SPQS Data Steward

GSK; Rixensart; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

GSK is seeking a SPQS Data Steward for a 2-year fixed-term contract across locations including Belgium. The role leads the SPQS data stewardship framework, coordinates cross-functional governance, and ensures data quality and metadata standards for future structured submissions.

You will partner with domain owners and technology teams to embed stewardship in business processes, drive improvements, and support regulatory data initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Data Management, or engineering.
• Experience in data stewardship, governance, master data management.
• Experience developing data standards, business rules or metadata frameworks.
• Experience across multiple functions and stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication, facilitation and influencing skills.
• Experience operating in regulated environments.

Responsabilités

• Lead SPQS data stewardship activities across domains.
• Coordinate stewardship activities across R&D, GSC, Regulatory and Quality.
• Define metadata standards, vocabularies and data structures.
• Drive data quality controls and remediation.
• Support governance frameworks, ownership models and stewardship procedures.
• Ensure consistency and traceability across the Description to Control data lifecycle.
• Provide oversight of supplier-delivered data management and governance deliverables.
• Support audits, inspections and compliance activities relating to SPQS data assets.

Connaissances

Data governance

Data stewardship

Metadata management

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory environments

Communication

Formation

Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Data Management, Engineering

Outils

SAP PLM

Master data management tools

Description du poste

SPQS Data Steward

(2-Year Fixed Term Contract)

Locations - GSK HQ (UK), Barnard Castle (UK), Rixensart (Belgium), and Upper Providence (US)

Reporting to - Senior Director, CMC Data Strategy (SPQS)

Business Introduction
We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance.
Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.
We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Position Summary

ICH M16 Structured Product Quality Submissions (SPQS) will fundamentally change how product quality information is created, governed and exchanged. The SPQS Lead Data Steward will lead implementation of the stewardship, ownership and data quality capabilities required to support future structured regulatory submissions. Working across Description, Control and future SPQS domains, the role will translate Domain Owner decisions into practical standards, stewardship processes, metadata requirements, controlled vocabularies and data quality controls. The role will work across R&D, Global Supply Chain, Regulatory and Quality organisations to establish sustainable data management practices that support SPQS deployment, digital transformation initiatives and long-term operational readiness.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Lead implementation of the SPQS data stewardship framework across Description, Control and future SPQS domains.
• Coordinate federated ownership of critical CMC data assets across R&D, GSC, Regulatory and Quality.
• Establish and maintain metadata standards, controlled vocabularies, business definitions and reference data structures supporting SPQS.
• Drive data quality management processes, issue resolution and continuous improvement activities.
• Support delivery of governed Description and Control data products and future structured submission capabilities.
• Partner with Domain Owners, Technology teams and external delivery partners to embed stewardship and governance requirements into business processes and digital solutions.
• Build awareness, adoption and data literacy through training, guidance and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead steward for SPQS data, standards and ownership practices.
• Coordinate stewardship activities across multiple business functions and data domains.
• Translate Domain Owner decisions into operational standards, controls and stewardship processes.
• Lead cross-system vocabulary alignment and harmonisation activities supporting SPQS.
• Define and monitor data quality controls, metrics and remediation activities.
• Support implementation of governance frameworks, ownership models and stewardship operating procedures.
• Ensure consistency and traceability across the Description to Control data lifecycle.
• Provide oversight of supplier-delivered data management, data quality and stewardship deliverables.
• Support audits, inspections and compliance activities relating to SPQS data assets.

Why You?
Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Data Management, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in data stewardship, data governance, master data management or related disciplines.
• Experience developing data standards, business rules, controlled vocabularies or metadata frameworks.
• Experience working across multiple business functions and stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication, facilitation and influencing skills.
• Experience operating within regulated environments.

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Experience in pharmaceutical CMC, manufacturing, quality, regulatory or supply chain data management.
• Experience supporting IDMP, structured data, SPQS or related regulatory data initiatives.
• Experience implementing data ownership and stewardship frameworks.
• Experience with SAP PLM, enterprise data platforms or master data management solutions.
• Experience implementing data quality management processes and controls.
• Participation in industry standards or data governance initiatives.