Are you a research scientist or have a background in research science and experience in operations? Have you led a team of scientists? Are seeking the next challenge in your career? If so, the R&D Scientific Operations Team Leader role here at GSK could be the perfect opportunity for you!

As a R&D Scientific Operations Team Leader you will be responsible for:

• Leading a team of Scientific and Laboratory Operation Professionals
• Act as the primary liaison between the business line and WREF for coordination of site minor works, facility projects and scientific services and operations delivered through service partners.
• Providing operational support for GSK’s Research Discovery scientists by
  • Driving Good Scientific Practices (GSP) and quality within the labs, ensuring ways of working are fit for purpose and labs are designed and setup for optimized use. Ensure that standards and processes are implemented with a high level of compliance throughout the R&D labs.
  • Assisting Lab Heads to execute on their accountabilities to ensure EHS lab compliance (risk assessments, annual MSDS update, introduction of new chemicals, training, waste management, external suppliers/service providers etc.)
  • Enabling Risk Management processes through proactive lab-based risk identification & communication as well as coordination of risk mitigation implementation activities.
  • Partnering with scientists to identify Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) needs, prepare individual Project Investment Proposals (PIPs) including business case analysis, and lead SMR based project execution.
  • Executing Management Monitoring (MM) activities per MM Plan for Lab Operations and Scientific Area key business activities, ensuring timely issue escalation, KPI management, and annual reporting.
  • Serving as Global Business Owner / Subject Matter Expert (SME) for key lab operations processes/systems (lab notebooks, document management systems, lab equipment management, inventory systems, etc.).
  • Participating as Lab Operations and/or Scientific Area representative at Quality Management System (QMS) forums, and other bodies as necessary.
  • Leading process improvement initiatives supporting the Research R&D laboratories.
  • Coordinating Lab Equipment Lifecyle Management (LCM) activities including purchase and commissioning of new equipment, periodic maintenance & calibration, moves, and decommissioning through effective partnership with internal service partners (e.g. EHS, Facilities & Engineering, Procurement, Lab Systems/Tech, Quality) as well as external service providers.
  • Managing audit/inspection preparation, Deviation management including Root Cause Analysis, and Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) follow-up.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Scientific Field
• 5+ years’ experience as a scientist in laboratory environment
• 1+ years’ experience leading people or matrix teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• 5+ years’ experience as a scientist in Pharma drug discovery.
• Masters or PhD science degree.
• Evidence of delivery in an R&D environment, including leading a team and/or leading a matrix team.
• Self-directed, highly motivated and understand where to apply your efforts to achieve the most significant business outcome.
• Results-orientation and drive to set and reach challenging goals, high standards for performance.
• Highly effective communicator (spoken, written, listener).
• Experience in managing the navigation of decision and /or their execution through multiple parties in major, matrix organization.
• Ability to utilize MS Office Suite, including Office 365, TEAMS, OneNote.

Why GSK?

At GSK, we have delivered unprecedented change over the past four years, improving our R&D pipeline, and creating a culture focused on patients, accountability and doing the right thing. GSK has a leading portfolio of vaccines and specialty medicines as well as an R&D pipeline based on the immune system and genetics science.

At GSK, we aim to unite science, talent, and technology to get ahead of disease together – all with the clear ambition of delivering human health impact; stronger and more sustainable shareholder returns; and where outstanding people thrive.

Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it. How we do all this is through our people and our culture. A culture that is ambitious for patients – so we deliver what matters better and faster; accountable for impact – with clear ownership of goals and support to succeed; and where we do the right thing.

So, if you’re ready to improve the lives of billions, join us at this exciting moment in our journey. Join our challenge to get Ahead Together.

#LI-GSK

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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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