Posted Date: Aug 11 2025
The Onyx Research Data Platform organization is a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, aimed at leveraging data, knowledge, and prediction to find new medicines. We are a full-stack shop consisting of product and portfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data/metadata/knowledge platforms, and GenAI/AI/ML, compute, and analysis platforms.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director for our AI/ML, Compute, Infra & DevOps Platforms products. In this role, you will be responsible for developing the product strategy of our core developer platforms to meet the customer needs. You will combine technical depth, strategic vision, and leadership acumen—along with hands-on experience using industry-leading engineering, DevOps, and AI/ML tools—to drive the success of DevOps, infrastructure, and AI/ML platform products in a cutting-edge research and development setting.
You will partner closely with the leaders of Onyx’s customer organizations in Research and AIML, along with the Onyx portfolio management and engineering function heads to deliver industry-leading solutions that power large compute, AIML modelling, GenAI/Agent-enabled applications. You will drive the product roadmap, guide product development initiatives, and ensure the successful launch and adoption of platforms by both engineering and scientific users. Together, you will facilitate joint planning and execution of the product roadmap, ensuring a balance between strategic development and customer-facing deliverables. You will also play a key role in devising, tracking, and publicizing metrics that measure the impact and performance of the products. Additionally, as the organization scales, you will be responsible for hiring, developing, and retaining a talented team of Product Managers who possess a deep understanding of the business areas, Onyx capabilities, and translate customer needs into requirements aligned with standard frameworks for both product and engineering development.
Key Responsibilities:
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Product Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy for our platform products, including AI/ML, GenAI, Compute/Analytics, Cloud/Physical Infrastructure, and DevOps platforms.
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Roadmap Development: Define and prioritize features, enhancements, and functionalities based on user analysis, customer feedback, and business requirements.
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Product Launch: Plan and oversee product launches, ensuring effective communication, documentation, and training.
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Performance Measurement: Define key product metrics, establish monitoring systems, and regularly evaluate and report on performance.
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Product Ambassador: Serve as an ambassador of the platforms, effectively communicating their value and benefits.
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Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of product managers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
Why You?
Basic Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree
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8+ years of professional experience
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2+ years of experience with cloud-based product development or management
Preferred Qualifications:
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PhD + 4 years of experience; or Masters + 6 years of experience
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Life science industry experience
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Expertise in on-premises and cloud computing environments, modern software development practices, and widely used compute tools and cloud-based platforms.
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Experience managing developer platforms, tools, and services.
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Hands-on experience with DevOps and engineering tools (e.g., GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes).
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Proficiency with AI/ML and MLOps platforms (e.g., Databricks, Google Cloud Vertex AI, SageMaker).
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Familiarity with generative AI technologies and frameworks (e.g., OpenAI, Google Gemini, Hugging Face Transformers).
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Demonstrated success in developing and executing product strategies.
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Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams.
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Strong analytical skills and customer-centric mindset.
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Excellent communication skills and adaptability in dynamic environments
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Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is 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. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
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.