Gilead Sciences

Senior Manager, Statistical Programming

Gilead Sciences

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $153,935 - $199,210 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AzureInformaticaPythonSQL

About the role

  • lead the implementation of a comprehensive data governance strategy that ensures data accessibility, compliance to regulations and contracts, and ensure consistency of governance practices across clinical trial and real-world evidence (RWE) data
  • Develop and execute a data governance strategy for clinical trial and RWE data
  • Maintain and improve governance processes and procedures
  • Ensure governance roles and models are appropriate across the data lifecycle
  • Ensure proper adherence and compliance to all applicable regulations Including: EMA Policy 0070: Anonymization and redaction of CSRs, Health Canada PRCI and EU CTR: Transparency and data sharing mandates, Data privacy laws (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA): Including cross-border data transfers
  • Collaborate with CDS, Regulatory, and Legal teams to translate regulations into policies and SOPs
  • Oversee internal and external data sharing governance: Maintain anonymization algorithms and methodologies, Manage data requests for licensed RWE and clinical trial data, Support DUAs, data sharing committees, and risk-based reviews, Ensure transparency and traceability in data sharing decisions
  • Partner with CDS and Gilead Data Office to embed governance in operations.
  • Define governance roles for: Data retention, destruction, and archival, Anonymization standards and re-identification risk mitigation
  • Evaluate and support governance technologies (e.g., data catalogs, lineage tools)

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree and Eight Years' Experience OR Masters' Degree and Six Years' Experience OR PhD/PharmD and Two Years' Experience
  • 6+ years in pharma, biotech, or medical research
  • 4+ years working with data
  • 2+ years in data governance, clinical data management, or RWE leadership
  • Proficiency in a programming language such as MATLAB, SAS, R, Python, or SQL
  • Intermediate skills in Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, or MS PowerApps
  • Understanding of clinical and RWE data structures, regulatory frameworks, and privacy laws
  • Familiarity with EMA Policy 0070, EU CTR, GDPR, HIPAA, and anonymization techniques
  • Experience with governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica) and data platforms (e.g., CPRD, Aetion)
  • Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills
  • Ability to operationalize legal and regulatory requirements
  • Strategic mindset with a focus on execution and ethical data stewardship.
Benefits
  • company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*
  • discretionary annual bonus
  • discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role)
  • paid time off

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
data governanceclinical data managementreal-world evidence (RWE)programming languagesMATLABSASRPythonSQLanonymization techniques
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationstrategic mindsetexecutionethical data stewardship