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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:

Responsibilities:

• Plan and safely execute assigned experiments, with increasing independence, which support Process Development activities and project goals.

• Make key observations during reaction, work-up and isolation.

• Interpret data effectively, draw conclusions, summarize results and communicate to project and leadership teams.

• Demonstrate an ability to recognize anomalous or inconsistent results.

• Demonstrates an advanced level of understanding of project goals and methods and an ability to apply such to own work.

• Collaborates with supervisory personnel and others to develop strategy and tactics.

• Recommend alternatives, research new methods and techniques, and proactively seek out senior personnel to discuss potential solutions to problems.

• Provide regular updates (written and verbal) to the project team supervision and propose next steps.

• Use strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills to provide insight into the processes used to achieve experimental results.

• Work with collaborative communication and problem-solving spirit.

• Collaborates with contacts across areas and levels to accomplish project goals.

Qualifications:

• BSc in Chemistry and 4+ years of experience (Organic Chemistry focused) OR

• MSc in Organic Chemistry (or related discipline) and 2+ years of experience.

• Familiarity with modern purification and analytical techniques, including HPLC, NMR, and mass spec.

• Well-versed in job related software (e.g. Chemdraw, Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and scientific literature searching tools (Sci Finder, Reaxys, etc.).

• Strong desire to work in multi-disciplinary teams, learn new skills and proactively solve problems.

• Previous experience in manufacturing under GMP is an asset but not required.

For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:

Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.