Description
The Organisational Culture Assurance Director leads GSK’s enterprise Organisational Culture Assurance capability, providing independent assurance to senior leadership, the ARC and the Board on whether organisational behaviours, cultural conditions and leadership practices support effective risk management, sustainable performance towards GSK strategic objectives and organisational resilience.
The role is accountable for defining and delivering the Organisational Culture Assurance strategy, annual assurance plan, culture risk framework, methodology and quality standards. It combines targeted assurance reviews, behavioural analytics and AI-enabled insight generation to identify cultural and behavioural risk patterns across the organisation and translate them into meaningful enterprise-level insights.
Responsibilities
Assurance Strategy and Leadership
- Develop and continuously evolve GSK's Organisational Culture Assurance strategy and operating model.
- Establish risk-based methodologies and criteria for identifying Organisational Culture Assurance priorities.
- Ensure Assurance coverage aligns with enterprise risks, strategic priorities, significant organisational change and emerging risks.
- Define and maintain assurance methodologies that assess organisational behaviours, cultural conditions and behavioural risk factors.
- Responsible for the assurance outcomes.
Organisation Culture Analytics and Insights
- Lead the development of advanced Organisational Culture Assurance capabilities.
- Own the strategic direction, governance and prioritisation of Organisational Culture Assurance dashboards, behavioural reporting products and enterprise behavioural risk indicators.
- Oversee the creation of data-driven dashboards and reporting products for Audit teams, RMCBs, ExCom and the ARC.
- Drive the use of AI-enabled analytical techniques and innovative approaches to identify behavioural patterns, emerging risks and cultural trends.
Organisational Culture Assurance Reviews
- Oversee delivery of targeted Organisational Culture Assurance reviews in areas of heightened risk, concern or strategic importance.
- Ensure reviews apply a consistent and evidence-based assurance methodology.
- Provide quality oversight and accountability for all Organisational Culture Assurance outputs.
Enterprise Assurance Integration
- Lead the integration of behavioural and cultural risk considerations into the wider A&A assurance framework.
- Develop Organisational Culture Assurance tools, indicators and guidance for core audit teams.
- Support audit teams in identifying behavioural factors that influence risk outcomes.
Stakeholder Engagement and Influence
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across functions, business units and geographies.
- Facilitate constructive discussion on sensitive organisational and behavioural issues.
- Act as a trusted advisor on the relationship between organisational culture, behaviour, performance and risk.
Qualifications/Skills
Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience within Internal Audit, Risk Management, Compliance, Human Resources, Organisational Development, Behavioural Risk or related disciplines.
- Strong understanding of governance, risk management and assurance principles.
- Proven experience leading complex global assurance, transformation or organisational effectiveness programmes.
- Demonstrated ability to assess organisational culture and behavioural risks at enterprise level.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional audit qualification (CIA or equivalent).
- Qualifications or practical expertise in behavioural science, organisational psychology, organisational effectiveness or people analytics.
- Experience designing executive dashboards and analytical reporting products.
- Experience applying AI-enabled analytics and advanced data analysis techniques.