Technology Capability Lead/Director – (Digital Marketing & Data Technology Solutions)

You will lead a team of digital, data & Tech professionals to develop and deliver the digital & tech capability strategy, solutions with cutting-edge technologies to enable EM brands and aligned cluster countries growth agenda. This role is crucial in bringing in digital marketing, digital field engagement, data governance and analytics capabilities, enabling the commercial values to GSK emerging markets by working with cross-functional teams from global, region and countries.

You will be accountable to partner with senior regional business stakeholders to ensure that the business has the right Digital & Tech framework, products and services in place to drive up brand growth and operational efficiency across region.

Responsible for cluster/region wide digital & Tech demand consolidation, prioritization, and driving execution and synergy with a strong connection to global digital and tech organizations. Ensure the right level of oversight of the solutions and services meet the standard of enterprise architecture, governance and compliance with minimal risk exposure; and problems are escalated and resolved

Key Responsibilities

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Cluster Digital, Data, Technology Solution define, and delivery

• Define and deliver the cluster digital, data and technology strategy, roadmap and core capabilities for digital marketing, digital field engagement, data and analytics to enable Local markets (LOCs) pioneer level of maturity in omnichannel execution, field engagement & operations, data governance and insights

• Work closely with global, regional tech & commercial teams, as well as local market teams (LOCs), to align technology solutions with business goals and deliver the impact

• Ensure the solutions in the alignment of enterprise architecture and corporate strategy

Global Capability Engagement

• Partner with global commercial digital / data product and platform teams to integrate global capabilities into the cluster/LOC context in full product life cycle.

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and adoption of global tools and processes across the LOCs.

Region Business Partnering

• This role will have a single point of accountability to strategically partner with EM regional Commercial functions with understanding of market-specific challenges and opportunities, providing thought leadership on ‘art of the possible‘ enabled by cutting-edge technologies.  Shape the integrated digital, data & technology empowered priority brand and business strategy and drive the data & technology execution

• Collaborate closely with regional stakeholders to prioritize and consolidate initiatives that drive business growth and operational efficiency.

Region Digital & Tech Demand and Portfolio Management

• Lead the regional digital & tech demand consolidation, prioritization, planning, budget and resource alignment & tracking, oversight of the execution, and reporting of the progress and value realization

• Represent the cluster on global digital, data, platform products planning and prioritization to ensure the demand prioritized and delivered

Tech Service Management

• Accountable for ensuring the right Tech services levels are in place and maintained in line with business need and the appropriate responses made to Voice of the Process (VOP) and Voice of the Customer (VOC).

Quality, Risk & Compliance

• Accountable for ensuring all applications supporting the business are compliant with internal GSK security, risk management policies, responsible AI and practices, external regulatory and statutory requirements e.g. GxP, SARBOX, GDPR and that tech continuity plans are in place for all business-critical applications.

People Management

• Accountable for line managing and developing staff within the team. Ensure ongoing succession planning and career development is in place to maintain Business Process knowledge and deep digital and Tech expertise.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Experience:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Significant experience in working in Digital and Tech with at experience in a regional leadership role, and in country leadership role. Any global experience is a plus.

• Proven Technical experience in Identifying; designing architectural solutions across digital marketing, CRM, sales force enablement, eCommerce and technology delivery within emerging markets to directly drive-up business performance

• Technical expertise in AI/ML, data governance and analytics, and emerging  technologies to enable data-driven decision making.

• Excellent partnership management, strong thought leadership & influencing, and communication skills at senior level

• Experienced global matrix manager

• Strong strategic and innovative thinking, learning agility, and leading people behavioural capabilities.

• Pharma experience is preferred but not must-to-have.

• Bachelor’s degree, Information Technology, Data & Analytics, Digital marketing or equivalent experience

Interested in Joining the Team?

Please apply via our online portal providing your CV and Cover Letter.
(Please take a personal copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available online post closure of the advert)

Closing Date: COP Saturday 4th January 2025

Hybrid working applies to this role, with the expectation of 2-3 days per week onsite at GSK HQ Central London.

Important Note: Due to the holiday period, we have an extended closing date for this role; and expect to starting interviewing mid January, therefore, there will be a delay in receiving a response &/or update to your application.

Expected timeline: I aim to provide an update on your application between the 6th &10th January 2025

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

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