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📍 California, United States· Full-time· Remote
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From $200K/yr

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Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™️ platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 160+ public exchanges globally and thousands of private exchanges at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform. We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler. Role We are looking for a Director, Global Partner Program Design & Scale to join our Channel and Alliances team. Reporting to the global head of Partner Programs, you will lead the design, development, launch, and scaling of Zscaler's priority partner programs and go-to-market initiatives. Working with global program and route-to-market owners, you will turn strategic priorities into complete, repeatable programs and lead a regional program team to drive activation, adoption, and continuous improvement worldwide What you'll do (Role Expectations) Lead Partner Program Design & Development: Translate growth opportunities and field needs into partner programs, offers, and repeatable sales plays. Own a focused portfolio from business case and design through pilot and launch, with clear outcomes, investment requirements, accountable owners, and decision gates. Evolve Program Architecture & Partner Experienc

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📍 California, United States
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$176.6K – $294.3K/yr

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ROLE SUMMARY As an AI-enabled strategic scientific leader, you will partner with Oncology Research Leadership to integrate AI-driven strategies that will drive data-informed decision-making across our Oncology Research pipeline. As the AI Portfolio Lead, you will bridge cutting-edge AI/advanced analytics with deep Oncology R&D expertise to guide our portfolio strategy. Working as an individual contributor reporting into the Head, Portfolio Strategy and Program Management, you will analyze and continuously assess Oncology Research projects using AI-driven insights (predictive models, scenario simulations, competitive intelligence) and propose actionable strategies to Oncology Research Leadership. This role is science-focused and spans across discovery and preclinical stage programs, ensuring that our project teams pursue the most promising scientific approaches and mechanisms of action. Your work will directly inform pipeline prioritization and resource allocation decisions, enhancing the quality and objectivity of governance deliberations with robust data. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES Portfolio Analysis and Insights: Continuously analyze the oncology Research portfolio (ESD through Preclinical) using advanced AI/ML tools and analytics to evaluate each program’s scientific strength, probability of success, and strategic portfolio fit per disease area strategies. Strategy Recommendation: Develop and propose data-driven portfolio strategies (at both project and portfolio levels) to senior leaders and Research governance committee. Use scenario analysis and predictive modeling to highlight optimal project prioritization, pipeline balance, and resource allocation scenarios. AI-Enabled Decision Support: Integrate AI-derived insights (e.g. machine learning predictions, knowl

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📍 California, United States of America, United States
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$147.1K – $230.9K/yr

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Supply Chain AI Technical Program Manager Description - Job Summary • This role is responsible for leading hands-on technical program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases of an AI or software feature, solution, or product. The role drives the orchestration of various technical projects and fosters innovation through effective leadership, communication, and technical acumen. The role serves as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, driving the successful execution of technical projects that contribute to the organization's strategic objectives. Responsibilities • Plays a critical role in the planning and execution of the organization's most complex and visible AI projects or programs in support of the continuing evolution of the organization's AI products. • Partners across functions to prioritize, plan, track and execute complex, cross organizational programs while maintaining focus on building high quality programs. • Defines the overall AI vision, strategy, and roadmap to address the problems/opportunities in collaboration with product managers and engineers. • Reaches across functions or departments to mitigate program risks and resolves issues that affect release, scope, schedule, and quality. • Engages with executive leadership and other stakeholders to provide updates, gather requirements, and manage expectations. • Allocates resources, including personnel and budgets, to ensure project teams have the necessary support to achieve objectives. • Ensures that project deliverables meet established quality standards and are aligned with business and technical requirements. • Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own job family and knowledge of other related job families. • Interpret

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📍 California, Folsom, United States
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Job Details: Job Description: The Role and Impact As a Sales Operations Global Process Owner, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of Intel's projects and programs by providing analytical expertise and process management support. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, tracking progress, monitoring objectives, and developing project management infrastructure to ensure seamless execution. By leveraging advanced data visualization techniques, you will transform insights into actionable strategies that help teams meet their goals efficiently and effectively. Business group This role is part of Intel's broader business operations and program management domain, which focuses on enabling cross-functional teams to execute projects that advance strategic objectives and deliver measurable impact. The team works collaboratively across business units, leveraging innovative methodologies to enhance decision-making and optimize program performance, contributing to Intel's leadership in the industry. Key Responsibilities Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to support the execution of project/program objectives. Assess resource utilization, track project progress, and monitor objectives and key results (OKRs) to ensure alignment with strategic goals. Identify performance gaps, manage risks, and ensure compliance with organizational processes and guidelines. Develop and maintain project/program management infrastructure, including issue tracking, reporting, dashboard monitoring, and project plan builds. Create advanced visualizations and reports to communicate data-driven insights to stakeholders for optimal decision-making. Collaborate with project/pro

