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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 <div>At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come. As a Senior Data Governance Architect , at Gilead you will ...<div><div>Key Responsibilities:</div><div>Governance Enablement & Stewardship </div><div><ul><li>Partner with business domains to establish data ownership and stewardship for enterprise data products </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Facilitate governance workshops to identify critical data elements and governance requirements </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Establish stewardship communities responsible for maintaining trusted data assets </li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li>Define stewardship responsibilities for metadata completeness, data quality, and data classification </li></ul></div><div> </div><div>Metadata, Data Quality & Classification </div><div><ul><li>Establish metadata principles, data quality framework, and API standards that enable consistent governance across different data systems </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Collaborate with business stakeholders to define businessfriendly data quality rules </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Ensure governance definitions are documented within governance platforms </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Partner with domain teams to classify sensitive data such as personal data, sensitive personal data, healthrelated information, and HR sensitive data </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Ensure data products contain sufficient metadata and business context to support analytics and AIdriven use cases </li></ul></div><div> </div><div>Collaboration & Operationalization </div><div><ul><li>Collaborate with Governance Capabilities and Governance Integration teams to operationalize governance practices </li></ul><div></div><div>Role Summary:<div>The Senior Data Governance Architect is responsible for designing and enabling enterprise data governance practices that ensure data products are trusted, well-described, and aligned with organizational policies and regulatory requirements. This role works closely with business domains and platform teams to define governance requirements, establish governance standards, and ensure enterprise data assets are ready to support analytics and AI use cases. </div><div>This role operates as a senior individual contributor and data governance architect, defining enterprise governance standards, metadata requirements, and stewardship practices. While it does not have direct people management responsibility, it provides governance leadership and direction across business domains, partners closely with platform and integration teams, and manages vendor resources supporting governance enablement and implementation.</div> To support trusted and AI-ready data products, the organization operates data governance through three complementary layers that ensure governance is defined, supported by technology, and enforced across the enterprise data and AI platform. 1. Governance Enablement </div><div>This layer activates governance practices across business domains by defining governance requirements such as critical data elements, metadata standards, data quality rules, and data classification. It ensures enterprise data products are properly described, governed, and aligned with business and regulatory needs. 2. Governance Capabilities </div><div>This layer provides the technology and operational capabilities that support governance across the enterprise. These capabilities enable metadata management, governance policy management, data quality monitoring, and trusted data product discovery. 3.Governance Integration </div><div>This layer ensures governance policies and metadata classifications are operationalized within the enterprise data and AI platform so that governed data can be reliably used for analytics and AI applications. Together, these layers ensure enterprise data products are trusted, discoverable, and ready to support analytics and AI initiatives. </div><div><div>The Senior Data Governance Architect primarily operates within the Governance Enablement layer, working with business domains and platform teams to define governance requirements and ensure enterprise data products contain the metadata, quality standards, and classifications required to support trusted analytics and AI use cases. This role collaborates closely with teams responsible for Governance Capabilities and Governance Integration to ensure governance definitions are consistently operationalized across the enterprise data ecosystem. </div></div><div><div></div></div></div></div>About Our Data & AI Platform </div><div>Our organization operates a modern enterprise data and AI ecosystem designed to enable trusted, governed, AI-ready data products that support advanced analytics and emerging AI-driven use cases. </div><div>The platform is based on a data mesh architecture, where business domains publish reusable data products that can be securely discovered and consumed across the enterprise. </div><div>Our enterprise data and AI platform technology stack includes: </div><div>• AWS and Databricks forming the enterprise cloud data and AI platform • Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) supporting metadata management, data marketplace, governance policies, and business data quality rules • IDMC Master Data Management (MDM) and Reference Data Management (RDM) managing core enterprise business entities </div><div>Enterprise data governance plays a central role in this ecosystem by ensuring that data products are trusted, well-documented, and governed for responsible use across analytics and AI initiatives. </div><div>As the platform evolves, we are expanding beyond traditional SQL-based data access toward AI-ready data products enriched with business context, metadata, and semantic definitions that enable intuitive discovery and interaction with enterprise data through natural language interfaces, AI-driven analytics tools, and emerging agentic AI systems. </div><div> </div><div><div>Basic Qualifications:</div></div><div><div>Bachelor's Degree and Eight Years' ExperienceORMasters' Degree and Six Years' ExperienceORPhD and Two Years' Experience</div><div>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>10+ years' experience in data governance, data management.</li><li>Deep understanding of data management principles, frameworks, and methodologies </li><li>Experience implementing enterprise data governance or stewardship programs </li><li>Experience with governance platforms such as Informatica, Collibra, or Alation. </li><li>Strong understanding of governance frameworks, CDEs, and data quality practices </li><li>Ability to engage business stakeholders and facilitate governance workshops </li><li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills </li><li>Experience working in regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals or healthcare </li><li>Knowledge of data protection regulations such as GDPR or CCPA </li><li>Experience supporting governance initiatives that enable analytics and AI-driven use cases. </li><li>Understanding of data product operating models or data mesh concepts. </li></ul>People Leader Accountabilities:•Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in theway they manage their teams.•Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on currentperformance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop andrealize their purpose.•Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holdingthem to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.</div></div> The salary range for this position is: $146,200.00 - $189,200.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.For additional benefits information, visit: <a href="https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing</a>* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.<h2> For jobs in the United States:</h2>Gilead Sciences Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. 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However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information; or (d) otherwise protected by law. Our environment respects individual differences and recognizes each employee as an integral member of our company. Our workforce reflects these values and celebrates the individuals who make up our growing team. Gilead provides a work environment free of harassment and prohibited conduct. 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Sr. Data Governance Architect - Raleigh, NC

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