# Senior Tech Manager (External Manufacturing)

**Company**: GSK
**Location**: Hertfordshire - Ware
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking for a Senior Tech Manager (External Manufacturing) to join our Global Supply Chain (GSC) Digital and Technology function. The role involves providing global technology leadership for shaping and delivering digital integration, Smart Manufacturing, and AI-enabled transformation across GSK's External Manufacturing and partner network.

The Senior Tech Manager (External Manufacturing) acts as the business-technology integrator between GSK's departments and Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) partners. The role translates operational and technology priorities into integrated roadmaps and scalable solutions across enterprise platforms.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the global External Manufacturing digital & technology roadmap

- Own end-to-end delivery of digital integration solutions for External Manufacturing

- Building internal & external collaboration with tech vendors, external companies & other industry bodies

- Leading product and programme delivery using Agile and hybrid methods

- Ensuring solutions are scalable beyond the target CMO

- Acting as the primary digital & technology partner across External Manufacturing, site leadership and global product teams

- Managing the team in using approved AI tools for analysis, prototyping and documentation

- Developing investment cases and scaling strategies, managing financial forecasts and supplier inputs

- Building sustainable capability through coaching, documentation, knowledge transfer and communities of practice

The successful applicant can be based at GSK HQ (London) or at the Ware (Hertfordshire) or Barnard Castle (County Durham) manufacturing sites.

This role would suit a highly motivated person who has strong experience of designing, developing, and validating AI-enabled digital solutions and Smart Manufacturing capabilities within complex manufacturing and business environments.

## Skills

### Required
- Application Integrations
- Application Programming Interface (API) Security
- CI/CD
- Cloud Engineering
- Configuration Management (CM)
- Database Management
- Data Engineering
- Data Integration
- Front-End Development
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Mobile Development
- RESTful API Design
- Security System Design
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Version Control
- Web Development

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