Finance Director, AIML

GlaxoSmithKline
London
1 year ago
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Please make sure you read the following details carefully before making any applications.Posted Date:

Nov 19 2024This role is an embedded Finance Partner role, providing all aspects of finance partnering and leadership for SVP R&D Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (“AIML”) and their Leadership Team. This is a team that operates like a startup organisation within GSK R&D and requires agile thinking and flexibility including regular realignment to emerging R&D priorities. The role will report into VP Finance R&D Research Tech and will be a key member of that leadership team. It should be noted that SVP AIML reports directly into President R&D and does not report into R&D Research Tech.This role will work closely with AIML LT and project leads, supporting Strategy and Objective prioritisation as well as understanding the projects they are delivering, and strengthening collaboration with partnering business leads, Operations and Finance teams, to ensure aligned expectations and seamless hand-offs. This will include working with business, Operations and Finance partners across R&D Research Tech, Research Units (RIRU, Oncology & Vaccines), MDS and One Development and CMO teams, as well as with the related R&D Digital and Tech functions (Onyx, CMC & Dev Tech) to optimise value delivered into the R&D organisation.This role will drive alignment between the AIML, R&D and R&D Digital & Tech teams to leverage GSK’s data and platform technologies and AIML modelling to progress and enhance pipeline assets and R&D capabilities.The role will also lead the financial planning and reporting for AIML, an organisation made up of approximately 180 FTEs, with ~£50m Opex,

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