Senior Operations Lead, Growth Platforms

GSK • Warren, NJ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Operations Lead, Growth Platform is a pivotal leadership role responsible for driving operational excellence to manage planning across the growth platforms. This position provides strategic oversight of financial process—including Long-Range Planning (LRP) and Annual Business Planning (ABP)—while managing the Platform performance P&Ls and the forecasting process with the category demand planners including managing the A&P and annual budget process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Exceptional analytical acumen, financial P&L management, storytelling capability, and the ability to connect the dots across complex data sets to influence senior stakeholders.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, insights, strategy, finance, or related fields (CPG or consumer health preferred)
• Experience working with forecasting, financial planning, or demand planning processes
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with market data (e.g., Nielsen, Circana) and consumer panel data (e.g., Numerator)
• Demonstrated success operating in cross-functional, matrixed environments

Nice To Haves

• Growth Mindset, Ability to thrive in ambiguity, ability to move with speed, strong personal and communication skills and resilience.
• Strong ability to connect disparate data into a cohesive enterprise narrative
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, especially with senior audiences
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and leading through complex, evolving business questions
• Highly collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across functions and levels
• Strong leadership and coaching capabilities with a focus on developing others

Responsibilities

• Lead platform business cases and driving progress against strategic and performance KPIs including ongoing local and global dashboards.
• Own the Long-Range Planning and Annual Business Planning processes for GCC.
• Deliver monthly performance reports to the teams and influence YTG forecast working closely with the categories
• Manage budget and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive benefits program
• Generous 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Time off programs
• 6 months paid parental leave
• Healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family
• Opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance
• Other incentive/recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior