Sr. Director, Supplier Strategy and Management (Small Molecule API and OSD)
Gilead Sciences
Summary
The Senior Director, Supplier Strategy and Management, API & OSD is responsible for sourcing, contracting, supplier relationship management (SRM), supplier portfolio strategy, and market and risk intelligence. This role manages business relationships with multiple contract development and manufacturing organizations (CMO/CDMOs) supporting both the Clinical and Commercial product portfolios.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Serves as senior SSM partner to leaders across External Quality, Global External Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing
- Translates business priorities into actionable supplier portfolio strategies that deliver measurable value
- Own end-to-end accountability for OSD and API modalities with measurable outcomes
- Define and execute supplier portfolio strategies leveraging market intelligence and deep category expertise
- Drive value beyond savings, including innovation, supplier performance, quality/compliance and risk mitigation
- Build trusted relationships with Senior Leadership and influence decision making
- Communicate supplier portfolio strategies and performance to stakeholders, ensuring alignment
- Lead cross functional alignment across stakeholders
- Champion SSM strategic initiatives that increase early engagement and stakeholder satisfaction
- Lead supplier governance in alignment with overarching segmentation and governance strategy
- Lead strategic supplier relationships at the executive level
- Define supplier performance expectations across cost, quality, innovation and reliability
- Leads and partners with stakeholders on contract negotiations, competitive bidding process, optimizing contract compliance, and SRM
- Ensures standardized tools are leveraged and maximize value for the business
- Leads supplier risk assessments and ensures mitigation plans are identified and executed
- Escalate risks and drive resolution to risks
- Responsible for execution, review, and approval of RFPs/RFQs/RFIs
- Negotiate Confidentiality Agreements, Master Service and Supply Agreements, Addendums, PSAs and SOWs
- Lead and participate in Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement projects
- Stay informed and knowledgeable of relevant CMO/CDMO offerings, capabilities, as they relate to potential or known Gilead products/modalities
Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in pharma/biotech or manufacturing
- 10+ years managing outsourced manufacturing and supplier networks and/or supply chains
- Experience working in small molecule API and OSD manufacturing plant
- Strong understanding of CMC development and GMP regulations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; outstanding presentation skills
- Proven leadership and cross-functional influence skills
- Proven success driving large scale initiatives
- Strong executive presence with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Experience negotiating complex supplier agreements
- Strong verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple complex programs
- Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environment – solve highly complex problems through ingenuity and collaboration with stakeholders
- Ability to work under uncertainty and to resolve conflict in a constructive manner
- Ability to effectively lead in a highly matrixed, global organization
- Up to 20% travel
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in pharma/biotech or manufacturing
- 10+ years managing outsourced manufacturing and supplier networks and/or supply chains
- Experience working in small molecule API and OSD manufacturing plant
- Strong understanding of CMC development and GMP regulations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; outstanding presentation skills
- Proven leadership and cross-functional influence skills
- Proven success driving large scale initiatives
- Strong executive presence with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Experience negotiating complex supplier agreements
- Strong verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple complex programs
- Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environment – solve highly complex problems through ingenuity and collaboration with stakeholders
- Ability to work under uncertainty and to resolve conflict in a constructive manner
- Ability to effectively lead in a highly matrixed, global organization
- Up to 20% travel
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Annual Bonus
- Stock-based Long-term Incentives
Company overview
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a leading American biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Foster City, California, that specializes in researching, developing, and commercializing innovative medicines for life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1987, Gilead has grown into a global healthcare leader with approximately 17,600 employees worldwide. The company's primary therapeutic focus areas include HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and C), oncology, inflammation, and respiratory diseases. Gilead is renowned for its groundbreaking antiviral therapies, including Sovaldi and Harvoni for hepatitis C, and its comprehensive portfolio of HIV treatments such as Truvada, Atripla, and Biktarvy. The company also developed Veklury (remdesivir) for COVID-19 treatment. Gilead operates as a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ (GILD) and is a component of both the Nasdaq-100 and S&P 100 indices. Through strategic acquisitions like Kite Pharma and Immunomedics, Gilead has expanded into cell therapy and oncology, demonstrating its commitment to advancing medical science and improving patient outcomes globally.