Senior Product Manager, Factory Data & Integration

GlaxoSmithKline plc; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Product Manager – Manufacturing Technologies to own the vision, strategy, roadmap and lifecycle for the Factory Integration Layer and related data integration capabilities across site, edge and enterprise environments.

You will lead a team, partner with sites, Quality, Cyber Security and external partners, and drive governance, adoption and value realization while balancing risk, cost and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Data Science, Automation, Business, Life Sciences or related discipline.
• Significant experience in product management, digital manufacturing, integration platforms, data platforms, manufacturing technology, enterprise technology delivery, or related discipline.
• Proven experience defining and managing product vision and roadmap for an integration platform, data capability, digital platform or comparable enterprise product.
• Experience translating manufacturing, business‑process and user needs into product outcomes, reusable capabilities, investment proposals and prioritised roadmaps.
• Experience working across discovery, architecture, design, engineering, testing, validation, deployment, adoption, service transition and ongoing operation.
• Practical understanding of integration patterns such as APIs, events, messaging, orchestration, transformation, batch and streaming data movement, without dependence on a single vendor of technology.
• Experience with manufacturing and enterprise system landscapes and the challenges of connecting operational technology, site systems, enterprise applications and cloud or data environments.
• Experience applying data governance concepts including ownership, data contracts, metadata, lineage, quality, semantics and controlled access.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise based on value, reuse, cost, risk, compliance, operational impact, capacity, and technical dependencies.
• Experience defining product and service measures and using adoption, reliability, data quality, support and user‑experience insights to improve performance.
• Experience operating within governance requirements for architecture, cyber security, data protection, quality, validation, change control and service readiness.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and creating alignment across global functions, programmes and manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap and lifecycle for FIL and related manufacturing and enterprise data integration capabilities.
• Lead your team in using approved AI tools to improve productivity and ways of working, role-modelling responsible use and follow GSK’s requirements.
• Partner with manufacturing sites, Business Process Owners, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Digital and Data stakeholders to identify integration needs and opportunities for standardization or reuse.
• Define outcomes and investment priorities for connectivity, orchestration, transformation, contextualization, event exchange, APIs and data delivery across shop‑floor, site, edge, cloud and enterprise environments.
• Ensure FIL is positioned and managed as a scalable, reusable integration capability that supports priority programs while avoiding site‑specific customization.
• Develop investment proposals covering value, scope, cost, benefits, risks, dependencies and success measures.
• Coach Product Owners and peers, driving high performance and sharing best practice.
• Govern reusable integration patterns, interface principles, data contracts and architecture decisions with architects.
• Establish measures for adoption, data quality, service performance, observability and support ownership.
• Drive capability-led vendor evaluations and lifecycle planning.
• Drive adoption and onboarding through training, documentation and ongoing support.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Cross-Functional Teamwork

Data Analysis

Design Thinking

DevOps

Prioritization

Product Development Research

Product Roadmapping

Project Management

ROI

Software Development

Strategy Deployment

UX

UI Design

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

GlaxoSmithKline plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Product Manager – Manufacturing Technologies to own the vision, strategy, roadmap and lifecycle for the Factory Integration Layer and related data integration capabilities across site, edge and enterprise environments.

You will lead a team, partner with sites, Quality, Cyber Security and external partners, and drive governance, adoption and value realization while balancing risk, cost and compliance.