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　　Posted Date: Dec 19 2023

　　Director, Product Management - Supply Planning

　　GSK is one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and we are on a mission to improve humanity's quality of life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. We're undergoing an exciting transformation as we drive forward on our company 2030 ambitions.

　　To enable these fundamental changes to our company, GSK Technology is undergoing it's own transformation building new, advanced capabilities in Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, AI/ML, Data & Analytics, Software Engineering and Product Management.

　　We are in an exciting period of our Supply Chain Transformation, with new capabilities being designed, developed and deployed to step change our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) by aligning all aspects of the business, including sales, operations, finance and supply chain. This enterprise-wide strategic initiative will help GSK to align strategic and operational plans, make better & faster demand and supply decisions based on accurate data and respond quickly to changing supply and market conditions to achieve business objectives.

　　The Director of Product Management - Supply Planning, is accountable for driving the vision, strategy and roadmap for a single product within the GSC business unit for all Supply Planning activities. The role holder will ensure that all work performed by team is focused on Value, Flow & Quality, aswell as partnering with the Business Owner to collectively ensure the product lifecycle is effectively managed and prioritized. The role needs to partner with the full product team (direct reports and matric reports) to ensure the development of the best full stack Technology solution to achieve the desired business outcomes. They will also ensure that Agile standard operating model, ceremonies and culture is embedded within the product team ways of working.

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　　Key ResponsibilitiesLead your teams in developing vision, strategy, roadmap and ensure delivery of the capabilities for your productCoach and develop your product team to become effective team members that only develop and ship valuable work, focused on data-driven decision making and customer centricityCoach your team in how to determine and understand your customer's needs better than anyone, through a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis.Work with colleagues from multi-disciplinary backgrounds to set a clear and cohesive strategy for your product area, whilst still maintaining space to incorporate new ideas along the journeyRigorously apply the scientific method and lean start-up thinking to set hypotheses, design experiments, test assumptions and break-down complex problems into smaller chunksMeasure the impact of all new work released on your roadmap, close the value loop and ensure adoptionWork as a servant-leader, reducing dependencies, removing blockers and co-ordinating with other product teams and key stakeholdersEnsure that within product you adopt strategies and tools (e.g JIRA, Aha!) to accelerate speed to valueMaintain high credibility and deliver real value by shipping product that make our users' lives easierAct as a leader to enhance and elevate Product Management as a discipline within GSK TechClosing Date for Applications - [8th January 2024] (COB)

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　　 Why you?

　　Qualifications & Skills:

　　Basic Qualifications:You have a BA/BSc degree in any disciplineExtensive experience in developing successful technology Supply planning solutions, with experience in OMP preferably, but also SAP, 09, Aera, KinaxisPreferably experience in being part of a significant transformation programmeYou have led teams that have developed successful Planning software products from concept to adoption - (Scale of between 3-10) in both direct and matrix organisation model.You have directly managed product managers/analysts and are passionate about developing peopleYou have a broad and detailed understanding of product management techniques including customer development, discovery & primary research, lean start-up method and industrialisation/scaling-upYou have enough technical knowledge to understand your team's software productsWhy 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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