Senior Director, Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D

GSK; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a Senior Director of Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D to set the strategy for risk and compliance across the R&D portfolio, including clinical, discovery, and regulatory technology. You will lead a global team, align with the Cyber Security Office, and advise senior leadership on risk posture amid evolving threats and regulations.

This executive role drives CAPA readiness and strong governance.

Qualifications

• Experience in cyber risk, technology risk, or information security governance.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and managing risk registers.
• Experience in cyber security, including leading a global capability.
• Experience leading people managers across multiple geographies.
• Experience managing a capability budget and vendor portfolio.
• Experience applying service definition and process improvement methodologies.
• Experience engaging senior business stakeholders.
• Influencing and communication skills at executive and board level.

Responsibilities

• Set the multi-year strategy for Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D and secure the investment to deliver it.
• Drive a risk-accountable leadership culture and a cyber- and risk-savvy workforce culture in R&D.
• Lead the Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D organisation, including leaders of teams, and own the 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 the cyber risk and compliance relationship for the assigned area, GSK Research and Development, including clinical, discovery and regulatory technology.
• Develop a deep understanding of Research and Development business processes and strategic business priorities, and guide R&D leadership on how the changing technology, threat and regulatory landscapes affect their risk posture.
• Influence across the Cyber Security Office and broader Digital and Tech organisation to identify and shape solutions for effective and efficient risk and compliance management.
• Build and maintain the cyber risk register for the area, including risk statements, ratings, owners and treatment plans.
• Own the Risk & Compliance governance forum (RMCB) for the assigned area, ensuring priority actions, findings and CAPAs are tracked with clear accountabilities.
• Partner with Business Quality Assurance to ensure GxP validation of business-facing application systems and services within the assigned area.
• Provide oversight and coaching to the team on audit and inspection readiness, including hosting of external inspections and regulator/auditor engagements, and on the reporting of CAPA status.
• Provide oversight and coaching to the team on GxP software change management and system release governance for regulated applications within the assigned area.
• Lead your team in using approved AI tools to improve productivity and ways of working, role-modelling responsible use and follow GSK's Responsible AI, privacy and security requirements

Skills

Cyber risk governance

Risk assessments

Cyber security leadership

People management

Budget & vendor mgmt

Process improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ServiceNow

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.

The Senior Director, Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D will set direction for the Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D capability across GSK and lead the organisation that delivers it. This is a senior leadership role accountable for the capability across GSK. This role covers GSK Research and Development, including clinical, discovery and regulatory technology.

About the team.

The Technology Risk and Compliance Business Partners are the face of the Cyber Security Office to GSK's business and technology areas. Each partner owns the cyber risk and compliance relationship for an assigned area, translating central strategy into what that area actually needs to do, and bringing its risk back into the Cyber Security Office.

Key responsibilities:

• Set the multi-year strategy for Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D and secure the investment to deliver it.
• Drive a risk-accountable leadership culture and a cyber- and risk-savvy workforce culture in R&D.
• Lead the Risk & Compliance Business Partners R&D organisation, including leaders of teams, and ownthe 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 the cyber risk and compliance relationship for the assigned area, GSK Research and Development, including clinical, discovery and regulatory technology.
• Develop a deep understanding of Research and Development business processes and strategic business priorities, and guide R&D leadership on how the changing technology, threat and regulatory landscapes affect their risk posture.
• Influence across the Cyber Security Office and broader Digital and Tech organisation to identify and shape solutions for effective and efficient risk and compliance management.
• Build and maintain the cyber risk register for the area, including risk statements, ratings, owners and treatment plans.
• Own the Risk & Compliance governance forum (RMCB) for the assigned area, ensuring priority actions, findings and CAPAs are tracked with clear accountabilities.
• Partner with Business Quality Assurance to ensure GxP validation of business-facing application systems and services within the assigned area.
• Provide oversight and coaching to the team on audit and inspection readiness, including hosting of external inspections and regulator/auditor engagements, and on the reporting of CAPA status.
• Provide oversight and coaching to the team on GxP software change management and system release governance for regulated applications within the assigned area.
• Lead your team in using approved AI tools to improve productivity and ways of working, role-modelling responsible use and follow GSK's Responsible AI, privacy and security requirements

Why You?

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in cyber risk, technology risk, or information security governance.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and managing risk registers.
• Experience in cyber security, including leading a global capability.
• Experience leading people managers across multiple geographies.
• Experience managing a capability budget and vendor portfolio.
• Experience applying service definition and process improvement methodologies.
• Experience engaging senior business stakeholders.
• Influencing and communication skills at executive and board level.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience acting as a business information security officer or embedded security partner.
• Working knowledge of NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301.
• Experience with GRC platforms such as ServiceNow.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or another regulated industry, including GxP and SOX contexts.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Relevant certification such as CISM, CRISC, CISA, CISSP.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences or another highly regulated industry.
• Understanding of Operational Technology (OT) se