Principal Engineer

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Site Name: GSK House

Posted Date: May 30 2022

Are you looking for an opportunity to optimize the organization, storage, flow, and integration of data across applications and processes aligned with key business priorities? If so, this is the role for you.

As Enterprise Architecture Manager you will be responsible for driving the architectural consistency and maturity across multiple disciplines of existing architecture services. You will also address critical gaps in our ability to manage risk by leveraging key information.

These Responsibilities Include Some Of The Following

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.

• Develop and maintain the framework for architectures and services, ensuring GSK has the tools, models, mechanisms, and governance associated to support GSK’s robust and complex information landscape
• Drive and support individual information architectures that contribute to GSK operational efficiency, risk management, and business transformation, ensuring integration and consistency across multiple disciplines of information architecture services
• Ensure architectures and associated services are aligned and measured to support business priorities
• Address critical gaps in our ability to manage risk
• Lead and support the development of value-based business cases for the introduction and expansion of information management and architecture capabilities
• Perform as the Design Authority and primary advisor for the promotion, support, and implementation of information architectures
• Drive the adoption of the Information Architectures on related projects
• Articulate to senior management the benefits and limitations of the proposed Information architectures in supporting both current and planned business activity
• Drive the adoption of data standards and data quality management techniques within the business and IT communities
• Drive the definition and adoption of master data sources within the business and IT communities
• Support the development and maintenance of information strategies and plans, ensuring these are technically viable, architecturally sound, and will deliver business value according to expectations
• Drive the data and information competency levels within IT and within the GSK business
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with business data management teams to maximize the opportunity to utilize the Information Management Services to support data management
• Ensure the information architecture service deliverables are prioritized and are readily consumable by data analysts and project teams supporting both transactional systems and analytical systems
• Address and respond to data challenges uncovered through use of transactional systems or re-use in analytical solutions by updating and enhancing Information architectures and related components
• Keep abreast of emerging trends in data integration and design technologies and integrate them into the target architectures when appropriate
• Maintain strong relationships with data management vendors
  

Why you?

Basic Qualifications

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

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years’ experience in a Global IT Organization (preferably Pharmaceuticals)
• 5+ years’ experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering or equivalent role (consult manager on equivalent)
  

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Life Sciences
• Experience in a Global Pharmaceutical IT Organization
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge in technical data
• Demonstrated understanding and application of principles and best practices of data integration and data quality management practices
• Demonstrated business analysis experience
• Outstanding troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Proven track record of quickly adapting skill set to meet the needs of changing technologies and business processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organization, influencing, and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead small teams to deliver solutions
  

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

As GSK Focuses On Our Values And Expectations And a Culture Of Innovation, Performance, And Trust, The Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate The Following Capabilities

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork.

• Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk
• Managing individual and team performance.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Implementing change initiatives and leading change.
• Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.
• Developing people and building a talent pipeline.
• Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
• Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.
  

As a company driven by our values of Patient focus, Transparency, Respect and Integrity, we know inclusion and diversity are essential for us to be able to succeed. We want all our colleagues to thrive at GSK bringing their unique experiences, ensuring they feel good and to keep growing their careers. As a candidate for a role, we want you to feel the same way.

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