Associate Director - Tech Delivery & Service Management

About the Team:

 Global Supply Chain is at the heart of GSK, manufacturing and supplying reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to patients around the world while driving our performance as a business. This team oversees the end-to-end supply network — from product, portfolio and network strategy through to operational delivery and distribution — ensuring that we meet patient needs efficiently, safely and sustainably across all our markets.

Supply Chain and Strategy within Global Supply Chain brings together planning, customer supply chain, external manufacturing, classic and established products, and other specialist teams into one connected organisation with full visibility across the supply chain. By joining this team, you’ll help build a world-class, data-driven and resilient supply chain ready for the future, combining science, technology and talent to make sure GSK’s products reach the people who need them, wherever they are.

Job Purpose:

·       The Associate Director, Tech Delivery & Service Management is accountable for integrated delivery governance, service transition and operational acceptance across GSK’s External Manufacturing and Digital Pack portfolio. The role takes approved product, programmer and solution outcomes through coordinated delivery, deployment, handover and early-life support into stable, supportable and compliant live services. It ensures delivery and operational risks are actively managed across business-critical processes connecting GSK, contract manufacturing organizations, packaging partners and Digital Pack teams.

·       The role connects Product teams, architects, External Manufacturing and Digital Pack stakeholders, service functions, Finance and strategic partners. It establishes one integrated view of approved priorities, milestones, dependencies, capacity, funding, forecasts, risks and decisions, and coordinates delivery and service-readiness dependencies across product supply, partner onboarding, packaging, artwork, labelling, pack data, quality, enterprise platforms and external partners. The role does not own the External Manufacturing technology strategy, product or solution roadmap, business case, solution direction or end-to-end transformation value realization; these remain with the accountable Product or Technology lead.

·       The role supports resilient operations, effective partner collaboration and simpler operations through standardization, automation and responsible use of AI. It maintains security, quality, Gapp and regulatory controls where applicable, with clear human accountability for decisions affecting product quality, continuity of supply and regulated packaging, artwork and labelling processes.

Key Responsibilities:

·       Own the coordinated transition of approved new and changed technology capabilities into stable, supportable and compliant live services for assigned External Manufacturing and Digital Pack products, services and cross-functional initiatives, from integrated delivery planning through deployment, handover and early-life support. Accountable Product and Technology leads retain ownership of strategy, roadmap, scope, solution direction, adoption outcomes and value realisation.

·       Own integrated delivery governance for the portfolio through agreed plans, governance forums and decision controls covering approved priorities, milestones, entry and exit criteria, critical paths, dependencies, capacity, resources, risks, issues and decisions across business teams, GSK technology groups, contract manufacturers, packaging partners and strategic suppliers. The accountable Product or Technology lead retains accountability for External Manufacturing strategy, transformation priorities and end-to-end programme outcomes.

·       Provide service leadership for portfolio products and integrations, ensuring stability, availability, continuity, performance and effective support for manufacturing, packaging, artwork, labelling and pack-data operations.

·       Act as the senior escalation point for delivery and operational issues, coordinating rapid recovery and clear decisions where incidents or delays could affect product supply, manufacturing partners, packaging operations or market launch readiness.

·       Govern incident, problem, change, configuration and release activities, ensuring root causes are addressed and recurring issues across applications, data flows and business-to-business integrations are prevented.

·       Own service transition and operational acceptance for approved new capabilities and major changes, including validated controls, support models, monitoring, runbooks, continuity arrangements, partner onboarding, cutover plans, acceptance evidence and escalation paths before go-live. The accountable Product or Technology lead retains ownership of business readiness, adoption and value outcomes.

·       Own portfolio financial governance, including annual planning, budget and forecast management, actuals tracking, resource and supplier cost oversight, variance analysis, financial risks and corrective actions, ensuring investment remains aligned to agreed priorities and outcomes.

·       Own benefits baselining and tracking governance across the portfolio. Agree documented baselines, measurable targets, data sources, review dates and a named accountable owner for each benefit with Product and Technology leads, business stakeholders and Finance before implementation. Track actual outcomes against baselines beyond initiative closure against the agreed measurement schedule, validate evidence with benefit owners and Finance, and escalate shortfalls with corrective actions. Feed measured results back into portfolio prioritisation. Accountable Product and Technology leads retain ownership of end-to-end value realisation.

·       Maintain portfolio governance dashboards and decision materials covering delivery status, financial performance, service health, benefits, capacity, dependencies, technical debt, partner performance, risks, issues and decisions required. Provide clear recommendations and escalate variances promptly to accountable leaders.

·       Partner with stakeholders to prioritise portfolio investments and delivery, resilience, obsolescence, compliance, data quality and integration risks within product and technology roadmaps. Manage technology suppliers and managed service partners against delivery commitments, contractual obligations, costs and service outcomes, retaining GSK accountability for critical and regulated decisions.

·       Coach and mentor Tech Delivery and Service staff through practical guidance, knowledge sharing and structured development support. Coach Product Owners and delivery leads on integrated planning, RAID (risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies) and operational readiness to strengthen delivery discipline at source. Build capability in financial and benefits governance, service transition and operational management. Own, maintain and continuously improve delivery and service standards, methods, controls and reusable practices across the portfolio, ensuring consistent adoption and measurable improvement.

·       Lead continuous improvement through simplification, standardisation and automation, and use approved AI tools in the role’s own day-to-day work, including AI-assisted reporting, incident analysis and documentation. Check outputs for accuracy, evidence, confidentiality and compliance, retaining human accountability for decisions and final deliverables.

Basic Requirements:

Education & Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Area of Specialization

·       Program management of technology programs across complex business domains

·       Technology delivery and service management of complex products

·       Business and Digital products knowledge supporting External Manufacturing and digital pack (Serialization, Artwork and ePI)

·       Integrated planning, RAID, dependency and operational-readiness management

·       GxP, quality, security and regulatory controls for technology-enabled solutions

·       Strategic-partner management

·       Automation, AI-enabled operations and continuous improvement

Minimum Level of Job-Related Experience Required

·       Typically 7+ years of experience across technology delivery, service management, platform operations or programme/project management in complex global environments.

·       Demonstrated experience delivering significant technology change while maintaining stable live services for supply chain, manufacturing, packaging, artwork, labelling or partner-facing operations.

·       Strong experience leading portfolio delivery governance, including integrated planning, prioritisation, capacity and dependency management, governance forums, RAID control, executive reporting and decision tracking across multiple products and initiatives.

·       Demonstrated expertise in service transition, ITSM practices, operational acceptance, major-incident leadership, root-cause investigation and sustainable remediation.

·       Experience defining operational-readiness controls, service models, runbooks, monitoring, continuity, support arrangements and handover criteria.

·       Experience working across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Quality and business teams in Agile and/or DevOps environments.

Preferred:

·       Relevant certifications in ITIL, programme/project delivery, Agile/Scrum, DevOps or service management are desirable.

·       Experience managing contract manufacturers, packaging partners, artwork and labelling service providers, strategic technology partners or outsourced delivery and service arrangements is desirable.

·       Experience in a regulated life-sciences environment, including GxP, audit readiness and validated systems, is highly desirable.

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Skills

Agile Methodology, Agile Project Management, Change Management, Compliance Risk Management, Delivery Management, Financial Budgeting, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), KPI Analysis, Problem Solving, Program Management, Project Management, Resource Management, Shareholder Communications

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.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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