Director DDS Business Enablement & Implementation
Job Summary
Job Title: Director DDS Business Enablement & Implementation
Job Purpose:
Drive the design and delivery of multiple complex high-impact initiatives that enhance Drug Development and Supply (DDS) performance strengthen ways of working and support organizational readiness for strategic change. Act as an integrator across functions ensuring programs processes and innovations are translated into tangible impact and sustained adoption.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Program Design & Delivery: Shape scope and design major improvement and transformation initiatives aligned to enterprise priorities ensuring clear outcomes governance and success measures. The in/out scope of those programs will be prioritized by the head of the BPI.
2. Enterprise Change Leadership: Lead structured change approaches (Prosci or equivalent) for Drug Development and Supply (DDS) -wide initiatives ensuring adoption behaviour change and long-term embedding of new processes or capabilities.
3. Performance Enablement: Identify performance gaps and define targeted interventionsprocess improvements capability uplift or new ways of workingto enable higher-quality delivery.
4. Innovation: Provide portfolio overview of Drug Development and Supply (DDS) innovation and capability portfolio delivery (delivered via the functional lines and/or external partnerships) including progress against plans (time budget & resource) implementation readiness and change plan to implement. Proactively identify any interventions to ensure that capabilities deliver agreed benefits. Partner with others in Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) performance Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) Digital and MTT leads to ensure a holistic view of all innovation investments and resource demand.
5. Cross-Functional Partnership: Serve as a trusted partner to functional leads and Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) Performance Leads ensuring alignment clarity and informed decision-making.
6. Process Stewardship: Drive the standardization optimization and embedding of business processes ensuring consistency and high-quality execution across Drug Development and Supply (DDS).
7. Capability Building: Support development of team and organizational capabilities through targeted learning and skill- building initiatives.
8. Risk & Issue Anticipation: Identify potential risks to delivery or adoption and propose proactive mitigation strategies.
Basic Qualification:
Degree in Life Sciences Business or related field; or equivalent by experience
Experience in program management business transformation operational excellence or organizational change within complex matrixed environments.
Experience in design scope and delivery of major cross-functional initiatives with clear outcomes governance and performance measures.
Experience working with cross-functional leaders and serving as a thought partner for decision-making across R&D Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) or Operations.
Preferred Qualification:
Advanced degree in Life Sciences Business or related field; or equivalent by experience
Experience leading enterprise-level transformation programs in biopharma R&D CMC or supply chain settings.
Demonstrated ability to manage innovation and capability portfolios including oversight of milestones resources risks and implementation readiness.
Experience of Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) processes digital capabilities or manufacturing technologies enabling integrated decision-making with performance and digital partners.
Experience driving process standardization and optimization especially in regulated or highly cross-functional environments.
Experience designing and facilitating capability-building or organizational development programs.
Working Arrangements:
This role offers a hybrid working model with a mix of on-site and remote work. Remote or fully home-working arrangements are not available for this role.
Why GSK
Uniting science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade as a successful growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.
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