Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering), or equivalent experience
Industry certifications highly desirable (e.g. Agile Methodologies, CPM).
15 to 19 Years of experience working in product delivery, digital solutions, business systems, or process-led technology roles.
Knowledge of Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities – particularly Workplace Experience digital strategies
Must have knowledge of Smart Workplace applications such as Appspace and experience of deploying this to multiple sites globally
Understanding of product performance measures and KPIs, with the ability to drive improvements in product adoption, cycle time, stability, support effort, and overall user experience.
Proven experience defining and prioritising functional requirements (e.g., epics, features, user stories) and managing a product backlog.
Experience working within Real Estate & Facilities technology
Experience deploying Appspace in a multi-site, global environment
Experience developing roadmaps for Workplace Experience technologies
Experience working directly with business stakeholders to translate needs into feasible, value-led technology changes.
Demonstrated ability to make prioritisation decisions based on business value, process impact, risk, cost, and technology constraints.
Experience leading delivery teams or analysts through the product lifecycle, from refinement and design through testing, release, and adoption.
Familiarity with enterprise governance requirements such as change control, security, data protection, and regulatory/compliance considerations.
Exposure to continuous improvement approaches (e.g., automation, process simplification, user-centred enhancements) that uplift product adoption, stability, or user experience.
Experience working within agile delivery environments and using iterative planning, delivery, and release practices.
Nice to have
Strong communication and influencing skills, able to explain technology constraints clearly and support stakeholders in making informed product decisions.
Skilled in coaching and guiding Product Analysts and delivery team members to ensure requirements, documentation, and solutions meet business needs and compliance expectations.
Able to interpret business processes, user feedback, and operational data to identify opportunities for process simplification, automation, and improved user experience.
Comfortable working within structured governance, security, and data protection requirements, ensuring product changes remain controlled, supportable, and compliant.
Strong analytical mindset, able to weigh value, risk, complexity, and cost to make prioritisation decisions and sequence backlog items appropriately.
The Associate Director, Product Owner - Workplace Experience is responsible for maximising the value of our Workplace Experience products within the Legal, Compliance & WREF domain by translating business needs into a prioritised backlog and leading delivery across the product lifecycle, within strategic and financial guardrails set by the WREF Product Manager and Senior Director of Legal, Compliance & WREF Digital & Tech. They work closely with business stakeholders to define outcomes and ensure delivered functionality is usable, secure, compliant, supportable, and aligned to product strategy. The Workplace Experience Product Owner guides Product Analysts and works with delivery teams to ensure requirements are clear, value-driven, and data-informed, while overseeing iterative delivery that improves product performance, adoption, and operational readiness.
This role operates under GSK's "Performance with Choice" hybrid working approach, typically expecting 2–3 days per week in the office, with the specific pattern agreed between the successful candidate and their manager based on role and team needs.
Key Responsibilities:
Partner with business stakeholders to understand functional needs, refine requirements, and define product outcomes that support business priorities, within guardrails set by the Dir, WREF & Corporate Security Product Manager and Senior Director of Legal, Compliance & WREF Digital & Tech.
Own and manage the Product backlog (e.g. Jira, ADO etc) for Workplace Experience products, ensuring requirements (e.g., epics, features, user stories) are well-defined and supported by minimum data inputs (e.g., cost drivers, user volumes, risk/sensitivity, process impact, dependencies).
Make prioritisation decisions for the Product backlog based on value, cost, risk, business continuity, and resource capacity, escalating only where strategic trade-offs are required by the Dir, WREF & Corporate Security Product Manager and Senior Director of Legal, Compliance & WREF Digital & Tech.
Lead the Product team’s delivery activities, guiding Product Analysts and working with Engineers, Architects, and Testers, and third party vendors to ensure solutions are fit-for-purpose, secure, compliant, supportable, and aligned to architectural standards.
Drive operational readiness by applying a delivery readiness checklist covering support model requirements, training needs, continuity planning, configuration/runbook documentation, release notes, and user onboarding.
Define and maintain the Product performance dashboard, tracking adoption, cycle time/throughput, stability/defects, UX signals (e.g., CSAT, SUS, completion rates), and support effort; use performance insights to drive continuous improvement.
Associate Director, Product Owner - Workplace Experience at GSK: Home (Bengaluru, United States) — aijobsearch
Ensure product changes follow required digital & tech management system (DTMS), security controls, risk assessments, data handling policies, and regulated change processes, obtaining approvals from relevant SMEs where required.
Support Solution Architects to assess design options and manage cross-Product dependencies, including third-party contract, interface, and integration impacts, and sequencing needs to support interoperability and consistent business outcomes.
Act as an escalation point for the Product team and business users on functional product issues, guiding decisions within agreed financial, risk, and architectural guardrails set by the Dir, WREF & Corporate Security Product Manager
Contribute to the improvement of delivery practices within the Product, promoting agile (i.e. SaFe, Scrum etc), iterative, value-driven, and data-led ways of working, including meaningful measurement of benefits and operational impact.
Partnering with the Director, WREF & Corporate Security Product Manager, ensure Digital & Tech support WREF strategy for delivering intelligent services, with a particular focus on workplace experience and knowledge analytics & insights.
Own Appspace globally as our workplace experience product and ensure a bold data lead roadmap exists that continues to drive value in our employee experience offering at sites
Required Skills:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering), or equivalent experience
Industry certifications highly desirable (e.g. Agile Methodologies, CPM).
15 to 19 Years of experience working in product delivery, digital solutions, business systems, or process-led technology roles.
Knowledge of Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities – particularly Workplace Experience digital strategies
Must have knowledge of Smart Workplace applications such as Appspace and experience of deploying this to multiple sites globally
Understanding of product performance measures and KPIs, with the ability to drive improvements in product adoption, cycle time, stability, support effort, and overall user experience.
Proven experience defining and prioritising functional requirements (e.g., epics, features, user stories) and managing a product backlog.
Experience working within Real Estate & Facilities technology
Experience deploying Appspace in a multi-site, global environment
Experience developing roadmaps for Workplace Experience technologies
Experience working directly with business stakeholders to translate needs into feasible, value-led technology changes.
Demonstrated ability to make prioritisation decisions based on business value, process impact, risk, cost, and technology constraints.
Experience leading delivery teams or analysts through the product lifecycle, from refinement and design through testing, release, and adoption.
Familiarity with enterprise governance requirements such as change control, security, data protection, and regulatory/compliance considerations.
Exposure to continuous improvement approaches (e.g., automation, process simplification, user-centred enhancements) that uplift product adoption, stability, or user experience.
Experience working within agile delivery environments and using iterative planning, delivery, and release practices.
Preferred Skills:
Strong communication and influencing skills, able to explain technology constraints clearly and support stakeholders in making informed product decisions.
Skilled in coaching and guiding Product Analysts and delivery team members to ensure requirements, documentation, and solutions meet business needs and compliance expectations.
Able to interpret business processes, user feedback, and operational data to identify opportunities for process simplification, automation, and improved user experience.
Comfortable working within structured governance, security, and data protection requirements, ensuring product changes remain controlled, supportable, and compliant.
Strong analytical mindset, able to weigh value, risk, complexity, and cost to make prioritisation decisions and sequence backlog items appropriately.
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