge and predictive algorithms.
• Create data science products that can be refreshed, reproduced, and replicated.
• Work with other Data Scientists to define retraining schedules and measure propensity models for impact.
• Partner with global teams to cross‑pollinate ideas and replicate successful models from other countries and vice versa.
• Communicate complex ideas in an accessible manner, abstracting backend complexity where not needed.

• Results Orientation. Thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment; meet and exceed goals, take ownership, set milestones, and handle challenges with contingency plans.
• Team Leadership. Build, develop, and motivate a team through hiring, coaching, and mentoring; foster an…