Associate Director, Business Operations
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 27, 2026. GSK scores B on the Alion truth index.
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.
Job Purpose:
The Associate Director, Business Operations will lead a defined area of the Business Operations capability and the team or programme that delivers it. This is a leadership role accountable for a defined area of the capability.
About the team:
Business Operations keeps the Risk and Compliance function running as a function. It owns the planning cadence, budget tracking, contracting, reporting and process improvement that let the specialist teams focus on risk work.
Key responsibilities:
This role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Lead a defined area of the capability, including its people, delivery and outcomes.
- Manage delivery against the capability roadmap and escalate blockers early.
- Develop team capability through coaching, review and structured feedback.
- Represent the area in CSO governance and cross-functional forums.
- Own the operating cadence of the function, including planning cycles and governance meetings.
- Develop and establish operational processes across the function.
- Manage the contracting process alongside Procurement, Legal and Finance partners, ensuring timeliness and efficiencies.
- Track budget against forecast and prepare financial and operational reporting.
- Extract, analyse and visualise data relating to the operational aspects of the function.
- Contribute to and manage people-related initiatives across the function.
Basic Qualifications:
- Degree in a relevant discipline, or related experience.
- Demonstrated experience in business operations, chief of staff or PMO work.
- Working knowledge of budget tracking and operational reporting.
- Practical experience with process improvement.
- Significant experience in cyber security within the relevant domain.
- Proven experience leading a team or a substantial programme of work.
- Experience managing delivery to plan, quality and timelines.
- Excellent relationship management, influencing and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cyber Security knowledge, or corresponding experience working in a Cyber Security Office, will be a benefit.
- Expert skills in data analysis and visualization through Excel and Power BI.
- Experience in embedding Agile Product Management methodology.
- Experience working across time zones in a global function.
- Relevant certification such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Lean or Six Sigma.
- Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences or another highly regulated industry
Skills
Budget Tracking, Business Operations, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Management, Data Integrity, Executive Reports, Identity Access Management (IAM), Operational Reporting, PMO Best Practices, PMO Leadership, Risk Assessments, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Security Architecture Design, Security Compliance, Security Policies, Security Risk, Third Party Risk Management, Vulnerability Management, Web Application SecurityWhy 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:
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Please contact our Recruitment Team at [email protected] to discuss your needs.
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