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We are a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We’re proud to be leading a healthcare revolution, and we’re looking for people who can help us deliver on our ambition\nJob Purpose\nThe HR Digital & Data Enablement Director is accountable for driving digital, data and AI-enabled transformation across the HR Digital & Tech domain, ensuring that technology investments deliver meaningful adoption, improved colleague experience and measurable business outcomes.\nIn addition to leading transformation execution, the role will support the VP, Global HR Digital & Tech and HR Tech LT in shaping the overall technology strategy for HR and translating that strategy into a clear annual roadmap. This includes ensuring that each HR technology tower, including Payroll, People Services, Reward, Talent and Learning & Development, progresses in line with the agreed strategic direction, enterprise architecture principles and HR business priorities.\nSitting alongside Product Managers, the HR Digital & Data Enablement Director operates as a dedicated transformation and enablement tower within the HR Digital & Tech domain. The role defines transformation priorities, supports roadmap alignment across HR technology towers, and governs execution across experience, adoption, change and capability-building disciplines. The role ensures that new ways of working, AI-enabled capabilities and digital solutions are embedded effectively across business processes, colleague journeys and operational models.\nThe role will work closely with the Enterprise AI team, HR business teams and HR Digital & Tech product and platform teams to shape, prioritise and deliver AI and digital opportunities that are aligned to the broader HR technology strategy. This includes helping to identify where AI can simplify work, improve experience, reduce duplication and create scalable capability across the HR organisation. This role will also work closely with the HR Tech tower leads and HR domain architect lead to identify simplification and consolidation strategies around HR technology architecture and data landscape.\nA key accountability of the role is to support the HR change management agenda, ensuring that transformation is not limited to technology deployment but results in sustained behavioural and operational change. The role will also lead and support the uplift of digital and AI literacy across HR, including targeted capability-building for the HR Leadership Team and cascade of practical learning, adoption support and AI confidence-building across the broader HR organisation.\nOverall, the role brings together technology strategy, roadmap alignment, experience design, change enablement, AI adoption and capability uplift into a coherent transformation agenda that complements Product and Platform delivery and ensures HR Digital & Tech investments are translated into tangible business value.\nThe role is an individual contributor who is required to work along key partners and stakeholders.\nKey Responsibilities:\nSupport the VP, Global HR Digital & Tech and HR Tech LT in shaping the HR technology strategy and annual roadmap. \nDrive digital, data and AI-enabled transformation across HR Digital & Tech, ensuring measurable adoption, experience and business outcomes. \nEnsure HR technology towers progress in line with agreed strategy, architecture principles and HR business priorities. \nPartner with Enterprise AI, HR business teams, product teams and platform teams to define and deliver scalable digital and AI opportunities. \nWork with tower leads and architecture leads to identify simplification and consolidation opportunities across the HR technology and data landscape. \nLead change enablement, adoption and capability-building to embed new ways of working across HR. \nBuild digital and AI literacy across HRLT and the broader HR organisation. \nLead 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. \nWhy You\nWe are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Project/Programme Management, or equivalent experience. \nCertifications or training in UX, service design, user research, or AI design principles desirable (e.g., LUMA, UX-cert, Nielsen Norman, PROSCI for behavioural change, Cognitive AI Design)\nExtensive experience in digital transformation, experience, change, product, or technology-enabled transformation roles. \nProven experience leading or orchestrating large-scale digital or operating model change initiatives. \nDemonstrated experience embedding AI, automation, or advanced digital capabilities into business processes or user journeys. \nExperience working alongside product, platform, and architecture leaders to influence delivery outcomes. \nExperience managing senior stakeholders and driving adoption in complex, regulated, or enterprise environments. \nOther Job-Related Skills/Background\nAbility to work in a very fast-paced and fluid environment \nVery structured and organised \nStrong strategic thinking combined with pragmatic execution focus. \nExcellent influencing, communication, and storytelling skills. \nAbility to operate effectively in ambiguity and evolving transformation contexts. \nStrong understanding of adoption risk, experience quality, and value measurement. \nComfortable balancing innovation with governance, ethics, and compliance expectations. \nInterested in Joining the Team?\nIf this role feels like the right next step, please apply. Tell us how your experience will help us deliver people-centred HR technology and data insights at scale. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value inclusion in our teams. We look forward to hearing from you.\n(Please take a personal copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available online post closure of the advert)\nClosing Date: 31st October 2026\nWorking Pattern\nThis role is a hybrid role, with a min of 2/3 days a week onsite at our central London HQ.\n#LI-Hybrid\nSkills\nAgile Methodology, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis, Design Thinking, DevOps, Prioritization, Product Development Research, Product Roadmapping, Project Management, Return on Investment (ROI), Software Development, Strategy Deployment, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI) DesignWhy GSK?\nUniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.\nGSK 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.\nWe 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.\nPeople 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.\nGSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.\nWe believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.\nShould you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at  where you can also request a call.\nPlease note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the Link where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive\nImportant notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies\nGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.\nPlease note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. 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