Job Description

Uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it\xe2\x80\x99s 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.

The position requires a highly seasoned senior business intelligence architect, with strong knowledge in the areas of Information exchange, management, delivery and consumption. The person should have led multiple projects through software development processes and performed in a variety of client facing and delivery roles in that life cycle with primary focus on Business Intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop solution blueprint and architecture specification for evolving business processes which are primarily focused on business planning and goal setting.
• Work with the other architects to explore specific solutions and define the scope of the project
• Serve as liaison to the business community, to ensure that its needs are fully understood by the project team.
• Review prototypes, solution blueprints, and project scope to ensure that the needs of the business are being met.
• Raise awareness of the solution and assist change management team to develop strategies around improving user adoption.
• Collaborating with end users to identify needs and opportunities for improved data management and delivery.
• Work very closely with development/testing teams to ensure proper implementation.
• Improving and streamlining processes regarding data flow and data quality to improve data accuracy, viability and value.
• Staying current with industry trends and advising and educating management on their relative importance and impact
• Lead and align multiple BI Engineers across use cases towards standards and policies.
• The Principle BI Architect must be very experienced in defining common semantic layer, using search capabilities, be the design authority and very familiar with information consumption patterns.
• Define the common semantic layer approach by trying to maximise reuse and interoperability across functions and data consumption tools like PowerBI, Spotfire, ThoughtSpot
• Enable various ways of data consumption in Self-Service based on MS Azure architecture.

You must have

• Balanced mix of technical and business skills with total 16+ years of experience.
• Strong abilities in data analysis, visualizations, problem identification and solving.
• Strategic direction \xe2\x80\x93 both conforming to and helping to define
• Proficient with BI technologies (Modern BI tools like PowerBI, Thoughtspot etc.)
• Fully capable of defining and verifying OLAP strategies, frameworks etc
• Database Design with high volumes and critical performance needs
• Proficient with SQL, Report forms, consumption devices, usage analysis etc
• Ability of evaluating design options and provide recommendations.
• Strong Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to instill and reinforce a strong customer service and business-oriented ethic in the entire team
• Ability to balance between data needs and requirements for action
• Strong management and leadership skills with a proactive participative management style
• Ability to work well and productively, always projecting a positive outlook in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment.

Nice to have \xe2\x80\x93

• Enterprise Data Management
• Requirements planning, formulation and documentation.
• Subject Matter Expertise in BioPharma Manufacturing and Supply chain

Tech Stack - PowerBI, Thoughtspot, Azure Cloud, Databricks, SQL, PL/SQL, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Synapse, Data Lakes, Lakehouses, Any Semantic Layer tools, Data virtualization tools, Power Automate, PowerApps

At GSK we value diversity (Gender, LGBTQ +, PwD etc.) and treat all candidates equally. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, supportive of one another, and know their work makes an important contribution.

Why Us?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it\xe2\x80\x99s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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