Principal - Digital Investigations, Analytics & Insider Threat

Job Purpose

The Principal, Digital Investigations, Analytics Insider Threat will lead workstreams within Digital Investigations, Analytics Insider Threat, with insider threat operations as the priority focus, and act as a subject matter expert for the capability. This is a hands-on analytical role that runs current insider threat operations and leads the design of the agentic AI framework that will optimise and automate the prevention, detection and response to insider threat events.

About the Team

The Digital Investigations, Analytics and Insider Threat team runs GSK s insider threat program end to end, detecting, investigating and responding to threats from those who already have authorised access, and protecting GSK intellectual property and confidential business information from insider risk. The team also covers digital forensics and investigative analytics in support of insider threat and related casework. Alongside running current operations, the team is building an agentic AI framework to optimise and automate the prevention, detection and response to insider threat events, and every role in the team contributes to its development.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead insider threat workstreams from definition through delivery, acting as subject matter expert for the capability.
• Conduct digital investigations into suspected policy violation, data theft and insider activity.
• Perform tactical analysis across multiple information streams to detect insider threat indicators, and statistical analysis of insider events to identify patterns, trends and control gaps.
• Develop and refine strategies to deter, detect and respond to threats against GSK intellectual property and confidential business information.
• Build and tune detection logic across DLP and UEBA platforms, balancing coverage against false positive load.
• Engineer and maintain the data pipelines that bring HR, access, endpoint, email and cloud telemetry into the analytics layer.
• Carry out insider threat risk assessments across business units, functions and scenarios.
• Lead the design of the team s agentic AI framework for insider threat: define the automation and agent architecture for prevention, detection and response, partner with engineering on model and workflow integration, and set the validation criteria for AI-driven outputs.
• Advise stakeholders across GSK as subject matter expert for the capability.
• Mentor colleagues and review their technical or analytical work.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline, or related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in digital investigations, insider threat or corporate investigations.
• Working knowledge of investigative analytics and case handling.
• Practical experience with DLP and UEBA platforms.
• Strong practical experience in the relevant cyber security domain.
• Proven experience leading workstreams and delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Ability to act as a subject matter expert and advise stakeholders confidently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Data Loss Prevention and User and Entity Behavior Analytics platforms.
• Experience with digital forensics tooling and evidence handling.
• Experience handling matters with HR and Legal involvement.
• Statistical analysis and data visualization skill.
• Relevant certification such as CERT Insider Threat Program Manager, GCITP, GCFA, GCFE, CISSP, CompTIA Security+.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience designing or implementing AI-driven or agentic automation for security operations.
• Typical tools and technologies: DLP, UEBA, EDR, SIEM, forensic imaging and analysis tooling, case management platforms.

Skills

• Digital Investigations
• Insider Threat
• Data Loss Prevention
• User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
• Forensic Data Analysis
• Incident Management
• Case Management
• Cloud Security
• Security Monitoring

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