Hybrid Director, Data Policy – Standard Procedures Lead

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About the role

  • Director of Data Policy establishing governance for R&D digital transformation at GSK. Leading policy strategy to enhance data usability while ensuring compliance and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Set the vision for data policy and standards as a core governance product that underpins R&D digital transformation, grounded in regulatory rigor (GxP, GDPR, HIPAA) and designed for usability and scale.
  • Own the end‑to‑end policy lifecycle, from user research and design through codification, automation, rollout, and continuous improvement.
  • Modernise policy delivery by operationalising policy‑as‑code and embedding standards directly into platforms, workflows, and decision points across R&D.
  • Act as the central policy hub within a federated (hub‑and‑spoke) governance model—setting guardrails, patterns, and assurance while enabling domains to move fast locally.
  • Champion user‑centric policy design, partnering with data owners, stewards, engineers, and scientists to reduce ambiguity and friction in real‑world usage.
  • Prioritise and manage a transparent policy backlog, applying product management techniques (value vs effort, MVPs, user stories) to deliver the highest impact first.
  • Ensure compliance, ethics, and risk management by proactively identifying gaps, addressing inconsistencies, and escalating issues where needed.
  • Measure and communicate impact, defining KPIs for adoption, effectiveness, and risk reduction, and translating governance outcomes into business value.
  • Continuously scan for innovation, bringing emerging best practices in governance, knowledge management, and automation into the policy ecosystem.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Management, Mathematics, Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related field.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
  • Strong leadership, team management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement, innovation and manage complex data projects.
  • Broad experience in clinical development processes and R&D data lifecycle.
  • Proven experience of policy lifecycle management and governance operating models
  • Demonstrated experience operating in matrix (hub and spoke) organizational structures, working with policy development, quality systems or standards frameworks within regulated environments
  • Proven capability to translate complex technical or regulatory requirements into clear and actionable policies or procedures
  • Proven experience of GxP, data privacy, and regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

Benefits

  • health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
  • retirement benefits
  • paid holidays
  • vacation
  • paid caregiver/parental and medical leave

Job title

Director, Data Policy – Standard Procedures Lead

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$174,900 - $291,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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