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GSK · Barnard Castle, England, United Kingdom
We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply. We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.
This is a truly exciting opportunity for an experienced scientific professional to take end-to-end technical accountability for a given product, from bulk API manufacturing, formulation, packing and related support activities, providing strategic technical leadership to ensure successful new product introduction, quality robustness and productivity improvements across the lifecycle.
The Molecule Steward is aligned to a new asset at Commit to Commercial Development with responsibility for representing MSAT in the development of the Product Control Strategy. When the product transfers to GSC accountability, the Molecule Steward co-ordinates Drug Substance, Drug Product, Analytical Strategy and, if appropriate, Device Leads to maintain the Product Control Strategy and ensure the product is maintained in the desired state of control throughout product lifecycle.
You will be responsible for developing and delivering the technical elements of the Global Supply Chain strategy with the GSC Strategy Lead and will be a recognised GSC expert in the given product or dose form. In addition to strategic technical leadership, the role will be expected to provide deep technical expertise where required to ensure highest levels of quality and robustness.
Representing MSAT as technical single-point accountable decision maker to CMC Matrix and Medicine Supply Chain teams, ensuring that a product control strategy is defined and maintained to drive a robust product that meets target manufacturability criteria.
Responsible for defining the End-to-End Product Performance Qualification and Ongoing Continuous Verification Strategy for the product, including trending and sampling plans and ensuring alignment and consistency across supply nodes.
Maintaining accountability for the product, from transfer from R&D throughout its lifecycle, ensuring improvement plans (including 2nd generation processes) are developed and delivered impacting the manufacturing process, analytical process, pack, device, and associated specifications to deliver value.
Maintaining solid knowledge and understanding of complex scientific subject matter as well as evolving regulatory policies and guidelines and industry best practices. This knowledge is used in developing improvement plans for the products.
Accountable from an MSAT perspective for defining technology strategy & specific solutions as required to support the overall product or dose form lifecycle.
Responsible for leading Product Technical Lifecycle Teams, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated and technical issues are resolved in a timely manner.
Responsible for co-ordinating the review of regulatory submissions and responses to technical questions within MSAT, ensuring review by appropriate SMEs and sites.
Providing leadership and subject matter expertise where required for investigations and/or critical deviations, troubleshooting, and major change programmes.
Ensuring that product history and knowledge from development through lifecycle is maintained and aligns with knowledge management standards for the product or dose form within the GSC network.
Managing strong collaborations with technical staff across the Supply Chain sites, MSAT & R&D, with effective and clear communication on highly technical topics. Must be able to lead and operate in an environment with high degree of change and uncertainty.
Why You?
Basic
University Degree (minimum) in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences or similar area
Seven or more years’ experience in small molecule pharmaceutical development and/or manufacturing
Five or more years of experience implementing regulatory requirements (MHRA, FDA), and internal/external quality and safety requirements
Five or more years of experience in technology transfer, with an understanding of the product development process
Two or more years of experience implementing current and emerging Regulatory Strategies (Quality by Design, GMP for 21st century, ICH, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10) and Product Lifecycle Management
Five or more years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in leading the technical aspects of Product Lifecycle Management, including supporting process investigations.
Excellent problem solver and ability to think and work creatively
Strong technical acumen and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex, technical details to stakeholders and enable cross functional collaboration across sites, supply chain, R&D and suppliers
Ability to effectively influence stakeholders at all levels
CMC Strategy, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Integrity, Debate Moderation, Digital Fluency, GxP Regulations, Lean Management, Problem Solving, Process Optimization, Project Leadership, Risk Awareness, Scientific Writing, Technology Transfer
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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 purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
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| Company | GSK |
| Location | Barnard Castle, England, United Kingdom |
| Type | FULL TIME |
| Niche | healthcare |