Description
At GSK we are looking for a highly capable senior technical builder who can design and govern the data-flows that GSK’s Research & Development (R&D) division runs on.
The Data Flow Lead role reports directly into the Senior Director for Data Governance, Innovation & Automated Compliance, and sits within the Data Value Office (DVO) for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) organization of GSK’s Research & Development (R&D) function.
This role is focused on delivering data-flows-as-product, compliance-as-code, and governance built into the pipeline (instead of bolted-on). You will turn scattered systems and sources into modular, reusable, end-to-end flows in one consistent format that can be used to its full potential throughout GSK’s R&D divisions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the development of business requirements for data-flow (through collaboration with R&D business/functional leads and data platform colleagues) to translate business needs into technical data requirements and processes to ensure seamless data-flow integration and usage across the R&D ecosystem.
- Design, develop and maintain modular, end-to-end data-flows (spanning roles, interfaces, data and metadata, triggers and access) to integrate systems and data sources into trusted, reusable assets across R&D (including writing clean, readable code where required).
- Ensure data-flows support compliance-by-design; integrating, contextualising and orchestrating data and systems in line with compliance principles.
- Deliver pre-packaged, curated data-flows aligned to business requirements, which include documented data specifications describing processing steps required to generate each flow.
- Integrate diverse data-flows (eg; protocol development, Development Safety Update Report (DSUR) and clinical trial Individual Human Data (IHD)) into a unified machine readable format for consistent implementation and an end-to-end data ecosystem.
- Ensure deliverables are appropriately quality controlled, documented and, where required, able to be handed over to function leads and the R&D Tech team for scale implementation.
Location: GSK HQ London, Stevenage, or Ware R&D.
About You:
- Relevant degree-level education (eg; BS/MSc/PhD (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or a related subject).
- Relevant experience / knowledge of translating business needs into technical data requirements and processes, ability to quantify and provide insights into business impact and value creation from data-flow activities, and handling complex data-flow processes efficiently.
- Knowledge / experience of metadata ecosystems and agentic solutions.
- Relevant hands-on experience with policy engines, including translating governance requirements into practical, executable Policy as Code.
- Relevant experience in integrating multiple data sources and systems into unified reusable data-flows ( whilst ensuring data privacy and compliance-by-design).
- Proficiency with a range of digital tools (eg; Auzure, GCP) and experience leveraging AI or digital technologies to improve efficiency or insights.