Gilead SciencesAssociate Director - IT Project Management
May. 2018 - Nov. 2021Foster City, CAAccountable for the Commercial portfolio consisting of as many as 60 global commercial programs and projects with budgets ranging from $30M to $45M, including managing a distributed team of 20-25 Program and Project Managers throughout the world.
• As Program Manager on the M&A Team, in less than a year completed the integration of forty-one key systems (most were cloud-based solutions) and consolidated or retired 11 systems all on schedule and under budget.
• Coordinated resources and finances for both the acquired company Immunomedics and Gilead, including managing a $9M annual budget and providing work direction to four Project Managers.
• Managed the NorthStar Initiative to focus on developing the sales team and the data analytics for the commercial organization. Developed strategy for each system, built a team tasked with three work streams, and determined budget, resources and timeline for each work stream. Managed the NorthStar Initiative to focus on developing the sales team and the data analytics team in the commercial organization. The NorthStar initiative, a global program with three capability areas: Omnichannel & Field Force Effectiveness, Data & Analytics and Value & Access areas to elevate the commercial team into a more competitive organization.
• Built a new IT team, hired four Program Managers and two Project Managers, developed a comprehensive budget, determined KPIs for each work stream, mitigated risks, resolved issues, and communicated status and milestones to senior leadership.
• Focused on key initiatives to move from on-premises to cloud-based solutions. As a Program Manager on the Commercial IT team, I managed the transition from on-premises to the Model N Cloud.