Regulatory Affairs Business Data Architect

As a Business Systems Data Architect, you will collaborate closely with the Regulatory team to drive the architectural vision for regulatory data and its consumption and usage. This role requires a deep understanding of modern data architectures, cloud technologies, and knowledge of AI/ML frameworks.

You will play a critical role in shaping and overseeing the Regulatory data architecture utilizing existing cloud data technologies, data pipelines, the management of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data and data quality which is critical to the success of GSK’s AI initiatives.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practices; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

In this role you will

• Provide oversight and advice to Architects, Data Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and Data Engineers who are designing and implementing data capabilities, integration solutions, and data models.
• Establish and enforce data governance, data quality, access, storage, reference data, master data, integration, interoperability, data modelling, and data security standards for GSK regulatory domain.
• Design Data products, (e.g., clinical trial registry, adverse events) with well-formed APIs and metadata, and storage designs across layers (e.g., bronze, silver, gold) of the Data platform, maintaining scalability, performance and alignment with organisational objectives.
• Promote best practices for interoperability, integration, and data exchange to support the seamless flow and mapping of data and processes across systems (e.g., from preclinical, clinical trials, regulatory submission).
• Define, review, and maintain data architectures, ensuring compliance with development, security, and infrastructure standards (e.g. understanding of FAIR data principles).
• Design data architectures capable of processing large volumes of data and supporting future growth, enabling AI and data science teams to work with complex datasets.

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• In-depth expertise in designing, documenting and maintaining data assets, with emphasis on data mesh, data products and cloud data platforms particularly with Azure, Databrick and Denodo.
• Experience with cloud data management, integration, and data platform analytics and machine learning.
• Knowledge and experience in RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems, knowledge graphs (e.g. Stardog, Neo4j), and document vector store technologies.
• Understanding of MDM, including design and implementing data integration flows between MDM and other systems.
• Use of tools like Erwin Data Modeler to create and maintain the data architecture of an organization, including data models, data flows, and data standards.
• Experience of data governance initiatives, working with business data glossary and Collibra data governance centre.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Education: Educated to degree level, or undergraduate level or equivalent experience in IT.
• Certifications: TOGAF or BCS Certification (desirable).

Closing Date for Applications – 25 April 2025 (COB)

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery. We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We’re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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 organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.