Principal Product Owner

Site Name: UK - London - Brentford, Poznan Posted Date: Dec 16 2022 R&D Medicines and Vaccines Development at GSK is embedding a transformation which is simplifying processes and systems through technology. R&D Development Tech at GSK is at the forefront, working hand in hand with our business partners to deliver change through an industry leading implementation of Veeva’s Development Cloud platform across Clinical Operations, Clinical Data Management, Regulatory, Medical and Quality. If you’re passionate about using innovative technologies to enable process transformation in a large global organisation and can set out a compelling vision, prioritising to maximise business value and can collaborate with business partner and vendor stakeholders to rapidly deliver high quality tangible improvements, then we’d like to hear from you. Principle Product Owner The Principal Product Owner – Development Tech Veeva Solutions within R&D Tech is accountable for working with GSK business process owners to design and deliver Clinical and Regulatory Products within our large scale Veeva Development Cloud platform, with a focus on simplification and improving the user experience. The Principal Product Owner will work collaboratively with senior business stakeholders to map out process and user journeys, to agree on priority features for the Veeva Development Cloud platform and deliver against those priorities. The Product Owner is recognized as the go to leader and trusted advisor, removing blockers, working collaboratively and adaptively to constantly meet the needs of their customers and deliver value to GSK. They will co-ordinate with other product owners to develop a compelling roadmap and value propositions for future features. They work with our strategic partners to deliver, test, and implement these features. Responsibilities Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk Managing individual and team performance. Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution. Implementing change initiatives and leading change. Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams. Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally. Developing people and building a talent pipeline. Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation. Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally. Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen. APPLICATION CLOSING DATE – 2nd January 2023 Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. 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Here at GSK, we are seeking someone that is passionate and able to ‘roll up their sleeves’ when needed and in return we will offer fantastic career progression and the opportunity to engage with Senior Stakeholders, allowing you to shape and contribute to the success of the business. Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Degree level education (or equivalent) with relevant large Pharma technology experience, e.g. Product Management for large pharma Regulatory or Clinical solutions or similar global organisation Track record in successful Tech strategy development and delivery, solution design, programme / project delivery and service management, managing budgets (£1m + p/a) Experience of working with and managing SaaS platform vendors and influencing vendor product roadmaps. Excellent facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills, ability to influence sr. leadership and decision-making using data and market evidence. Relentless in delivering business outcomes, value and simplification with a passion for science and advancing medicines and vaccines to patients Deep understanding of medicine and vaccine development processes, solutions, and industry regulations. Experience of applying Agile and DevOps methodologies in an environment governed by Pharma industry GxP and computer systems validation regulations. Track record of implementing and managing of one or more of the Veeva Development Cloud Clinical Operations (CTMS, eTMF & Study Startup), Clinical Data Management (eDC & CDB) or Regulatory solutions. Why GSK? 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