Development Lead

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site that supports new product introductions and volume increases, contributing roughly $2Bn in revenue annually. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, a pension plan, and a shares and savings programme.

At GSK Barnard Castle, we are focused on building a high‑performing, inclusive and accountable culture that enables our people to deliver exceptional outcomes for patients.

The Employee Engagement & Culture Transformation Lead will shape and enable the site’s culture transformation agenda, working closely with the Site Leadership Team and a range of internal partners to embed behaviours, standards and ways of working into everyday business priorities and governance routines.

• Develop and maintain the Barnard Castle Culture & Accountability Framework, translating Site Director and Site Leadership Team ambition into a practical, multi‑year culture roadmap.
• Define, embed and reinforce clear behavioural expectations aligned to GSK values, site priorities, leadership behaviours, standards, accountability and disciplined execution.
• Integrate culture initiatives into business priorities, governance routines, Tier meetings, Site Leadership Team reviews, business reviews, and performance improvement plans.
• Establish and maintain governance rhythms, culture metrics, risks, actions and improvement plans with clear ownership, due dates, escalation routes and quarterly Site Leadership Team culture reviews.
• Use data and insight to connect culture indicators with business outcomes, including engagement, leadership effectiveness, action closure, quality culture and inspection readiness.
• Partner with senior leaders, department heads and first‑line leaders to embed leadership expectations, strengthen coaching capability and improve performance conversations.
• Support ownership of standards, recognition, consequence management, escalation discipline, cross‑functional collaboration and accountability for delivery, while constructively challenging inconsistent behaviours.
• Design and enable employee voice, inclusion and engagement mechanisms including listening sessions, focus groups, pulse surveys and engagement campaigns.
• Work with HR, Internal Communications, Employee Resource Groups, employee representatives, trade union representatives and change champions to support visible action from employee feedback.
• Support a speak‑up culture, psychological safety and early risk escalation while coordinating evidence‑based interventions focused on accountability, ownership, leadership behaviours, inclusion, wellbeing, team effectiveness, change adoption and culture improvement.

• Strong change leadership, stakeholder management and culture transformation experience, ideally in a complex operational, manufacturing, pharmaceutical or regulated environment.
• Experience designing, coordinating or leading culture, engagement, behavioural change or organisational effectiveness programmes.
• Strong ability to influence senior leaders and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and engagement skills across all levels of an organisation.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into clear plans, governance, measures and delivery actions.
• Strong data and insight capability, with the ability to connect people metrics, culture indicators and business performance.
• Ability to challenge constructively, build trust and operate with credibility in complex environments.
• Strong action planning and delivery discipline, including ownership, tracking, escalation and follow‑up.

• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, compliance, supply chain or another regulated industry.
• Experience working with employee representatives, trade union representatives, change champion networks or employee resource groups.
• Knowledge of leadership development, coaching, performance management, inclusion, employee engagement and continuous improvement approaches.
• Experience operating in a matrix organisation and…