Senior Principal Engineer - Knowledge Graph GSK

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Site Name: Bengaluru Luxor North Tower Posted Date: Mar 17 2025 Ready to help shape the future of healthcare 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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world over 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, its 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. As the Principal Data Engineer, you will be part of GSKs ambitious programme to transform its commercial manufacturing and supply chain organisation helping to increase capacity and speed for transferring new products from our R&D organisation. Data and AI are an essential part in achieving this goal, which ultimately will help launch medicines quicker and have a positive impact on patients. We are open for this role to be based at GSK HQ, Stevenage, Ware, Irvine, Poznan and Warsaw. Job Purpose The primary purpose of this role is to take technical accountability for the CMC Knowledge Graph, driving forward its design and implementation through being hands-on and by providing technical direction and oversight to rest of the development team, while also working closely with Product Management, business representatives and other Tech & Data experts to ensure that it meets the business requirements. More broadly, the role will additionally: Support the CMC Knowledge System Director, product managers, business leaders and other stakeholders to identify opportunities where Knowledge Graph and other Data & AI capabilities can have a transformative impact on GSKs CMC and New Product Introduction (NPI) processes Provide technical leadership for other Data & AI Products in the CMC/NPI portfolio The immediate priority in the role is to drive the technical work needed to productionise an existing proof-of-concept CMC Knowledge Graph and its associated analytics use-cases into a full-fledged, sustainable, supportable Data & AI Product. In this role you will Lead the ongoing technical design, development, testing and release of the CMC Knowledge Graph and other Data & AI solutions in CMC/NPI portfolio Provide Data Engineering leadership, technical guidance, and mentorship to development team (both internal staff and contractors), driving performance and continuous improvement, including identifying and realising opportunities to increase velocity and product sustainability Use hands-on technical problem-solving expertise to address technical challenges throughout product life-cycle Support Product Management in creating and evolving a compelling Product vision and roadmap, using expertise and insights on the art-of-the-possible as well as in engaging users and other business stakeholders to gather feedback and identify system enhancements Collaborate and influence Data & AI Architecture team and other stakeholders like Data Science teams to ensure alignment with established architecture standards, contributing to and evolving them to incorporate new technologies and patterns as needed Ensure compliance with relevant policies and procedures (including GxP validation where required) Provide input to, reviewing and approving key technical documents (e.g. design spec, validation plan) Stay updated with the latest advancements in Knowledge Graph and related technologies, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance system functionality and performance. Lead discovery / proof-of-concept activities to establish early technical feasibility of new Products or Product Features Why you Basic Qualifications/Experience: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Proven track record in delivering complex data engineering projects in a cloud environment, preferably Azure. Total 16+ years of experience. Strong technical expertise in designing, developing, and supporting Knowledge Graphs, including proficiency in working with graph technologies such as: Resource Description Framework (RDF), Web Ontology Language (OWL), SPARQL, and Cypher Preferably [Anzo]. Experience in leading and managing technical teams Expertise in data modelling/ontologies, data integration, and data transformation techniques including experience with structured query languages and SQL and/or NoSQL databases. Strong programming skills and proficiency in utilising code repositories, such as Git, for efficient version control, collaboration, and code management. Experience with DevOps principles and CI/CD practices to automate software delivery, streamline development processes, and ensure efficient deployment and monitoring Preferred Qualifications/Experience: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Understanding of pharmaceutical industry data and domain knowledge within CMC. Knowledge of GxP compliance requirements and experience implementing them in data engineering projects 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, its 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. 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