Senior Product Engineer / Designer

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. Our Ahead Together strategy is centered on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• IT Product Domain: Vaccines Manufacturing & Logistics (inc. MES), Process Automation integration, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Process Robustness, Operational Planning & Scheduling, Project & Portfolio management, Digital & Data Continuity (CMC, PLM, MDM)
• Technology Strategy & Enablement: In the role of trusted advisor, strong domain knowledge including one or more of the following: business process, industry best practices, in market solutions.
• Demand Management: Collaborate with business stakeholders to manage and prioritize the product backlog to produce the product set with the highest business value. Accountable for the product backlog and product cost forecast.
• 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.
• Project Delivery: Deliver the optimal set of products and services which meets the business strategy and requirements.   Accountable for creation and execution of the product roadmap.  May complete hands on configuration, providing detailed designs and wider impact assessments. The ability to think big picture and customer first is imperative.
• Adoption Strategy & Change Management: In the role of change agent, support both the product teams and the business 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.
   

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Master’s Degree - Technical Degree eg Engineering, Business Engineering, Information Technology.
• Min. 5 years relevant Delivery Management or Project Management experience in major global IT organization (biopharma, manufacturing or consulting field preferred).
• Fluent in English (oral and written)
• Experience in IT project management and IT software delivery, ideally in large multinational companies
• Experience in defining the vision on the product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects connected with “Factory of the future” technologies
• Good experience in relationship management, influencing and communication skills
• Knowledge and assessment of emerging trends (both functional and technical) within domain
• Understanding of several complex business processes and system/service domains
• Communicates effectively and regularly (at all intermediary phases of the project) to inform the project clients and sponsors on progress made, using standard formats
• Must be able to collaborate as part of high-performing teams in an international environment, ready to travel on an occasional basis. Strong affinity for working effectively in cross functional teams and with a broad range of stakeholders
• Solution-oriented and problem-solving spirit. Solid analysis and synthesis capability. Right-first-time and rigorous mindset
• Work in a GxP controlled environment with high expectations in terms of quality and right-first-time mindset
• Capable of creating simple, compelling messages that summarize their desired direction and clarify the benefits to GSK of following this direction
• Capable of identifying/assessing priorities and plan overall activities accordingly
• Takes action to monitor and control costs related to service/project
• Uses a range of sources and methods to obtain information relevant to the project/service; identifies new and less obvious solutions; identifies a range of alternatives to their resolution
• Develops short-term plans and takes full accountability for delivering to plan; finds a way around obstacles while respecting standard practices and procedures
   

Benefits:

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
• Attractive reward package (competitive salary, annual bonus & awards for outstanding p