Assoc Director, IT Data and AI Product Owner

Job title: Assoc Director, IT Data and AI Product Owner

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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.

Job Description

As part of our enterprise AI strategy to speed life‑changing therapies to patients, we are seeking a Product Owner to drive internal data/AI product strategy in support of Accounting and Controllership AI enablement.

Serving as the primary liaison between finance stakeholders and technical teams, you will translate ambiguous and evolving finance needs into a clear, prioritized product roadmap, define success metrics tied to measurable business outcomes and influence both near-term delivery and longer-range data and AI platform evolution.

As the product owner, you will own the product vision, roadmap and stakeholder engagement for AI-enabled automation, reporting, planning and analytics use cases while understanding the technical architecture required to deliver solutions.

Reporting to the Director, Data & AI (Finance), you will collaborate closely with the Data/AI Delivery Lead and technical teams to prioritize features, define success metrics, and drive user adoption across the CFO organization. As the lifecycle owner of a portfolio of solutions, you will continuously improve financial operations decision making at Gilead through AI.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end‑to‑end product vision and multi‑year roadmap for a portfolio of AI-enabled capabilities for Controllership and Accounting, balancing enterprise priorities, platform constraints and value realization.
• Partner with Finance leaders across the CFO organization to identify pain points, define high‑value AI and advanced analytics opportunities, and develop compelling business cases.
• Translate business objectives into clear product requirements and backlog items, incorporating data architecture,