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Posted Date: Oct 25 2024

R&D People Data Analytics Lead

This is an outstanding opportunity for a talented person to join the Research & Development (R&D) HR team as People Data and Analytics Lead. Reporting to the Head of Talent and DEI for R&D, this is an important global role responsible for the implementation of key projects to deliver our people in support of the 15000 people who make up our R&D organisation.

This role provides you with a fantastic opportunity to lead a small team to deliver R&D key people, data, and analytics (PDA) priorities. Leveraging your data expertise, you will be a key member of the R&D Talent & DEI team and work closely with Business leaders through the R&D HR Leadership team to translate workforce strategic priorities into potential advanced analytics opportunities; prioritise business demands and provide insight for the Global People and Organisation Effectiveness COE (Centre of Excellence) to build the best products and solutions for long term success.

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.
We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK

In this role you will be

• Translating business needs into the strong analytical solutions
• Providing a solution orientated approach to the R&D People Team, building capabilities and insight knowledge for the HR group to self-manage data insights
• Bringing external trends into the R&D HR team to challenge and provide though leadership around data analytics
• Supporting the R&D leadership team on the deployment of key enterprise-wide changes, listening interventions for R&D including One80 and the GSK Survey, and capability PDA work
• Ensuring that all the solutions meet data privacy requirements and are compliant with internal and external regulations
• Proposing solutions that would help predict and/or prevent specific outcomes and Identifying opportunities to automate routine HR tasks

Please note, this role may be subject to minimal business travel.

Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Have multiple years’ experience in a data analytical role
• Experience of working in Pharma
• Fluent spoken and written command of English language
• Experience with transitions and change management activities
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong analytical mindset, data-driven approach, ability to understand business insights, metrics, and market, find the space for improvements in cooperation with the Centre of Excellence
• Be excellent at time management, planning and organizational skills and have a focus on getting things done.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Experience with Workday, Visier and or other HR systems could be an asset.
• Good knowledge of MS Office Applications.

Closing Date for Applications – 3rd November 2024 (COB)

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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

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