Director, Product Strategy & Innovation

Director, Product Strategy & Innovation

The Product Strategy & Innovation group, seated within CP&I (Clin Ops Platforms & Innovation) and part of the GCO (Global Clinical Operations) organization, is designed to be a small and responsive innovation group with a clear remit to define and lead a program of work that re-defines the way we operationalize clinical research in GSK. Designed to be able to build, buy or collaborate on novel solutions that can then be taken through the Test and Start process to enable a solution that can be scaled to realize significant value, efficiency and acceleration across the portfolio. CP&I's mission is to build capability and deliver data-driven approaches to decision making across the organization. Achieving this vision requires us to adapt to new ways of working and rebalance skills across GCO. The DCP&I team itself is a model for our vision, consisting of colleagues with a variety of different skills and backgrounds, working together to apply novel analytical approaches and digital operational enablers to design high performing clinical trials and enable management monitoring throughout execution and close activities.

Job Purpose

This role requires deep understanding of both the clinical trial landscape as well as Product Development methodologies and systems-thinking, with a unique mix of domain knowledge, process expertise, problem framing skills, product management discipline, and technology acumen to ensure successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for innovation to drive acceleration of GCO activities through building or implementing software products and capabilities.
• As the business product owner, leading cross functional teams including tech, domain experts and SMEs, data engineers and business SMEs, to deliver innovation solutions in line with the GCO vision and strategy of next generation data acquisition and future state clinical trials.
• Lead discovery and brainstorming activities to identify transformational simplification of the GCO technology ecosystem - such as simplifying the number of systems, defining new site and patient workflows and experiences.
• Based on product development experience and an understanding of delivering clinical trials, identify areas of optimisation and efficiency.
• Continually scan external landscape and horizon for novel technologies or vendors who could be integrated into the GSK landscape.
• Responsible for budget within the product development process and ensuring ROI commitments are met.
• Accountable for ensuring adoption of new process and products rolled out to the organisation.
• Accountable for identifying and maximising the opportunities that are worked on and developed.
• This role would include working on either one or two major products. Being hands-on while Rapid prototyping with teams to explore, test, iterate, and validate potential solutions for stakeholders and customers.
• Stakeholder Management : Key stakeholders with the cross functional teams. Regular interactions with functional heads and department leads to identify and deliver innovation and value through product development and implementation.
• Regular time with senior stakeholders ensuring to adoption of tooling and that the tooling is solving the problems of the business.

Why You? Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in Technology, Life Science, or equivalent work experience in similar positions. 5 years of experience leveraging data analytics, business intelligence, or machine learning to improve enterprise planning, operational efficiency, and strategic decision-making. Proven track record of launching successful products : Experience delivering products to market, ideally in consumer-facing environments, with demonstrated success in scaling deployments to thousands of users. Minimum requirement includes enterprise-grade product launches with measurable adoption and impact. Demonstrated experience in developing and deploying software products, predictive modeling, and applied ML / AI algorithms to solve complex business challenges. Proven experience in leading and developing high-performing teams to drive business transformation, with a focus on coaching, mentoring, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Expertise in two or more of the following : business process reengineering, business transformation, process optimization, product management, engineering, product design, or related field. Experience in prototyping and solution exploration using platforms such as VS Code and Copilot, Lovable, or similar tools to facilitate collaboration with engineering teams and accelerate development cycles.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas : respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people. GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment with