Job Description

As part of GSK’s ambition to “Supercharge our data capability”, the Onyx Research Data Platform organization represents a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, designed to deliver a step-change in our ability to leverage 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 AI/ML and analysis platforms, all geared toward:

Building a next-generation, metadata- and automation-driven data experience for GSK’s scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity and reducing time spent on “data mechanics”

Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent

Aggressively engineering our data at scale, as one unified asset, to unlock the value of our unique collection of data and predictions in real-time

The UI/UX Engineering organization represents the construction of the ‘digital laboratory’ that powers GSK research.

Deliverables range from interfaces for our core platform offerings to full-fledged, use-case scientific question driven, data-powered experiences for accelerating GSK’s Research and AI/ML organizations in their missions to find new medicines.

This role is accountable for building and leading a high-functioning engineering organization that:

Ensures success of the Onyx platform teams by partnering with them to produce simple, intuitive user interfaces for spinning up new projects, monitoring job results, and accessing core platform services such as search

Builds best-in-class data-powered experiences for our partners in research and AI/ML, tackling high-value use-cases that significantly improve their ability to discover new targets and medicines

Partners with the Infrastructure, DevOps, and Support organization to ensure their roadmap covers core services/capabilities that significantly accelerate UI development projects and to ensure a robust support and operations model

The Sr. Director, Onyx UI/UX Engineering is an externally credible deep technical leader who is expected to build strong relationships across the scientific and tech communities; to also provide a strong voice for development standards and modern architecture both within their organization as well as across the entirety of Onyx.

Partnership with the other Onyx heads will be fundamental to the role to ensure we have a single Onyx culture as well as a single roadmap designed to serve downstream delivery teams in Onyx and elsewhere in R&D Digital and Tech.

The roadmap will also need to accurately represent the needs and delivery plans of decision makers, scientists, and engineers at GSK R&D; partnering with Product teams to ensure we are executing effectively and transparently.

Key Responsibilities

Recruit, lead, develop, and retain a high-functioning organization of engineers focused on excellence in UI/UX delivery.

Be detail driven, and able to manage their own or team’s time across several projects at the same time

Partner with Onyx Infrastructure, DevOps, and Support to ensure robust automation, operability, and support are core to all UI/UX services from day one Work with the Product team to build a comprehensive product roadmap and ensure the UI/UX Engineering team executes on that roadmap and provides world-class experiences to our customers.

Lead the development and execution of a framework for usability tests with users to gather direct feedback and work with product teams to ensure feedback loop drives continuous improvement of data powered experiences

Partner with heads of the Platform groups to build intuitive, simple and elegant interfaces for access to their core services, creating a single-pane-of-glass view of the entire Onyx platform for our customers

Along with other Heads of Engineering on Onyx, provide a strong voice for modern architecture across the Onyx organization and beyond

Represent Onyx in technical blog posts and similar in order to aid awareness of the Onyx mission and recruiting

Minimum Level of Experience Required

8 years job-related experience with an established track record of developing and operating software platforms / services, particularly in the data space

At least 4 years building and managing teams, including indirect management

Minimum Level of Education Required

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in IT, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, AND Biological or Chemistry discipline

Preferred Level of Education

PhD in IT, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, OR Biological or Chemistry discipline

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