Organisational Culture Assurance Director

• Develop and continuously evolve GSK's Organisational Culture Assurance strategy and operating model.
• Establish risk-based methodologies and criteria for identifying Organisational Culture Assurance priorities.
• Ensure Assurance coverage aligns with enterprise risks, strategic priorities, significant organisational change and emerging risks.
• Define and maintain assurance methodologies that assess organisational behaviours, cultural conditions and behavioural risk factors. Establish effective working relationships with business stakeholders.
• Responsible for the assurance outcomes. Ensure Assurance activities remain aligned with Internal Audit standards and emerging requirements relating to organisational behaviour and culture.

• Lead the development of advanced Organisational Culture Assurance capabilities.
• Own the strategic direction, governance and prioritisation of Organisational Culture Assurance dashboards, behavioural reporting products and enterprise behavioural risk indicators.
• Oversee the creation of data-driven dashboards and reporting products for Audit teams, RMCBs, ExCom and the ARC.
• Drive the use of AI-enabled analytical techniques and innovative approaches to identify behavioural patterns, emerging risks and cultural trends.
• Ensure quantitative and qualitative data sources are integrated into assurance planning and reporting.
• Translate large and complex datasets into meaningful and actionable leadership insights.

• Oversee delivery of targeted Organisational Culture Assurance reviews in areas of heightened risk, concern or strategic importance.
• Ensure reviews apply a consistent and evidence-based assurance methodology.
• Provide quality oversight and accountability for all Organisational Culture Assurance outputs.
• Ensure reports identify the organisational conditions that enable or inhibit effective performance and risk management.
• Support escalation and reporting of significant behavioural risks and culture-related observations.

• Lead the integration of behavioural and cultural risk considerations into the wider A&A assurance framework.
• Develop Organisational Culture Assurance tools, indicators and guidance for core audit teams.
• Support audit teams in identifying behavioural factors that influence risk outcomes.
• Drive increased consistency in how organisational behaviours are considered within assurance engagements.

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across functions, business units and geographies.
• Facilitate constructive discussion on sensitive organisational and behavioural issues.
• Act as a trusted advisor on the relationship between organisational culture, behaviour, performance and risk.
• Provide thematic culture, behavioural risk and organisational effectiveness insights to the Audit & Risk Committee, Executive Committee and Board.
• Own the development and communication of Organisational Culture Assurance opinions and significant behavioural risk themes.

• Maintain independence and objectivity by providing assurance, insight and advice while avoiding ownership of management remediation activities and corrective actions.
• Lead, inspire and develop a multidisciplinary Organisational Culture Assurance team.
• Build capability in behavioural assessment, coaching, interviewing, analytics and insight generation.
• Drive a high-performance environment that promotes innovation, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Manage team resources, priorities and capability requirements in line with future strategic needs.

• Professional audit qualification (CIA or equivalent).
• Qualifications or practical expertise in behavioural science, organisational psychology, organisational effectiveness or people analytics.
• Experience designing executive dashboards and analytical reporting products.
• Experience applying AI-enabled analytics and advanced data analysis techniques.
• Experience operating within heavily regulated environments.
• Project management qualification or equivalent experience.

Work Location:

This role is UK based with the willingness and ability to travel internationally as required to support global assurance reviews and stakeholder engagement. GSK offers a hybrid working model, combining on-site and remote work.

Closing Date for Applications: 12th October 2026

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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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