Site Name: UK - Essex - Harlow
Posted Date: Jan 13 2025
We have a new opportunity for an R&D Supply QA Senior Manager to join our team at the GSK Harlow site.
Are you looking for new challenges or to further develop/broaden your Quality assurance skills? Do you want to be at the forefront of our mission to provide patients with new and innovative medicines they need?
As an R&D Supply QA Senior Manager within Quality R&D, you will lead a team of Quality professionals overseeing clinical packaging and distribution activities who support the R&D clinical supply chain to get our products to the patient.
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.
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In this role you will
* Develop strategy, policy, group objectives, and processes in product Quality R&D and with business partners.
* Lead projects, continuous improvement programs or team activities which may include GxP.
* Direct the activities of one or more direct reports or lead a matrix team or business process.
* Manage resource (may include budgets), priorities, schedules and/or projects to assure delivery of group objectives.
* Contribute to an environment that optimizes employee productivity and adds value.
* Develop group skill sets and knowledge base to meet the needs of a changing environment.
* Develop internal/external networks and communicate with key stakeholders at various levels.
* Engage with the business in strategic/operational decisions on behalf of the group.
* Provide input into the development of strategy, policy, group objectives and processes in R&D Supply QA and with business partners
* Assure products meet regulatory requirements and that they conform to regulatory submissions, Conduct review of completed batch and/or packaging records.
* Initiation and maintenance of Quality Assurance Agreements
* Participate in investigations, such as Quality Investigations, customer complaints and vendor complaints and make recommendations for corrective and preventative actions, and to follow up on the implementation of those recommendations.
* Represent the group as a business contact or on a quality forum/council.
* Contribute to Tech projects supporting business processes improvements
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* Experience on a manufacturing site in the Pharmaceutical Industry
* Strong experience in GMP related to manufacture/ testing or Packing activities preferably related to IMPs
* Experience in line management or managing/leading a multidisciplined project or matrix team in a GMP environment with excellent organizational and communication skills.
* Proven experience in problem resolution and continuous improvement. Experience with cGMP regulations and Quality Systems.
* Ability to lead and motivate a team in a matrix organization.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
* Extensive knowledge of cGMP regulations and R&D supply chains and processes
* Experience working with internal/external partners connected with GMP
* Project management and internal/external inspection experience
Closing Date for Applications – Wednesday 22nd January 2025 (COB)
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Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.
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