Senior Principal Architect, Digital Marketing

GSK; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a senior technical leader to own the architecture and delivery of digital marketing platforms in a hybrid India-based role. You will shape roadmaps, define governance, and partner with product, engineering and security teams to deliver scalable, compliant solutions.

The role emphasizes cloud-native approaches, API-led integration and cross-team mentorship to drive measurable marketing outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in technical roles with at least 5 years in architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Customer Data Platforms, tag management or similar solutions.
• Proven experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and API-based integrations.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the target architecture, reference patterns and governance for digital marketing platforms.
• Translate business needs into technical roadmaps for customer data, campaign orchestration, DAM and analytics.
• Lead technology evaluations, proofs of concept and vendor selection.
• Ensure designs meet security, compliance and performance requirements.
• Guide reuse and simplification across the portfolio to reduce cost and effort.
• Mentor architects and engineers and support cross-team alignment during delivery.

Skills

Target architecture

App Development

Artificial Intelligence

Cloud Architecture

Cloud Computing

Cybersecurity

Data Architecture

Database Management

DevOps

Microservices

Network Architecture

Security Architecture

SOA

Software Engineering

System Integration

Solution Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Adobe Experience Platform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Business Introduction

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Position Summary

You will lead the technical vision and delivery for digital marketing platforms at scale. You will work with product owners, engineers, enterprise architects and business partners to design secure, reliable and reusable solutions. You will help shape roadmaps, set standards and support teams to deliver measurable marketing outcomes. We value clear communication, pragmatic problem solving and a collaborative mindset. This role offers growth, visible impact and the chance to apply science and technology to improve health at scale. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Define and own the target architecture, reference patterns and governance for digital marketing platforms.
• Translate business needs into technical roadmaps for customer data, campaign orchestration, digital asset management and analytics.
• Lead technology evaluations, proofs of concept and vendor selection for marketing platforms and integrations.
• Work with engineering teams to ensure designs meet security, compliance and performance requirements.
• Guide reuse and simplification across the application portfolio to reduce cost and operational effort.
• Mentor architects and engineers, and support cross-team alignment during delivery and transition to operations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and commercial teams to prioritise capabilities that deliver measurable customer and business value.
• Create clear architecture artefacts, standards and decision records that are accessible to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ensure integrations between marketing platforms, CRM and analytics are robust, scalable and maintain data privacy controls.
• Drive adoption of modern cloud native approaches, API-led integration and platform automation where appropriate.
• Partner with security, compliance and operations to manage risk and meet regulatory expectations.
• Monitor architecture health and technical debt; propose practical refactoring and migration plans.

Why You?

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience in technical roles with at least 5 years in enterprise or solution architecture for digital marketing or customer platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Customer Data Platforms, tag management or similar customer data solutions.
• Proven experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and API-based integrations.
• Experience working in regulated environments and applying security and privacy controls.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience collaborating with product, engineering and vendor teams.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, or similar marketing suites.
• Knowledge of analytics and measurement platforms, CDP/CDM implementation patterns and identity resolution.
• Familiarity with AI/ML use cases in marketing, including model governance and vector search patterns.
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
• Background in technical leadership, mentoring and building architecture capability in teams.
• Certification in enterprise architecture frameworks or cloud vendor certifications.

Working model

This role is based in India and operates in a hybrid working model. You will be expected to work on-site as needed for collaboration, stakeholder meetings and key delivery milestones.

What we value

We want people who are curious, collaborative and focused on outcomes. We look for clear communicators who can simplify complex problems. We welcome diverse ways of thinking and encourage people to bring their whole selves to work.

Skills

API Management, Application Development, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Architectures, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data Architecture Development, Database Management Systems (DBMS), DevOps, Microservices Architecture, Network Architecture, Security Architecture Design, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software Engineering, System Integration, Technical Solution Architecture

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Inclusion at GSK

As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team at [e-mail] to discuss your needs.