Senior Program Manager

Job title:

Senior Program Manager

Company

GlaxoSmithKline

Job description

The Onyx Research Data Tech organization is GSK’s Research data ecosystem which has the capability to bring together, analyze, and power the exploration of data at scale. We partner with scientists across GSK to define and understand their challenges and develop tailored solutions that meet their needs. The goal is to ensure scientists have the right data and insights when they need it to give them a better starting point for and accelerate medical discovery. Ultimately, this helps us get ahead of disease in more predictive and powerful ways.Onyx is a full-stack shop consisting of product and portfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data / metadata / knowledge platforms, and AI/ML and analysis platforms, all geared toward:​Building a next-generation, metadata- and automation-driven data experience for GSK’s scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity and reducing time spent on “data mechanics”​Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent​Aggressively engineering our data at scale, as one unified asset, to unlock the value of our unique collection of data and predictions in real-time​Oversight of the program of work is key to successful execution of this mission. The Onyx Portfolio Management team is accountable for defining, building, and executing our internal processes for agile planning and delivery across our entire portfolio. They ensure that the leadership of the Onyx organization and key partners / stakeholders have a transparent view into our overall progress, and that issues / blockers / misalignments are raised early before they become major problems. They partner with our product and engineering leadership to ensure our overall ways of working, including software delivery, are best-in-class and set us up for success.The Senior Program Manager is accountable for supporting the Onyx Application Engineering vertical with program and project management needs, ensuring quality in internal standard ways of working including appropriate documentation, resource tracking and capacity planning to ensure successful program/project delivery. The incumbent partners with Product Managers to devise and execute realistic, achievable and high-quality plans that describe tasks required to deliver Onyx products across multiple engineering teams. A Senior Program Manager is expected to be able to consistently take a poorly defined problem with a large degree of ambiguity, work it to a well-defined problem / specification, and execute on it at a high level.In this role you willDevelopment and management of project plans; driving execution within scope, time and budget which may dynamically evolve to reflect change in customer needs or business constraints.Leading Shiprooms and agile sprint ceremonies, project tracking/reporting and managing backlogs with product managers. This to include a single view of each project within the portfolio of work and their interdependencies, establishing effective OKRs, robust documentation and project value/financial tracking.Partner with Onyx engineering leads and product owners to implement good project management discipline (tools and process) across all product deliverables, including use of Jira, Confluence, and similar productivity softwarePartner with Tech and partners in R&D to ensure that interdependencies are well understood and that all ingredients needed to understand complex multi-organizational work are brought together and presented as a whole. This includes identifying critical path items, milestones and interdependencies across OnyxDefines appropriate tracking measures and building automated comprehensive as well as meaningful reports/dashboards; synthesizing data and insights from across a project or program of work to support teams make informed tactical and strategic decisionsEnsure that good risk management practice is embedded within Onyx projects and that risks and opportunities are identified, addressed or that risks requiring collective senior discussion are escalated to the Onyx leadership teamWhy you?Qualifications & Skills:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Bachelors’ degree or equivalent work experience within IT Program Management, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplineSignificant job-related experience with an established track record of Program delivery for software applicationsSignificant experience in Agile program/project management, including the use of associated tools such as Jira and ConfluencePreferred Qualifications & Skills:If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:Master’s degree or equivalent work experience within IT Program Management, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplineDemonstrated comfort operating and leading across organizational boundaries a matrixed teamMetrics-first mindsetLeveraged system thinking to connect key concepts and solve complex problems.Holds project management certifications (PMP, scrum, etc.)Excellent communicator and collaborator.Closing Date for Applications: Friday 21st March 2025 (COB)Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
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Location

London

Job date

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 02:00:10 GMT

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