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Led design and delivery of professional skills and leadership development curriculum across corporate functions and locations. Built a centralized approach to learning and development across decentralized learning functions. Developed vision, strategy, learning governance model and strong cross-functional collaboration needed to simplify GSK’s learning model and to ensure strategic alignment across more than 100 international learning functions.• Led consolidation of multi-national leadership curriculum resulting in $7M+ in savings, an 80% reduction in vendors, and a process for centralized vendor contract management.• Designed and delivered eLearning and instructor-led curriculum and a web-enabled development guide that drove change in leadership culture and adoption of new leadership framework.• As business owner, led cross-functional roll-out of global learning management system enabling centralized electronic access of learning opportunities and records across 52 countries.• Outsourced corporate training administration reducing headcount by 30% while establishing a scalable model for learning outsourcing.• Delivered 50x improvement in customer service and satisfaction in tuition reimbursement program while saving $90K annually.

Designed and delivered organization, team and people solutions to address international cross-functional R&D performance needs.• Increased employee engagement and knowledge sharing by delivering a low cost, efficient system for R&D mentoring. Increased cross-function access to mentoring at all levels including a 2.5-fold increase in mentoring high potential leaders.• Initiated process for leveraging learning captured through special incentives investigations to increase innovation in drug discovery processes.• Conducted executive development needs assessment and ensured delivery of high quality learning opportunities to meet executives’ needs; created nomination and enrollment process that resulted in 50% greater utilization by targeted high potential leaders; facilitated corporate-wide executive leadership programs.

As a full member of business unit executive teams, provided strategic HR leadership to drive performance. Leading a team of HR professionals, provided executive coaching, organization development and integrated HR solutions to deliver business results. • Partnered with the VP of Worldwide Genetics Research to create business’s first genetics function; facilitated strategic planning and organization design to meet emerging business challenges; delivered a highly engaged organization viewed as the industry leader.• Provided strategic HR leadership and operational support in designing and implementing HR systems including competency-based selection, talent management, recruitment, performance management and development, recognition, and compensation systems.• Designed and facilitated leadership and team development initiatives for international leadership teams. Coached executives to enhance leadership, team effectiveness and business management skills• Led Finance Executive Team in building culture necessary to deliver division strategy. Designed and implemented supporting HR systems including behavior-based culture assessment processes to drive organizational change.• Designed innovative alternative staffing strategies by managing priority work peaks while providing staff development opportunities. Designed and implemented job rotation system.

Led design and delivery of talent management system and process including design and delivery of executive development initiatives.• Co-designed the first global succession planning and talent management process for newly merged company. Led US adoption of system across the Americas facilitating process for CEO.• Built leadership culture for company undergoing substantial change: identified core competencies needed to build leadership culture; designed and implemented performance management system; built executive/ management curriculum; developed multi-rater feedback instrument based on leadership competencies.• In collaboration with faculty from three international business schools, designed and delivered executive leadership initiative to drive cultural integration of newly merged leaders.• Facilitated leadership and team development Greater China Leadership Team enabling them to resolve interpersonal and cultural barriers blocking their success.• Coached key talent to enhance their leadership effectiveness and to overcome potential career barriers.