Director Technology Risk & Compliance Business Partners - R&D

Director Technology 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. Job Purpose The Director Technology Risk & Compliance Business Partners – R&D is a leadership role accountable being the primary point of contact for Technology Risk and Compliance across the R&D business unit and with particular focus on the Cambridge, UK and Ware, UK sites. 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: • Contribute to the multi-year strategy for Technology Risk & Compliance Business Partners – R&D, translating it into delivery plans for the Cambridge and Ware sites. • Drive a risk-accountable leadership culture and a cyber- and risk-savvy workforce culture across the Cambridge and Ware sites. • Lead and develop the team supporting the assigned area, setting priorities and managing performance. • Report capability performance and risk to CSO leadership and governance forums. • Own the cyber risk and compliance relationship for the assigned area, R&D with particular focus on the Cambridge and Ware sites, including clinical, discovery and regulatory technology. • Develop a deep understanding of Research and Development business processes and strategic business priorities at the Cambridge and Ware sites, and guide local 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. • Identify, analyse and influence the management of cyber security risk across the assigned area. • Hold operational areas, risk owners and suppliers to account against the Cyber Security Office strategy for the assigned area. • Build and maintain the cyber risk register for the area, including risk statements, ratings, owners and treatment plans. • Facilitate Risk & Compliance governance (RMCB) activities 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. • Embed security requir