Sr Director, GSC Chief Architect

• The role holder is a senior technology leader for the Global Supply Chain Digital & Tech Architecture function at GSK, reporting to the VP of Primary and Small Molecule / Smart Manufacturing Cross Workstream Leader.  

• The role holder will drive successful execution and continuous improvement of Smart Manufacturing program technology capability governance, building collaboration relationships with Smart Manufacturing business process owners, workstream leaders, solution architects, and enterprise architects 

• The Chief Architect for Smart Manufacturing is responsible for the technology architectural leadership / strategy for the entire domain and is the organization’s top architectural expert, acting as single point of contact for Enterprise Architecture, centralizing engagement of architects transversally across the department 

• Advises Global Supply Chain Senior Leadership on best placement of technology capabilities considering the type of site, drives decisions for site archetype technical interdependencies, including OT/IT integration, data collection for analytics, Factory Integration Layer, and relationships / positioning of Manufacturing Execution Systems, ERP, Laboratory Execution Systems, Quality Document Management, etc. 

• Collaborates closely with S4/HANA ERP program for interdependencies and architecture decisions affecting Smart Manufacturing 

• Drives technical Master Data Management strategy, program, and governance for GSC 

• Build product and technology roadmap consistent with GSK’s design authority standards while bringing in best practices and industry standard perspectives 

• Advise business on process optimization, enable development of business capabilities, define data ontologies and align technology capabilities with business needs 

• Streamline technology products, harmonize platforms, rationalize tech landscape, and build reusable components to enable exponential growth in tech-driven solutions 

• The ideal candidate should possess architecture governance and design authority experience at a program level. This is essential for driving strategic direction and ensuring alignment within the supply chain and enterprise architecture principles and roadmaps 

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for development and maintenance of key architectural artifacts for Smart Manufacturing program, harmonizing across towers and domains, approved tech platforms, end to end data flow – coordinating and leveraging the efforts of the department Solution Architects, SMEs, and other resources across the organization.   

• Consolidate GSC Smart Manufacturing requirements for Edge solution, with relevant design inputs 

• Manage Smart Manufacturing interdependencies, crossing programs (S/4HANA, others as required) 

• Drive robust, repeatable assessment model and governance for technical decisions, with clear communications to publish decisions for benefit of the program