Global Head of Lab Systems and Automation

Job description

Nombre del sítio: USA - Massachusetts - Waltham
Fecha de publicación: Feb 22 2024

Are you interested in a highly visible, global leadership role which allows you to partner with senior stakeholders and to establish the new Vaccines R&D Lab Operations function while managing a team? If so, the Global Head of Lab Systems & Automation role is an exciting move to explore.

Job purpose: 

The Global Head of Lab Systems & Automation is accountable for the strategy and global end-to-end lifecycle management of Vaccines R&D laboratory computerized systems, including robotics and automation solutions. This role provides strategic direction, strong leadership, and focus to implement and maintain automated and/or computerized systems & applications in an ever-changing environment in terms of GSK Vaccines’ growth profile, laboratory science innovation, regulatory requirements, and quality/EHS standards.

The Global Head of Lab Systems & Automation plays a pivotal role in driving the execution of Vaccines R&D’s Scientific Data Strategy and roadmap execution to enable, sustain, and accelerate Vaccines R&D objectives and milestones by data generation & extraction of information, knowledge, insight, and value from data while ensuring compliance and data integrity.

This role applies business acumen, deep technical experience, and process knowledge to drive innovative, pragmatic, solutions for Vaccines R&D Scientists.

The Global Head of Lab Systems & Automation will act as the Operational Technology (OT) Officer for Vaccines R&D ensuring that OT risk is appropriately assessed, prioritized, and mitigated across the relevant lines within the business areas. This role will ensure that centrally defined OT security standards and controls are appropriately considered and adopted / adapted by the business area and will be accountable for OT cybersecurity controls and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

Management & Leadership

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Drive employee engagement within the global Lab Systems & Automation team with emphasis on people development, enriching roles, effective recognition, and open & honest conversations

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With strategic vision, guides the Lab Systems & Automation organization, partners, and customers to deliver innovative solutions for Vaccines R&D’s Scientists

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Leads country-based Lab Systems and Automation teams ensuring appropriate planning, resourcing, and successful execution of multiple operational/innovation projects conducted in parallel with business-as-usual operations.

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Application of agile methodology to quickly respond and deliver in a fast pace changing environment

Strategy, Innovation & Digitalization

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Lead the governance of the Scientific Data Strategy and Roadmap implementation, ensuring effective collaboration with key stakeholders within R&D and the Tech organization. Lab Operations representative on the Vaccines R&D Discovery Data Counsel.

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Promote advancement of automation systems through a focus on innovation and digitalization, driving scientific/business process improvement. Lead and launch projects, initiatives, new tools for process and/or systems and/or platform or equipment improvement.

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Empower the Business with digitalization to make sure they can easily change and leverage on best fit technologies to make their work easier.

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Ensure Vaccines R&D’s technology platforms stay current with business needs and are optimized to meet the needs of Scientists. Introduce and master new technologies spotting possible business cases and applications where those can make the difference. Promote new technologies in different business areas.

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Performs technology watch in the field of automated systems or software development

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Play a leadership role to ensure standards, policies, and procedures are fit-for-purpose (e.g. Computer System Validation, Data Integrity, OT design / cybersecurity risk assessments & mitigations)

Stakeholder Management

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Work in partnership with a broad range of stakeholder groups including the R&D scientific functions as well as Computer System Validation, EHS, Engineering, Procurement, R&D (Global), Tech, Quality to proactively define technology standards, identify process improvement/cost saving opportunities, and accelerate generation of scientific results.

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Manage, coordinate, supervise external partners throughput the entire systems lifecycle.

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Maximizing investment value for GSK while negotiating with external partners.

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Liaise with other GSK sites / orgs as well as external companies on benchmarks and best practices

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Liaises with stakeholders across the Vaccines R&D sites (Belgium, Italy, US) and with Pharma R&D to promote leveraging of technology, systems/applications, and automated solutions between functions and sites.

OT Officer responsibilities

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Vaccines R&D representative at the R&D OT Operational Forum and Data Governance Risk Council

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OT Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Compensation Process: 

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Responsible for carrying out risk assessments with respect to OT cybersecurity across the business area and managing the risk compensation process.

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Understand new threats, the potential for business impact and how GSK will respond via our cybersecurity standards and controls.

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Appropriate risk escalation of any issues and exceptions in accordance with the R&D OT Cybersecurity escalation process

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Risk Mitigation:

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Collaborate with R&D Digital & Tech and Central Tech, including the Cybersecurity Office (CSO), and Global Products & Technology (GP&T) stakeholders to ensure the controls proposed to mitigate risks are appropriate for the business area, correctly implemented and adopted consistently.

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Review and approval of Firewall (FW) rules, reference architecture, VLAN strategy and high-level strategy for local deployment.

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Understand and action on OT vulnerabilities and crisis management, OT alerts, OT responses and recovery processes

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Cybersecurity Technical expertise and Business Analysis:

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Actively participate in and provide business input into the design, documentation, implementation and continued support of OT cybersecurity standards and associated tools (e.g., access management tool) and controls, including maintenance of the controls and their associated documentation post deployment.

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Input into the design and documentation for Network segmentation for the business area.   

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Provide cybersecurity expert advice and thought leadership to the adoption of any relevant new technologies like Cloud, Digitalization, Open Policy Agent (OPA) etc. by the business area.

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Liaise with business line leaders, science, and engineering SMEs within the business area, in making cybersecurity decisions. 

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The role holder will play an active role in the OT Change Advisory Board (CAB) ensuring the business area’s requirements and deliverables are adequately represented. This includes responsibility for review and approval of firewall (FW) rules, OT architecture, VLAN strategy and local deployment strategy.

Why you?

Basic qualifications :

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Bachelor’s degree in Business or Science, Engineering, Information Technology.

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10 or more years in Vaccines, Pharma, or Biotech

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Experience in operations in a Biopharmaceutical environment, specifically in lab systems and data management, automation, validation, robotics, and technical program implementation experience.

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Team and matrix management and leadership experience.

Preferred qualifications :

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Masters, PhD or MBA, or post-graduate professional qualification.

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Ability to think strategically and act with a high level of integrity to establish effective plans of action to deal with conflicting issues according to GSK’s global requirements.

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Stakeholder management, negotiation, problem solving, decision making, presentation, communication, and influencing skills.

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Change management strategies and implementation capabilities.

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Demonstrated ability, when working under pressure, to decisively adjust a course of action in a rapidly changing and highly uncertain environment.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why Us?

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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

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