Senior Manager - Enterprise Transformation for Pharma R&D

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on Jan 15, 2025

We are on the lookout for agile, high-performing talent with a track record in leading transformative large-scale programs to join our dynamic Enterprise Transformation Office team. Based in our vibrant Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Bengaluru, this is an extraordinary opportunity to thrive in an exciting environment. Together, we collaborate across diverse functions and businesses globally to drive enterprise initiatives that unlock business outcomes, enhance performance, and foster transformation.

We seek a transformation specialist capable of building a world-class Transformation function. Bring your expertise, creativity, and transformation capabilities to tackle complex challenges, while your strong influencing and people skills will engage and inspire diverse global teams to deliver exceptional business value.

As part of our modern transformation function, you will have the chance to elevate your skills and advance your career. Engaging with a diverse and culturally rich environment, you’ll collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the field, inspiring you to reach new heights.

This pivotal role will empower you to deliver enterprise-wide transformation opportunities within GSK, generating significant business value. Work closely with teams and stakeholders, harnessing the resources of the broader Enterprise Transformation Office ecosystem to inspire and achieve meaningful outcomes, underscoring the significance of your contributions.

This role will allow YOU to deliver business outcomes to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following.

  • Understanding the business landscape and priorities to define key strengths and improvement areas.
  • Framing complex problems and develop recommendations based on our business knowledge and analysis.
  • Ownership in translating recommendations into actionable roadmaps.
  • Build strong credibility and relationships at senior levels based on exceptional outcomes, effective communication, compelling storylines, and the positive impact of your team.
  • Responsible for assessment of requirements, detailed planning and delivery of the program activities and outcomes, reporting progress against plan and managing risks and issues in close collaboration with assigned Program lead and wider project team.
  • Creating and executing the program related action plan
  • Managing a complex stakeholder landscape, where stakeholders are engaged effectively to ensure understanding, buy in and a smooth path for project delivery; engagement requirements may also include third party vendors and business services hubs.
  • Ensuring that the centrally defined transformation methodology and tools are applied appropriately across the programs and/or are modified as appropriate in agreement with the GCC functional leads.
  • Executing business readiness activities to ensure the timely go-lives.
  • Ensuring appropriate engagement with program partners across the business.
  • Focus on continuous improvement of methodology and feedback of lessons learned across the programs.
  • Guide project teams in selecting appropriate technology and frameworks by asking relevant questions.
  • Identify potential project risks related to implementation and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Monitor and address issues that could impact project timelines or outcomes.
  • Implement governance reviews and quality assurance.
  • Gather a detailed understanding of the company portfolio, principles, and direction and embed them in projects.

We are looking for professionals with these skills to achieve our goals. If you have them, we would like to speak to you.

  • 10 to 15 years of relevant work experience with capability to lead people (flex partners or employees)
  • Knowledge of Pharma product development cycle, R&D and Clinical Development is must. Working experience through relevant project is highly desirable.
  • Proven track record of delivering transformational change on multiple large-scale programmes
  • Possess at least one primary capability and one secondary capability out of
    • Project Management
    • Change Management
    • Process Excellence
    • Data & Insights
  • Ability to inspire cross-functional, virtual, global, and diverse teams.
  • Proven ability to deliver results in a complex /global environment and to solve complex business and process problems.
  • Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management, (e.g., persuading and influencing skills)
  • Proven problem-solving and negotiation capabilities along with a process-focused perspective.
  • Consulting mindset with impactful story lining and presentation skills
  • Comfortable working in a matrix hybrid environment, dealing with ambiguity
  • Flexible to work in different time zones, as per business needs

At GSK we value diversity (Gender, LGBTQ +, PwD etc.) and treat all candidates equally. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, supportive of one another, and know their work makes an important contribution.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.


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