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📍 California, Santa Clara, United States
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Job Details: Job Description: The Role and Impact As a Director, Global IT, you will play a critical role in driving complex, high-impact projects that underpin the success of Intel's technology solutions and services. You will manage end-to-end execution, overseeing project plans, resources, and timelines to deliver innovative outcomes. Your expertise will ensure seamless coordination across teams, fostering collaboration and enabling Intel to meet strategic objectives efficiently. Business Group You will join Intel's Global IT organization, a team committed to accelerating enterprise-wide innovation and operational excellence. This group is responsible for delivering technology solutions and services that empower Intel to achieve its business goals while driving efficiency and transformation across the company. Key Responsibilities - Lead large-scale technology projects and programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, and resource allocations. - Develop detailed project plans, including scope, schedule, budget, and risk management strategies. - Manage implementation processes, including testing, documentation, training, and change control, to guarantee project success. - Collaborate across teams to assess dependencies, remove roadblocks, and address constraints impacting delivery. - Establish and drive program governance, including milestones, risk mitigation plans, and executive-level reporting. - Monitor program health metrics to ensure quality, timeliness, and adherence to project goals. - Conduct project closeout assessments and document lessons learned for continuous improvement. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineer

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📍 California, United States
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$155.6K – $233.4K/yr

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What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients. Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible. Responsibilities: Drive staff results by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring and appraising job results, coaching and counseling employees, recognizing performance issues and driving improvement, developing, coordinating and enforcing systems, policies, procedures and productivity standards Establish strategic goals by gathering pertinent business, financial, service and operations information, choosing a course of action, defining objectives, and evaluating outcomes Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees; maintaining a safe, secure and legal work environment; developing personal growth opportunities Ensure validation program meets requirements of FDA (21 CFR Part 11 and Part 820), ISO 9001/13485, IEC 62304 and MDSAP Identify differences between ISO and FDA requirements and their applicability to products targeting different markets Report broadly through the organization on validation activities and instrument manufacturing audit readiness Estimate timelines and budgeting for validation engineering development efforts Formaliz

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📍 California, United States· Hybrid
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$82.5K – $123.7K/yr

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What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients. Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible. Position Title: Senior Financial Analyst, R&D Finance Location: San Diego, CA (Hybrid) Reports To: Associate Director, Finance – R&D FLSA Status: Exempt Position Summary: The R&D Finance Business Partner provides finance support for a complex portfolio of R&D functions, programs, strategic initiatives, and R&D leadership team members. The role works with R&D and Finance leadership to translate technical and operational activity into clear financial insight, improve forecast accuracy, evaluate investment trade-offs, and support resource decisions across operating expense, headcount, and capital investment. This position operates as an individual contributor in a matrixed environment with limited day-to-day direction. Success requires strong financial rigor, sound business judgment, clear communication, and the ability to build trusted partnerships while maintaining appropriate financial challenge and discipline. *This is a full-time role, Monday through Friday, with an expectation of 2–3 in-office days per week and additional on-site presence as

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📍 California, United States
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend +190.5%

$195.7K – $253.2K/yr

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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 an Associate Director, Global Commercial Project Management at Gilead you will report to the Senior Director, Global Commercial Project Management and will serve as the project manager of early Commercialization and Commercialization Teams (eCTs / CTs). This role will lead strategic execution and support governance while coordinating cross-functional teams and initiatives to ensure successful delivery and operational execution of their teams’ priorities. This role will primarily support Gilead’s programs in Liver and Inflammation with the opportunity to support other therapeutic areas as needed. The successful candidate will be dynamic, with excellent project management capabi

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📍 California, United States
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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 This will be a site base role at our global headquarters in Foster City, CA or our facility in Parsippany, NJ. We do offer a hybrid environment with three core collaboration days in the office (Tues-Thurs) and optional work from home days on Monday and Friday. Key Responsibilities Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Value and Access liver, inflammation, and emerging viruses (LIVE), GHEOR the Director role will: Lead the development and implementation of global HEOR strategies and programs for to support key marketed LIVE products and treatment pipeline by being a strategic cross-functional partner. Advocate and demonstrate subject matter expertise to sup

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📍 California, United States
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and

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📍 California, United States
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

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📍 California, United States
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity This position works out of our San Diego location supporting R&D in our Cancer Diagnostics division. We’re em

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📍 California, United States
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female execu

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📍 California, United States
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. <br /

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📍 California, United States
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend +200%
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. <br /

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