Director, Product Quality Small Molecule
Gilead
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Santa Monica, CA · Posted October 29, 2026
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Where Santa Monica, CA ranks
Where Santa Monica, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #13Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast13% · of 54
- #14Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast20% · of 71
- #14Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast23% · of 71
- #16Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast52 / 100 · of 39
- #16Best all-round cities for AI careers in the West Coast54 / 100 · of 39
- #18Best cities for pay after cost of living in California$151k · of 32
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial production managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial production managers: 1% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Gilead has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 84 workers, most recently April 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
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