Principal Product Owner - R&D Finance Data Fabric

The Portfolio & PPRM team addresses the business needs of Portfolio, Pipeline Project Management, Strategy Resource Management, R&D Finance and Business Development. Technology aligned to this area will cover the breadth of acquiring, managing and transforming operational data pertinent to planning and managing R&D programs. We equip R&D leaders with the essential details of upcoming project milestones, resource needs and capacity, so that trade-off decisions can be made nimbly in support of the evolving portfolio. Job Purpose: The Principal Product Owner for R&D Finance Data Fabric is accountable for partnering with R&D Finance on the strategic planning, delivery and lifecycle management of solutions that enable access to trusted external (EPE) and internal (IPE) project expense data to R&D Finance and other R&D functions. This subsequently enables reporting, cost forecasting / cost allocation and financial compliance. This role is responsible for contributing to the delivery of data domain driven strategy by establishing Data Products from data being exposed from R&D Finance systems using Agile DevOps methodology, identifying, prioritizing, and realizing high-value opportunities. The individual must demonstrate both depth and breadth regarding data fabric concepts, modern data technologies, and engineering technologies / practices / frameworks. Examples include cloud-based platforms, data analytics, machine learning, and data streaming; Azure Devops/Jenkins, Selenium, JUnit/NUnit, JavaScript, Python, Denodo, Azure/GCP). The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement and continuously enhance our data fabric capabilities, ensuring alignment with business goals and modern data architecture practices. Key product management competencies include business case development, roadmap definition, Software Development Lifecycle and delivery, Testing, DevOps, Data Science/Analytics, and cloud. The Principal Product Owner - R&D Finance Data Fabric role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your career. These responsibilities include the following:

• Technology Strategy & Enablement: In the role of trusted advisor, bring strong domain knowledge in data fabric, data products and FAIR data principles, including: metadata management, access controls and versioning, data dictionaries and glossaries, data quality checks and cleansing processes, and lineage analysis to track data provenance and usage. Maintains awareness of emerging data management trends and technologies and advise on potential implementation within the data fabric. Monitor and report on key data quality metrics and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Demand management: Collaborate with R&D stakeholders to capture, manage and prioritize requirements and use cases for the product backlog alongside technical investments to produce a roadmap that delivers the highest business value. Accountable for delivering on the product backlog within the available budget.
• Governance: Establish business value, manage delivery and service performance and manage business risk within the scope of their product. Responsible for representing the product in governance boards such as Steering and Design Authority.
• Product/Project Delivery: Design and deliver the optimal set of products and services which meets the business strategy and requirements. Accountable for creation and execution of the product roadmap. The ability to think big picture and customer first is imperative.
• Quality, Risk & Compliance: Accountable for ensuring the product within the domain is compliant with internal security and risk management policies and practices, as well as external regulatory and statutory requirements e.g. GxP and that Tech continuity plans are in place for all critical products.
• Feature Definition: Proven ability to translate customer requests, competitive activities, and industry trends into value drivers of new technology solutions and product requirements that can be easily understood by product teams, developers and other key constituencies within the organization. Facilitate workshops to ensure alignment and clarification of business needs and requirements.
• Service Management: Responsible for ensuring any changes are delivered in accordance to the services levels that are in place, to ensure adherence to those SLAs, and directly managing any Level 3 support issues and escalations. Accountable for Lifecycle Management of the product.
• People Management: Will work in collaboration with the broader team to drive and deliver business value to tight timelines adhering to the release management calendar where applicable. Line management of external consultants and contract workers.
• Adoption strategy & change management: in the role of change agent, support both Digital+Tech team(s) and R&D stakeholders in agile approaches to solution development and adoption, building excitement, momentum, visible success stories and clear value-based versions of vision as roadmap plans come to life.
  
  Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or Data Science
• 5+ years' experience in product management or product ownership roles, preferably in data platforms
• 3+ years Life Science experience and understanding of R&D processes
• 1+ year experience in PL/SQL and data orchestration, data governance, data quality management, data modeling and metadata management
• 1+ year experience with creating dashboards and Data Visualization and Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI)
• 1+ year experience in Agile/scrum delivery
Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
• Track record of defining and executing product vision in complex technical environments, including value definition and metrics
• Experience implementing best practices for data quality, cataloging and lineage within the data fabric framework
• Experience with data fabric technologies and platforms.
• Experience with Generative AI and Generative BI technologies
• Knowledge of data security and privacy regulations.
• Experience in the Life Sciences industry and of Pharmaceuticals processes and systems
• Domain knowledge and awareness of functional and technical emerging trends in one or more of the following areas: Financial Planning and Analysis, R&D Pipeline Project Management; Data Fabric/Data Mesh strategies
  
  GSK is one of the world's foremost pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and we are proud to be part of an industry that improves the lives of others. We embark on a significant transformation journey to support GSK in becoming a top-quartile, data-enabled organization.
This is an exciting time to join GSK. We are embracing new data technologies to improve the development, manufacture, and distribution of GSK's vital products to patients and consumers worldwide. You will be part of a team building a robust data and analytics ecosystem, allowing GSK to drive higher value by placing data at the core of its strategic and operational decisions. About R&D Digital & Tech, Portfolio & PPRM: R&D Digital & Tech is at the frontline, working hand in hand with the R&D business and applying industry leading technologies, a product-centric mindset and agile approach to deliver core capabilities., 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. GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that 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.