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Director, Compliance Operations

GSK


Job Location:

Philadelphia, PA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 156750 - 261250
Posted: 25 October 2026 (14 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 22 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Business Introduction
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.

The Director Compliance Operations leads and operationally runs the Compliance Operations function within GSKs Risk Operations Centre directing the team that owns IT control SOX testing and SOX compliance for GSK GSKs License Compliance and Software Asset Management programme and provides compliance consulting and assurance for the Technology organisation across Privacy Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption requirements. This role also performs the Business Operations function for the Technology Risk and Compliance organisation managing budget and finances headcount the annual goals and objectives process culture and engagement and special projects. This is both an operational execution and process subject-matter-expert role accountable for the operational effectiveness and efficiency of these services and for driving continuous improvement and intelligent automation.


About the team. Compliance Operations is part of GSKs Risk Operations Centre. The team runs GSKs SOX ITGC testing programme owns License Compliance and Software Asset Management provides Privacy Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption compliance consulting and assurance to the Technology organisation and performs the Business Operations function -- budget headcount goals and objectives and culture and engagement -- for the wider Technology Risk and Compliance organisation.


Key responsibilities:

This role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

  • Own GSKs IT control SOX testing programme including scope test plans sampling execution and evidence to a standard that external auditors will accept.
  • Track SOX control deficiencies and management action plans for GSKs technology environment through to closure.
  • Own GSKs License Compliance and Software Asset Management programme ensuring GSKs software estate is accurately inventoried licensed and compliant.
  • Provide compliance consulting and assurance to the Technology organisation across Privacy Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption requirements partnering with GSKs Privacy Legal and Ethics & Compliance teams.
  • Perform the Business Operations function for the Technology Risk and Compliance organisation managing its budget finances and headcount plan.
  • Drive the annual goals and objectives process across the Technology Risk and Compliance organisation including tracking and completion.
  • Lead culture-building and engagement activities across the Technology Risk and Compliance organisation.
  • Take on special projects on behalf of the VP Technology Risk and Compliance.
  • Set monitor and report KPIs on the effectiveness and efficiency of Compliance Operations processes applying Lean Six Sigma methods to drive continuous measurable improvement.
  • Sponsor and prioritise the roadmap for AI agents and intelligent automation that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the teams processes.
  • Act as the escalation point for the function with Cyber Security Office and GRC stakeholders globally representing Compliance Operations in cross-functional risk and compliance governance forums.
  • Lead your team in using approved AI tools to improve productivity and ways of working role-modelling responsible use and follow GSKs Responsible AI privacy and security requirements.

Why You
Basic Qualifications
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
Bachelors degree.

  • Experience in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance information technology audit or control testing.
  • Experience applying Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) information technology general controls frameworks and evidence standards.
  • Experience in software asset management and license compliance.
  • Experience managing compliance operations with end-to-end ownership of a capability.
  • Experience leading and developing teams and managing budgets and headcount.
  • Experience managing organisational goal-setting performance tracking culture or engagement processes.
  • Experience influencing and communicating with senior stakeholders


Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics it would be a plus:

  • Experience with Privacy Sanctions or Anti-Bribery and Corruption compliance.
  • Working knowledge of software asset management tools and license management practices.
  • Experience with GRC tooling such as ServiceNow.
  • Experience managing budgets and financial planning for a technology function.
  • Relevant certification such as CISA CPA CIA CRISC or a compliance-specific certification (e.g. CCEP).
  • Experience in pharmaceutical life sciences or another highly regulated industry.

Typical tools and technologies: ServiceNow GRC OneTrust software asset management tooling evidence automation tooling Power BI.


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Skills

Cloud Security Cybersecurity Data Integrity Executive Reports Identity Access Management (IAM) Risk Assessments Risk Management Risk Management Framework Security Architecture Design Security Compliance Security Policies Security Risk Third Party Risk Management Vulnerability Management Web Application Security

The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $156750 to $261250. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market the candidates skills experience education level and the market rate for the addition this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family) retirement benefits paid holidays vacation and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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 2.5 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 were 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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