Katie Watson is the Executive Vice President, Human Resources at Gilead Sciences. She first started working with the company in February 2003 and is instrumental in the HR information systems and compensation management.

While working with the company, Katie has served in many different positions. In the year 2006, she got promoted to the position of Total Rewards- Senior Director and Employee Development and Rewards- Vice President in the year 2012. After that, in the year 2013, she managed the Senior Vice President- Worldwide HR function. Prior to working with Gilead Sciences, she served as Applera Corporation- Applied Biosystems division as the Compensation Manager used to manage the TriNet HR consulting practice and worked at D.E. Shaw & Co as the HR Business Partner.