Job description
Site Name:GSK HQ, Irvine, Poznan Pastelowa, UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, UK - Hertfordshire - Ware, Warsaw Rzymowskiego 53
Posted Date:Dec 4 2024

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

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Principal Data Engineer – Knowledge Graph 

As the PrincipalDataEngineer, you will be part of GSK’s ambitious programme to transform its commercial manufacturing and supply chain organisation helping to increasecapacityand speed for transferring new productsfrom our R&D organisation. Data and AI are an essential part in achieving this goal, whichultimately willhelp launch medicines quicker and have a positive impact on patients. 

We are open for this role to be based at GSK HQ, Stevenage, Ware, Irvine,Poznanand Warsaw. 

Job Purpose 

The primary purpose of this role is to take technical accountability for the CMC Knowledge Graph, driving forward its design and implementation through being hands-on and by providing technical direction and oversight to rest of the development team, while also working closely with Product Management, business representatives and other Tech & Data experts to ensure that it meets the business requirements. 

More broadly, the role will additionally: 

• Support the CMC Knowledge System Director, product managers, business leaders and other stakeholders toidentifyopportunities where Knowledge Graph and other Data & AI capabilities can have a transformative impact on GSK’s CMC and New Product Introduction (NPI) processes 

• Provide technical leadership for other Data & AI Products in the CMC/NPI portfolio 

The immediate priority in the role is to drive the technical work needed to productionise an existing proof-of-concept CMC Knowledge Graph and its associated analytics use-cases into a full-fledged, sustainable, supportable Data & AI Product. 

In this role you will… 

• Lead the ongoing technical design, development, testing and release of the CMC Knowledge Graph and other Data & AI solutions in CMC/NPI portfolio 

• ProvideData Engineeringleadership, technical guidance, and mentorship to development team (both internal staff and contractors), driving performance and continuous improvement, includingidentifyingand realising opportunities to increase velocityand product sustainability  

• Use hands-on technical problem-solvingexpertiseto address technical challenges throughout productlife-cycle 

• Support Product Management in creating and evolving a compelling Product vision and roadmap, usingexpertiseand insights on the art-of-the-possible as well as in engaging users and other business stakeholders to gather feedback andidentifysystem enhancements 

• Collaborateand influenceData & AI Architecture team and other stakeholderslike Data Science teamsto ensure alignment with established architecture standards, contributing to and evolving them to incorporatenew technologiesand patterns as needed 

• Ensure compliance with relevant policies and procedures (includingGxPvalidation whererequired) 

• Provide input to, reviewing and approving key technical documents (e.g. design spec, validation plan) 

• Stay updated with the latest advancements in Knowledge Graph and related technologies, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance system functionality and performance. 

• Lead discovery / proof-of-concept activities toestablishearly technical feasibility of new Products or Product Features 

Why you? 

Basic Qualifications/Experience: 

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: 

•  Proventrack recordin delivering complex data engineering projects in a cloud environment, preferably Azure. 

• Strong technicalexpertisein designing, developing, and supporting Knowledge Graphs, includingproficiencyin working with graph technologiessuch as: 

• Resource Description Framework (RDF), Web Ontology Language (OWL), SPARQL,and Cypher 

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• Experience in leading and managing technical teams 

• Expertisein datamodelling/ontologies,data integration, and data transformation techniquesincluding experience withstructuredquery languages and SQLand/orNoSQL databases. 

• Strong programming skills andproficiencyin utilising code repositories, such as Git, for efficient version control, collaboration, and code management. 

• Experience with DevOps principles and CI/CD practices to automate software delivery, streamline development processes, and ensure efficient deployment and monitoring 

Preferred Qualifications/Experience: 

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: 

• Understanding of pharmaceutical industry data and domain knowledge within CMC. 

• Knowledge ofGxPcompliance requirements and experience implementing them in data engineering projects 

Closing Date for Applications – Sunday 15th December 2024

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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 special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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