Senior Programme Director - Connectivity
About The Position
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. GSK is delivering a global network transformation to modernise, simplify and future‑proof enterprise connectivity, positioning the network as a digital platform that enables us to unite science. technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. The Senior Programme Director – Connectivity/Network Transformation is accountable for end‑to‑end programme delivery across multiple integrated workstreams (WAN/SD‑WAN, campus LAN/Wi‑Fi, cloud connectivity, security, DDI, observability and the managed services operating model). The role drives structured governance, disciplined execution and measurable benefits realisation, delivering change with minimal disruption across a global, regulated environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Significant experience leading large‑scale global technology programmes; with a strong background in delivering network/infrastructure transformation
- Formal programme/project management certification (e.g., PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, SAFe Agilist/SPC)
- Proven delivery of complex network transformation programmes (WAN/SD‑WAN, LAN/Wi‑Fi uplift/standardisation, cloud connectivity, security/SASE/Zero Trust)
- Strong understanding of network migration risks and dependencies (routing, DNS, IP addressing, segmentation, policy impacts)
- Experience operating in multi‑vendor and managed service environments; confident supplier performance management
- Outcome‑based delivery mindset: benefits definition, KPI tracking and value realisation controls
- Excellent executive communication—able to translate technical complexity into clear decisions and actions
- Ability to influence and align cross‑functional stakeholders without direct line authority
Nice To Haves
- Experience in large, global, regulated environments (life sciences, manufacturing, R&D, critical infrastructure)
- Familiarity with enterprise networking platforms (e.g. Juniper, Aruba, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks) from a programme leadership perspective
- Experience transitioning operating models (MSP/NaaS) including service acceptance, SLAs/SLOs and governance
- Exposure to observability, automation and AI‑driven operations / telemetry‑first delivery
Responsibilities
- Lead end‑to‑end delivery of the global, multi‑year network transformation programme. owning scope, milestones, dependencies and the integrated plan across the workstreams
- Establish and operate programme governance (SteerCo, RAID, dependency and change control) with clear decision points and escalation paths
- Drive cross‑workstream integration and sequencing across WAN, campus, security/segmentation, DDI, observability and MSP transition
- Own benefits tracking and value realisation, including cost reduction, performance/SLA improvements, resilience metrics and adoption of target standards
- Lead MSP transition readiness and onboarding, ensuring service continuity, knowledge transfer and alignment to contractual SLAs/SLOs
- Manage programme financials (budgeting, forecasting, variance control) across internal and vendor spend; ensure transparent reporting
- Co-ordinate vendor and partner execution, milestone assurance, quality management and delivery performance management
- Embed organisational change management (OCM) at scale: stakeholder mapping, communications, training/enablement and adoption planning
- Ensure operational readiness and cutover planning are built into every wave, with clear acceptance criteria and handover to steady‑state operations
- Provide concise, executive‑ready reporting translating complex technical delivery into risks, decisions and outcomes
Benefits
- Agile working culture
- Flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
