Director DDS Business Enablement & Implementation

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Director, DDS Business Enablement & Implementation

Drive the design and delivery of multiple, complex, high‑impact initiatives that enhance Drug Development and Supply (DDS) performance, strengthen ways of working, and support organizational readiness for strategic change. Act as an integrator across functions, ensuring programs, processes, and innovations are translated into tangible impact and sustained adoption.

• Strategic Program Design & Delivery:
  Shape, scope, and design major improvement and transformation initiatives aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Enterprise Change Leadership:
  Lead structured change approaches for DDS‑wide initiatives.
• Performance Enablement:
  Identify performance gaps and define targeted interventions.
• Innovation:
  Provide portfolio overview of DDS innovation and capability portfolio delivery, including progress against plans and change plans.
• Cross‑Functional Partnership:
  Serve as a trusted partner to functional leads.
• Process Stewardship:
  Drive standardization, optimization, and embedding of business processes.
• Capability Building:
  Support development of team and organizational capabilities.
• Risk & Issue Anticipation:
  Identify potential risks and propose mitigation strategies.

• Degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field; or equivalent.
• Experience in program management, business transformation, operational excellence, or organizational change within complex, matrixed environments.
• Experience designing, scoping, and delivering major cross‑functional initiatives.
• Experience working with cross‑functional leaders and serving as a thought partner for decision‑making across R&D, Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls (CMC), or Operations.

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field; or equivalent.
• Experience leading enterprise‑level transformation programs in biopharma R&D, CMC, or supply chain settings.
• Demonstrated ability to manage innovation and capability portfolios, including oversight of milestones, resources, risks, and implementation readiness.
• Experience with CMC processes, digital capabilities, or manufacturing technologies.
• Experience driving process standardization and optimization, especially in regulated or highly cross‑functional environments.
• Experience designing and facilitating capability‑building or organizational development programs.

This role offers a hybrid working model, with a mix of on‑site and remote work. Remote or fully home‑working arrangements are not available for this role.

• US (Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; San Francisco, CA): $173,250 to $288,750 per year.
• Italian Salary (Siena): €88,500 to €147,500 per year.
• Belgian Salary (Wavre): €117,000 to €195,000 per year.
• UK (Hertfordshire – Stevenage, Ware): ranges listed above for each location.
• US (Massachusetts – Waltham; North Carolina – Zebulon; Pennsylvania – Upper Providence): ranges listed above.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.