Capital Programs Lead

The purpose of the Capital Programs Lead is to develop, deploy and manage the capital programs process for the global WREF organization.  This includes all elements of capital budget planning, inclusive of capital budgets owned by Local Operating Companies (LOCs) at sites managed by WREF.  This role key accountability for project delivery and compliance to the capital projects process. The role reports to the Strategic Program Director within the WREF Centre of Excellence (CoE) and works closely with internal stakeholders and WREF’s regional delivery teams to deliver a program of capital works to address real estate footprint adjustments, workplace experience improvements, infrastructure reliability and other facility-related capital program requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and cultivate trust-based business relationships with senior leaders across functional lines, internal and external to WREF, to align the prioritisation of capital with business need.
• Manage the strategic direction of WREF’s Capital delivery service; identifying continuous improvement initiatives that will enhance the performance of the service globally.
• Process ownership and best practice standardisation of the capital project delivery processes.
• Ownership of the WREF capital allocation and investment prioritisation process including active management of spend versus plan.
• Advise and recommend capital program governance to ensure compliance with relevant GSK policy (including Financial policy) and adherence to WREF capital project delivery process.
• Management of Direct Reports for Project Management Office (PMO) resources.
• Development, production and communication of WREF capital program and portfolio reporting to inform WREF leadership of plan vs. actual status.
• Primary liaison with WREF Finance regarding Finance policy compliance and capital budget development.
• Accountable for developing input and submission to Corporate Capital Allocation Board (CAB) to facilitate WREF capital allocation.
• Business partnering with capital program delivery teams to facilitate project/program approval (ePIP) and governance.
• Advise capital program delivery teams regarding capital project processes relevant to Capital Planning.
• Advise relevant stakeholders and WREF Finance regarding project capitalization, ePIP governance, depreciation modeling, SOX controls, capital accruals, revenue transfers, AUC balances and other relevant capital budget management areas.

Why you?
 Qualifications and Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business or related discipline; Advanced Degree preferred
• Broad working knowledge of Corporate Real Estate with specialist Capital Programùe discipline expertise
• Extensive experience in a Corporate Real Estate leadership role. Ideally on both provider and client side
• A proven track record leading geography dispersed teams in the deployment of capital programmes and execution of change
• Outstanding managerial skills and leadership abilities in order to motivate and influence senior GSK executives and managers in a demanding and rapidly evolving environment
• Ability to think and act strategically and initiate and engage in long term planning
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and persuasive skills to successfully interact with senior stakeholders internal and external to GSK
• Strong ability to act as a motivator of change and influence without authority
• Self-starter who deals well and thrives in ambiguity
• Ability to successfully navigate between tactical and strategic objectives
• Strong financial acumen; reviews financial models and manages WREF cost centres

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE – 21 February 2025

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