Senior Director, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures (MA&D)

The Senior Director, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures (MA&D) leads the strategic and operational delivery of all GP&T-related activities for Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures (MA&D), ensuring seamless integration and separation of technology and data capabilities. This enterprise, global role is accountable for building scalable MA&D capabilities, delivering against critical milestones, and fostering a high-performing, inclusive culture aligned with GSK’s values.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Tech & Data MA&D lead, accountable for planning, governance, and execution across all acquisition and divestiture initiatives.
• Govern the portfolio of MA&D activities, ensuring 100% milestone achievement on time, budget & with quality.
• Develop & implement change management strategies to ensure smooth transitions during integration.
• Ensure high-quality delivery through collaboration and best practice sharing across Facilities, Tech, Data, and the external partner ecosystem.
• Identify potential risks early in the integration process and develop mitigation plans to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of integration projects. Set targets for cost savings, synergies, and other critical outcomes.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within the integration process by leveraging new technologies and methodologies to enhance integration efficiency and support a broader range of deal types, complexities & archetypes.
• Partner with Corporate Development Team & GP&T leads to build and mature the MA&D community, ensuring alignment with Tech & Data risk profiles and dependencies.
• Optimize resource allocation through rightsizing, outsourcing, and SOW contracting to build future-ready capabilities.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent while embedding a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience in leading M&A integration projects within a globally matrixed technology organization
• Demonstrated work history of change management and communication skills - able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization to manage expectations and address concerns
• History of managing diverse project portfolios (including program & project management), ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives, and delivering quantifiable value
• Experience in managing cultural integration and fostering a unified company culture
• Expertise in risk management and regulatory compliance
• Deep understanding of technology and data integration/separation in the context of corporate transactions
• Ability to define and & track performance metrics and KPIs, with a track record driving innovation and continuous improvement
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, influence senior stakeholders, & manage stakeholder relationships

Preferred:

• Extensive leadership experience in managing complex MA&D initiatives in global firms
• Extensive leadership experience in Portfolio, Program and Project management, including both insourced and outsourced teams
• Extensive expertise in infrastructure and data integration/separation projects and programs

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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 2.5 billion 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.

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