Digital Capability & Transformation Lead in Barnard Castle

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually.

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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As Digital Capability & Transformation Lead, you will lead digital capability and transformation initiatives that improve how we work and deliver value.

You will work closely with business leaders, IT, and teams across functions to design, deliver, and embed digital ways of working.

We value people who are curious, collaborative, and focused on practical outcomes.

This role offers career growth, visible impact on large-scale change, and the chance to help unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

• Lead change management activity to embed new learning frameworks, processes and behaviours, partnering with leaders and managers to secure adoption.
• Conduct capability assessments and skills gap analysis to prioritise learning interventions and resources.
• Lead design and delivery of digital capability-building programmes, including training, coaching and practical hands-on sessions.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify priority processes and opportunities for digital transformation.
• Define and apply simple, repeatable approaches for process discovery, improvement and automation.
• Lead small cross‑functional project teams to deliver digital solutions and ensure sustained adoption.
• Build and maintain governance, metrics and reporting that show benefits and progress.
• Coach leaders and teams to embed new ways of working and a digital mindset.

Why you?

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

• Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline, such as business, technology, data, change, or life sciences.
• Experience leading digital capability building, change programmes, or transformation initiatives.
• Practical experience with process improvement methods, business analysis or automation tools.
• Proven stakeholder management and facilitation skills across business and technology groups.
• Strong communication skills, able to explain technical ideas clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
• Experience in the life sciences or healthcare sector and familiarity with regulated environments.
• Certificates such as Lean, Six Sigma, Prosci, PMP or equivalent change/quality credentials.
• Hands‑on experience with low‑code/no‑code platforms or robotic process automation.
• Experience designing digital learning or capability curricula and measuring outcomes.
• Experience leading cross‑functional transformation in a global or matrix organisation.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using data to track adoption and benefits.

Skills

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Business Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Data Mining
• Digital Fluency
• Digital Transformation
• Organization Transformation
• Process Improvements
• Process Innovation
• Product Development
• Product Management
• Project Management
• Regulatory Compliance Management
• Security System Design
• Strategic Planning

Why GSK?

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines.

We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most.

Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

We are addressing gender equality at all levels within our organisation, we also remain committed to improving ethnic diversity within GSK and recruiting and developing talent that mirrors the communities in which we work.

With support from our Global Disability Council and our employee resource group, the Disability Confidence Network, we are working hard to create an inclusive workplace.

We are 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.

Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5billion 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’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.

Find out more on our career site.

• Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 13th August (COB)
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