Overview
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. We are on an audacious journey to impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next decade. Our R&D division is at the forefront of this mission, dedicated to the discovery and development of groundbreaking vaccines and medicines. We are transforming the landscape of medical research by integrating cutting-edge science and technology and harnessing the power of genetics and new data. By fostering a collaborative environment that unites the talents of our people, we are revolutionizing R&D to pre-empt and defeat diseases. Join us in our commitment to uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Role Overview
GSK are looking for a Project Manager to join the team at GSK HQ in London. This role drives the FIL roadmap, manages the product backlog, and ensures integration solutions meet business needs across compliance, quality, and supply chain. This person will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, compliant, and high-impact integrations.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Business Alignment:
* Define and own the vision and roadmap for the Factory Integration Layer (FIL) supporting external manufacturing partners.
* Align integration capabilities with business needs such as batch release, quality compliance, traceability, and supply chain visibility.
* Act as the voice of the customer (internal business, external CMOs/CDMOs) to ensure delivered functionality provides measurable business value.
Backlog Ownership & Prioritisation:
* Maintain and prioritize the product backlog for FIL features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
* Balance competing priorities between compliance, operations, and efficiency improvements.
* Ensure stories and epics are well-defined with clear acceptance criteria.
Stakeholder Management:
* Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, IT/OT, and external partner stakeholders to capture requirements.
* Serve as the primary point of contact for integration needs between internal systems and external partner systems.
* Co-ordinate with technical teams to facilitate cross-functional workshops for requirements, design reviews, and sprint demos.
Solution Oversight:
* Work closely with architects, developers, and integration engineers to ensure FIL design supports modular, scalable, and compliant integrations.
* Support data mapping, interface specifications, and API strategy for seamless data exchange.
Execution & Delivery:
* Track and report on progress of FIL product roadmap to leadership.
* Remove roadblocks and support trade-off decisions to accelerate delivery.
* Support change management, training, and adoption of FIL with internal and external stakeholders.
Compliance & Risk Management:
* Identify and mitigate risks in external partner integrations.
* Support validation and qualification of interfaces.
Deliverables Support
* Product Roadmap for the Factory Integration Layer, aligned with external manufacturing strategy.
* Prioritised Backlog with epics, user stories, and clear acceptance criteria.
* Integration Requirements & Use Cases document covering data flows, quality, batch record exchange, and exception handling.
* Sprint Demos & Stakeholder Updates showcasing incremental FIL capabilities.
* Compliance Documentation: validation plan, test scripts, traceability matrix, risk assessment.
* Change Management Package: training materials, communication plans for users at internal sites and CMOs.
* Performance & KPI Reports: availability, latency, error rates, adoption metrics of the FIL.
* Lessons Learned & Continuous Improvement Backlog post go-live.
Minimum Requirements
* Experience using Azure.
* Strong experience working within the Manufacturing industry.
* Strong understanding of API strategy.
* Ability to define and manage interface specifications.
* Strong manufacturing experience.
* Strong understanding of compliance requirements (validation, traceability).
* Strategic thinking for long-term support and future integrations.
* MES Qualification (preferred).
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.
Inclusion at GSK
GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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