Senior Director, Risk Automation & Intelligence

GlaxoSmithKline; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline seeks a Senior Director, Risk Automation & Intelligence to lead the data, analytics and automation capabilities that power the Technology Risk and Compliance function at the company. This senior role oversees strategy, governance, tooling and end‑user experience across GSK's risk program.

The position partners with the CISO and regulators to advance risk analytics, continuous controls monitoring, and scalable automation, shaping the future of risk management at a global

Responsibilities

• Set enterprise vision and multi-year strategy for data analytics and automation capabilities underpinning Technology Risk and Compliance at GSK.
• Lead Risk Automation & Intelligence organisation, including team leaders, and own its capability plan.
• Own budget, vendor portfolio and headcount plan for the capability.
• Represent the capability to the CISO, GSK Tech leadership, auditors and regulators.
• Own Cyber Security Policies to stay current and aligned with evolving threats and regulation.
• Own Technology Risk and Compliance processes across GSK, ensuring they are well‑designed and continuously improved.
• Interface Technology Risk and Compliance with Enterprise Risk Programme, ensuring accurate risk reporting and governance.
• Operate and evolve GSK's Risk Operations Centre model with modern concepts and continuous controls monitoring.
• Drive product management rigor for risk and compliance tooling, translating stakeholder needs into prioritized features.
• Build and lead automation of risk, control and compliance processes, including AI and intelligent automation.
• Develop risk analytics, models and quantitative risk methods to identify, evaluate and treat risk.

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

The Senior Director, Risk Automation & Intelligence leads the strategy and execution of the data, analytics and automation capabilities that the rest of the Technology Risk and Compliance function relies on to manage risk and demonstrate compliance effectively and efficiently. This is a senior leadership role accountable for the capability across GSK, spanning policy, process, automation and tooling, training and end‑user experience for Technology Risk and Compliance capabilities and services.

About the team

Risk Automation and Intelligence is the engine room of the Risk and Compliance function's data and automation, operating as GSK's Risk Operations Centre. The team builds future‑ready analytics, automation and intelligence that enable GSK to manage technology risk and compliance proactively and at scale.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Set the enterprise vision and multi‑year strategy for the data, analytics and automation capabilities that underpin Technology Risk and Compliance at GSK, and secure the investment to deliver it.
• Lead the Risk Automation & Intelligence organisation, including leaders of teams, and own its capability plan.
• Own the budget, vendor portfolio and headcount plan for the capability.
• Represent the capability to the CISO, GSK Tech leadership, auditors and regulators.
• Own GSK's Cyber Security Policies, ensuring they remain current, practical and aligned with the evolving threat, technology and regulatory landscape.
• Own the Technology Risk and Compliance processes used across GSK, ensuring they are well‑designed, consistently applied and continuously improved.
• Own the integration between Technology Risk and Compliance and GSK's Enterprise Risk Programme, ensuring technology risk is represented accurately and consistently in enterprise risk reporting and governance.
• Operate and evolve GSK's Risk Operations Centre model, bringing modern Risk Operations Centre concepts, continuous controls monitoring and quantitative risk analysis into how GSK manages technology risk and compliance.
• Bring product management rigour to the roadmap for risk and compliance tooling, translating the needs of stakeholders at Director, VP and SVP level into prioritised features and releases.
• Build and lead the capability that automates risk, control and compliance processes, including AI and intelligent automation, to replace manual effort with proactive, at‑scale risk management.
• Develop risk analytics, models and quantitative risk methods that help the business identify, evaluate and treat