Senior Manager, Compliance Excellence and Innovation Partners

Gilead Sciences

Senior Manager managing compliance excellence and innovation initiatives at Gilead. Collaborating across functions to ensure high-quality execution and continuous improvement in compliance operations.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeFoster City • California, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $143,225 - $185,350 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner across the Office of Ethics and Compliance, Legal, and other cross-functional teams to support the delivery of Global Compliance initiatives and program enhancements across multiple geographies, including the U.S.
Translate defined compliance priorities into clear project plans, including scope, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables, and support execution through completion.
Coordinate execution of Global Compliance support across stakeholders, tracking progress, identifying risks or issues, and helping teams stay aligned and on track
Support implementation of assigned initiatives in line with established ethical standards, governance expectations, and operational requirements
Provide hands-on operational support for core compliance activities, including initial triage of inquiries received through Global Compliance-supported intake channels, such as Conflict-of-Interest disclosures, ensuring timely routing, prioritization, and coordination with appropriate subject-matter owners
Support the deployment and adoption of new or updated compliance tools, platforms, or processes across geographies
Contribute to change management efforts by helping develop communications, guidance, and practical resources to support adoption and consistent use of compliance frameworks, tools, and processes
Maintain execution tracking for assigned initiatives and operational activities, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues
Prepare clear, concise status updates, summaries, and materials for compliance leadership, highlighting progress, key decisions, risks, and recommended actions
Support leadership discussions by synthesizing information across projects and identifying themes or cross-cutting issues
Identify recurring execution challenges or inefficiencies across compliance operations (e.g., intake management, project handoffs, or resource adoption)
Propose and help implement practical improvements to processes, ways of working, or governance to enhance efficiency, consistency, and user experience
Contribute to knowledge-sharing efforts by helping document and disseminate best practices, lessons learned, and operational insights across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree
8 years prior industry compliance experience required
preferably 5+ years of performing similar function at similar company or 6 years of relevant experience with a master's degree
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Significant in-depth understanding of business objectives and how they translate into Business Conduct’s priorities in the areas of monitoring, policy development or training
Experience and ability to manage non-attorney staff is preferred
Must be able to exercise judgment and independently determine and take appropriate action in the areas of monitoring and training where precedent may not exist.

Benefits

Comp & perks

company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
paid time off
discretionary annual bonus
discretionary stock-based long-term incentives

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Hard Skills & Tools

compliance managementproject planningrisk identificationchange managementprocess improvementmonitoringpolicy developmenttraining

Soft Skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsjudgmentproblem-solvingcollaboration