Senior Director, Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D

Business Introduction GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. The Senior Director, Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D will set direction for the Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D capability across GSK and lead the organisation that delivers it. This is a senior leadership role accountable for the capability across GSK. This role covers GSK Research and Development, including clinical, discovery and regulatory technology.  About the team. The Technology Risk and Compliance Business Partners are the face of the Cyber Security Office to GSK's business and technology areas. Each partner owns the cyber risk and compliance relationship for an assigned area, translating central strategy into what that area actually needs to do, and bringing its risk back into the Cyber Security Office. Key responsibilities: This role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your career. These responsibilities include some of the following: • Set the multi-year strategy for Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D and secure the investment to deliver it. • Drive a risk-accountable leadership culture and a cyber- and risk-savvy workforce culture in R&D. • Lead the Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D organisation, including leaders of teams, and own its capability plan. • Own the budget, vendor portfolio and headcount plan for the capability. • Represent the capability to the CISO, GSK Tech leadership, auditors and regulators. • Own the cyber risk and compliance relationship for the assigned area, GSK Research and Development, including clinical, discovery and regulatory technology. • Develop a deep understanding of Research and Development business processes and strategic business priorities, and guide R&D leadership on how the changing technology, threat and regulatory landscapes affect their risk posture. • Influence across the Cyber Security Office and broader Digital and Tech organisation to identify and shape solutions for effective and efficient risk and compliance management. • Build and maintain the cyber risk register for the area, including risk statements, ratings, owners and treatment plans. • Own the Risk & Compliance governance forum (RMCB) for the assigned area, ensuring priority actions, findings and CAPAs are tracked with clear accountabilities. • Partner with Business Quality Assurance to ensure GxP validation of business-facing application systems and services within the assigned area. • Provide oversight and coaching to the team on audit and inspection readiness, including hosting of external inspections and regulator/auditor engagements, and on the reporting of CAPA status. • Provide oversight and coaching to the team on GxP software change management and system release governance for regulated applications within the assigned area. • Lead your team in using approved AI tools to improve productivity and ways of working, role-modelling responsible use and follow GSK’s Responsible AI, privacy and security requirements Why You? Basic Qualification We are seeking professionals with the following required sk