Head of Risk, Governance and Global Legislation

Head of Risk, Governance and Global Legislation Business Introduction We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients' needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it's vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply. We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Position Summary The Head of GSC Risk Management and Global Legislation is responsible for the deployment and continuous improvement of the GSC Risk Management & Global Legislation Frameworks across Global Supply Chain manufacturing sites and global functions. The role includes accountability for risk processes and tools and standard best practices for governance across Global Supply Chain.

This is a global role within the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Strategy Team, with management of a small team.

Responsibilities Together with GSC Strategy Risk Management Team members:

• Global Process Owner of GSC Risk Management
  • Define and maintain the GSC Risk Management Written Standard and risk documents, for GSC manufacturing sites and functions, to ensure risk management is integrated into normal business practices and the internal control framework including e.g.: Risk Treatment, Risk Performance Metrics, Risk Governance and support to ensure appropriate escalation of risks.
  • Acting as a global process owner and SPOC on risk management in GSC, interacting also with other GSK Risk Teams.
  • Deploy and embed the GSC Risk Management culture & processes throughout the network, drive standardization and continuous improvement across GSC sites and functions, with e.g. Process Confirmation, Effectiveness Reviews, Benchmarking with best practices from outside GSC / GSK.
• GSC Risk Capabilities
  • Define the training strategy and improve user training materials & guidance to increase GSC Risk process and tool capabilities.
  • Lead the Risk Management Community of Practice of GSC Risk Management Experts to build and enhance risk management capabilities across GSC sites and functions.
  • Provide operational support for process and tools to ensure GSC risk users are supported in their daily risk management activities.
• Global Business Owner for GSC Risk Tools (VQMS & Reporting Dashboard)
  • Maintain and drive continuous improvement of the Veeva QMS Risk Module as GSC representative, in partnership with Quality QMS and representatives from other GSK business units (e.g. R&D, Global Support Functions).
  • Maintain and drive continuous improvement of the global Risk Management Dashboard, in line with GSC business requirements.
• GSC Strategy Risk Management
  • Lead the Strategy Risk Management Experts community to ensure risk management processes are aligned across GSC Strategy Teams and facilitate the Strategy LT RMCB.
  • Define and continuously improve the Strategy Product & Programs risk management processes.
  • Lead or support risk projects as required by the GSC Strategy organization.
• Global Legislation
  • Define and own the process to impact assess and execute new legislations potentially impacting GSK.
  • Co-ordinate and agree approach for gathering intelligence related to Global Legislation across GSC.
  • Determine appropriate assignment of owner to enterprise risks ensuring effective impact assessment.
  • Manage escalations of risks as required.
• Governance
  • Drive continuous improvement of the GSC Governance Standards and Best Practices, by maintaining the GSC Governance Handbook for main GSC Governance Forums involving GSC LT members.
• People Management and development
  • Lead, train, coach and motivate team members towards the pursuit of operational excellence.
  • Manage the team through effective performance management.
  • Ensure the retention, engagement and development of key talents.

Qualifications/Skills Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in General Management or Sciences.
• Strong experience in Biologics or Pharmaceutical industry; in depth knowledge of operations and supply network to have adequate level of influence.
• Proven experience in risk management principles and reporting tools.
• Ability to inspire and motivate people to the benefits of effective risk management, so that they take up a proactive role in Risk Management.
• Strategic Thinker able to inspire and motivate the risk management community.
• Passion for continuous improvement with the ability to adapt, work under uncertainty, and accommodate flexible work demands.
• Reliable individual - a change agent - with strong experience in senior stakeholder management in order to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to influence, communicate and provide consistent RMCB metrics & reporting to GSC Leadership Teams (GSC LT and GSC LT-1) to support Continuous Improvement in Risk Mgt.
• Demonstrated project and / or programme management skills including Agile methodology, with the ability to translate strategic objectives into concrete action plans and prioritise project-team related activities.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills and presentation skills (both written and oral) in English coupled with the ability to tailor these to a variety of audiences.
• Customer-focused and Cultural Sensibility with strong ability to manage global communities and build relationships across the organization and the ability to understand requirements of local sites / functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in highly regulated sectors such as healthcare, life sciences or pharmaceuticals.
• Experience of managing enterprise-level policy, regulatory change or global legislative programmes.
• Team Management.
• Agile, result-oriented, proactive.
• Familiarity with risk topics impacting supply chains, including data privacy, AI or cyber risk considerations.
• Strong track record of coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience working across multiple regions and managing complex regulatory interactions.

Work Location This role is based in the United Kingdom (GSK HQ, London) or Wavre, Belgium and offers a hybrid working model, combining on-site and remote work.

Closing Date for Applications 27th February 2026

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Why 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.

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