Associate Director- Data Platform and BI Services

Job Purpose: We are seeking an experienced Associated Director- Data Platform & BI Services to provide technical leadership and service ownership across enterprise Azure Data Platform and Power BI services. This role will lead the delivery, governance, operation, and continuous improvement of Azure, Databricks, Data Lake, data engineering, integration, and Power BI capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-effective services. The role will oversee platform engineering standards, security and access controls, Power BI services, CI/CD, monitoring, performance, production operations, and service management, while driving automation, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and emerging technology adoption. As technical Product Owner, the Senior Manager will translate business requirements into prioritized platform capabilities and ensure solutions align with GSK-approved design patterns, security, engineering, and governance standards. Key Responsibilities: Platform, AI & Technology Leadership: • Lead enterprise and solution architecture for major commercial data, analytics, AI/ML, and Power BI initiatives. • Lead technology delivery and platform enablement for major Commercial / Patient Data, Analytics, AI/ML, and Power BI initiatives. • Drive AI and Agentic AI enablement, including AI agents, MCP servers, enterprise integrations, security, and governance. • Ensure solutions follow GSK-approved architecture patterns, technology standards, security controls, and governance guidelines. • Partner with Architecture, Security, Engineering, and Global Tech teams to obtain required technical reviews and approvals. • Oversee infrastructure provisioning and ensure compliance with established enterprise platform and security standards. • Drive cross-functional technical alignment and dependency management across US Commercial, Data, MDM, Engineering, Global Tech, and partner teams. Azure Data Platform & Engineering Leadership: • Lead and oversee Azure Data Lake Platform services, including Azure Databricks, ADF, ADLS, Unity Catalog, and related Azure capabilities. • Ensure platform solutions adhere to approved enterprise design patterns, engineering standards, security controls, and GSK technology guidelines. • Ensure solutions meet scalability, reliability, security, performance, operational support, and cost-efficiency requirements. • Drive adoption of standardized, reusable, configuration-driven platform capabilities and integration patterns. • Partner with Architecture and Engineering teams to ensure new solutions align with enterprise technology direction and platform standards. • Promote consistent implementation practices across Data Lake, analytics, AI/ML, and downstream data services. Platform Governance & Technical Operations: • Manage platform user access, roles, permissions, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) groups, service principals, and access approval processes. • Implement and maintain role-based access controls (RBAC) across Azure, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Power BI, Data Lake, and related platform services. • Ensure appropriate access controls for data, workspaces, applications, service principals, storage, and platform resources. • Oversee user onboarding/offboarding, access reviews, segregation of duties, privileged access, and remediation of access-related risks. • Ensure platform configurations and operational processes comply with GSK security, governance, audit, and approved technical standards. • Drive platform controls, audit readiness, automation, monitoring, technical risk remediation, and continuous improvement. Power BI Platform & Service Management: • Manage Power BI services including capacities, workspaces, gateways, semantic models, dataflows, reports, dashboards, and platform conf