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Senior Director, R&D AI & Technology Transformation
Glaxosmithkline LLC · 🇺🇸 4 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 39 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 15 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Glaxosmithkline LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Product Director, Platform API” (Information Technology Project Managers) in TX: $149k–$149k, median $149k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Glaxosmithkline LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 39 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 15 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work. Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK Senior Director, R&D AI & Technology Transformation R&D Tech Transformation & Operations connects strategy, investment and delivery across priority R&D technology programmes. The team works with scientific, technology and business leaders to strengthen decisions, accelerate value and support consistent adoption across R&D. This role strengthens a portfolio of priority R&D technology programmes by connecting programme teams with R&D technology strategy and investment decisions. You will work closely with selected programmes, bringing constructive challenge, strategic support, and external market insight. You will help teams frame choices, define value and address barriers without taking accountability away from programme owners. We expect to appoint two Senior Directors through this recruitment, with complementary experience across research and drug development technology. For candidates seeking to be located at our Stevenage site, this role will temporarily be based at Stevenage. However, the Company plans to relocate its offices to Cambridge, UK. The location of this role will therefore subsequently change to Cambridge, UK in accordance with timelines to be set by the Company. The relocation is currently proposed to take effect by early 2029. In this role you will • Partner with leaders of selected priority technology programmes to clarify strategy, scope, value objectives, roadmaps and organisational needs. • Provide an independent, evidence-based view of programme progress, risks and value delivery to support Technology Investment Board decisions. • Apply a high-challenge, high-support approach, bringing transparency while helping teams solve strategic problems and remove barriers. • Lead focused work on questions such as build, buy or partner choices, capability sourcing, operating models and external technology landscapes. • Assess which capabilities could create competitive advantage and which can be sourced effectively from external partners. • Help shape new technology initiatives, including their business case, funding approach, value definition, governance and delivery model. • Connect learning across programmes, identify opportunities for reuse and reduce unnecessary duplication of technology capabilities. • Build trusted relationships with senior scientific, technology and business leaders, influencing decisions without direct authority. • Translate between scientific, operational and technical stakeholders so that complex choices become clear and actionable. • Contribute directly to strategic projects related to the wider portfolio while programme delivery accountability remains with programme owners. Why you? Basic qualifications We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: • Degree or equivalent experience in technology, computer science, life sciences, engineering, business or a related discipline. • Significant experience leading strategic technology, AI or digital transformation work in a large pharmaceutical environment. • Strong knowledge of drug research or development and the ability to work credibly with scientific, operational and technology leaders. • Demonstrated experience shaping and delivering cross-fu