Assoc Director, HR Operational Excellence

Essential Duties And Job Functions

• Operational Excellence Lead process design and continuous improvement efforts, partnering with key stakeholders in HR, Legal, Public Affairs, IT, and Finance for sustainability and compliance.
• Recommend and implement improvements, making reasoned trade-offs between ongoing effort, global applicability and efficiency to deliver optimal and consistent employee experience.
• Analyze data, gather feedback from the organization, and engage stakeholders to drive improved process and business performance in support of the E2E Process improvement strategies.
• Leverage employee/customer/data insights to drive prioritized service, process and technology solutions to further enhance global service delivery.
• Cook up and implement project management methodologies and tools to design and deliver key HR processes, coordinate various workstreams and ensure projects are rolled out to the business in a timely, well-coordinated and high-impact manner.
• Organize teams, structure the work and set timelines through comprehensive project plans, and ensure timely deliverables, assessing risks and anticipating obstacles.
• Communicate proactively with stakeholders and teams to provide encouragement, identify problems and create solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• BA / BS degree and 10+ years of relevant experience; OR
• MA / MS degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; OR
• PhD and 2+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience as Shared Services, HR Business Partner or Center of Excellence team member preferred.
• Significant experience of business process reengineering and process design at global scale.
• Significant experience in facilitating process improvement workshops.
• Strong knowledge of process improvement techniques such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or Value Stream Mapping.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are required.
• Prominent facilitation and influencing skills.
• Proven track record in strategic thinking, project management and managing change.
• Able to assess and prioritize conflicting business priorities, quickly resolve issues and address root causes while multi-tasking in a high-pressure environment.
• Able to lead by influence outside of hierarchy and build strong, collaborative relationships within and outside of HR.

People Leader Accountabilities

• Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
• Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.
• Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and hold them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is: $157,250.00 - $203,500.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary.