Senior Director and Head of Product Management

Site Name: Stevenage, Upper Providence, USA - Massachusetts - Boston Posted Date: Nov 18 2022 This role can be based in Stevenage (UK), Upper Providence (US) or Boston (US) At GSK, we want to supercharge our data capability to better understand our patients and accelerate our ability to discover vaccines and medicines. The Onyx Research Data Platform organization represents a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, designed to deliver a step-change in our ability to leverage data, knowledge, and prediction to find new medicines. We are a full-stack shop consisting of product and portfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data / metadata / knowledge platforms, and AI/ML and analysis platforms, all geared toward: Building a next-generation, metadata- and automation-driven data experience for GSK’s scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity and reducing time spent on “data mechanics” Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent Aggressively engineering our data at scale, as one unified asset, to unlock the value of our unique collection of data and predictions in real-time Onyx Product Management is at the heart of our mission, ensuring that everything from our infrastructure, to platforms, to end-user facing data assets and environments is designed to maximize our impact on R&D. This role is a leadership team member accountable for building and leading a high-functioning team that: Partners with R&D stakeholders and Onyx leadership to develop a strategic roadmap for all customer-facing aspects of Onyx, including data assets, ontology, Knowledge Graph / semantic search, data / computing / analysis platforms, and data-powered applications Partner with the head of Onyx portfolio management, and the heads of the Onyx engineering functions, to facilitate joint planning, execute on that roadmap, help balance strategic development vs customer-facing deliverables, etc. Devise, track, and publicize metrics for the Onyx organization’s impact and performance Hire, develop, and retain a talented team of Product Managers and Bioinformaticians that understand the business areas, the Onyx capabilities available, how to translate needs into requirements aligned to standard frameworks (e.g. ontologies, engineering pipelines etc) to ensure the customers get what they need The Head of Product for the Onyx organization is an internally credible deep technical leader and the voice of R&D across all of our products and services. This senior leader (and their team of accomplished Product Managers) is accountable for building a strategy and roadmap that maximize our impact on the productivity of R&D scientists, analysts, engineers, and decision-makers and ultimately on the R&D pipeline, and for partnering with the heads of Program Management and the Engineering functions in executing on that strategy. The roadmap will also need to accurately represent the needs and delivery plans of decision makers, scientists, and engineers at GSK R&D; partnering with Programme teams to ensure we are executing effectively and transparently. Key responsibilities Overall responsibility for Product strategy across Onyx with a proven track record of building and executing on data strategy and a portfolio of data products in the pharmaceuticals industry or related life sciences industry with accountable for delivering value to the customer and ensuring the right solutions are built. Be consistently on top of the latest scientific advancements in the life sciences, particularly genetics / molecular biology Be able to speak with life sciences researchers in their own language, understand their ways of working, and help them understand the value that proper data, metadata, and platforms can bring to their daily lives Have a demonstrated history of building and managing high-performing, agile teams in engineering, product management, and/or life sciences research with a bias toward defining success metrics at the start of any endeavour Have a deep understanding of the value of ontology and computable metadata and its applications in the life sciences and / or clinical data Partner with the programme management team to ensure realistic and appropriate plans are created. Also responsible for the management of the solutions, including monitoring progress, testing the solutions with customers, and ensuring completed products are delivered to the customers across Onyx. Minimum Level of Education Required Masters or PhD in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Science, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, or Computer Science (with a life sciences application focus) Minimum Level of Job-Related Experience Required 10+ years of experience leading projects defining, building, and delivering data products in biotech, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, diagnostics, or other life sciences industry. Be familiar with modern DevOps-first software development and release practices.
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