Director, Supply Chain Data & Analytics Architecture

Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Upper Merion, Upper Providence
Posted Date: Jul 11 2023
GSK, a global pharmaceutical powerhouse, is transforming into a data and AI-driven enterprise. Join our journey, using data and AI/ML technologies to optimize supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution of GSK products worldwide.
As the Director, you'll oversee the architecture and operations of our Data and Analytics team within our Supply Chain business unit. You'll be identifying business needs, developing technology strategy, reviewing designs, and managing the delivery of data and AI/ML solutions.
Responsibilities:
Architecture and Strategy: Create and implement data strategies that support business goals, ensure data availability, and uphold data quality through governance policies.
Technology Evaluation: Lead the evaluation and suitability assessment of various technology solutions and frameworks.
Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data and AI/ML engineering, recommending their adoption as needed.
Collaboration and Communication: Work with executives and teams to communicate strategies and highlight their business value.
Team Leadership: Direct a team of architects and engineers to maintain our data and AI/ML ecosystem.
Project Management: Manage projects from business case preparation to implementation, including budgeting, scoping, planning, execution, and delivery.
Vendor Management: Work with vendors and partners to select new data solutions and provide support for current ones.
Why You?
Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.
• 15+ years of experience in building and managing data and analytics applications.
• Experience with data streaming and change data capture technologies (Kafka, ADF, FiveTran/HVR), and various relational, columnar, graph and vector databases.
• Experience with AI/ML engineering, including tools (Dataiku, Iguazio, Data Robot, AzureML) and frameworks (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch and MLFlow).
• Experience with modern data engineering tools (e.g., Talend, DBT, Databricks, Snowflake) and data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, ThoughtSpot).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Architect certifications such as TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF or equivalent, professional solutions architect certification from any public cloud provider, preferably, Microsoft Azure, Data Engineering certification from Databricks or AI/ML boot camp or MOOC specializations.
• Understanding of data engineering solutions used in industrial automation, manufacturing, and ERP/SAP domains related to supply chain, manufacturing, and quality.
• Experience with implementing high-availability and disaster recovery strategies, and automation using DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Skilled in formulating architecture strategies and roadmaps, planning technology implementation, and communicating effectively. Strong leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills are crucial.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and project management tools.
• Ability to lead technical review boards and evangelize data and AI/ML ecosystem across teams.
• Familiarity with regulations (GxP, SoX, HIPAA & GDPR).
• Cloud engineering skills with Azure, AWS, or GCP, including setting up and maintaining cloud native platforms and solutions.

Why You?
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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.
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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.
If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or +1 801 567 5155 (outside US).
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.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK’s Transparency Reporting For the Record site.