Quality Manager

1 month ago


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States GlaxoSmithKline Full time
Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Posted Date: Aug 1 2024

Are you energized by a highly specialized technical role that leverages the latest in quality analytical technology and method development? If so, this Quality Manager - US Fill/Finish (Remote, External Manufacturing) role could be a great opportunity to explore.

As an Operational Quality Manager, you will be the face of GSK Quality at contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) in the External Manufacturing (EM) network focused on fill/finish operations e.g., aseptic drug product filling, combination product device assembly (e.g., pre-filled syringes, auto-injectors), packaging. Ensure CMOs operate in accordance with GSK and industry practices and standards (e.g., combination Product GMPs, Annex 1, ISO through your strong manufacturing, technical, and/or operations background. Maintain regular on-site presence during manufacturing to provide real time problem solving, support, influence, and decision making to assure the Quality and compliance of GSK's products and maintain GSK's reputation. Travel up to 30% unless you are co-located with the CMO(s) in their remit.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following...
  • Provide Operational Quality (OQ) oversight throughout the product and CMO life cycle, including but not limited to:
  • CMO and supply chain selection and enabling e.g., due diligence, Quality Agreement, audit
  • Product enabling technology transfer, PQ readiness, registration
  • Routine operations e.g., on-site presence and Quality direction during manufacturing (e.g., real time problem solving, support, influence, decision making), deviation and incident management, batch review, change controls, batch disposition, periodic product reviews
  • Audit/inspection e.g., inspection preparation / management / response, on-going inspection readiness, time cycle audit support
  • Conduct OQ duties in accordance GSK's standards and QMS e.g., CAPA / deviation / change control / document management, Quality Agreement maintenance, KPI reporting, internal audit
  • Maintain current knowledge of the GxPs and optimize GSK's Quality Management System (QMS)
  • Build and maintain strong and credible relationship across GSK and CMO functions to ensure effective OQ oversight while optimizing the quality mindset, promoting maturity, and safeguarding the quality / compliance of GSK's products
  • Maintain current knowledge of GSK and industry sterile / aseptic drug product manufacturing, combination product manufacturing including filling and device assembly, and packaging standards and a strong and collaborative working relationship with the GSK SME community
  • Establish, maintain, improve, and contribute to operational and governance forums: 1) Internally e.g., Quality Council, Risk Management Control Board 2) With the CMOs e.g., internal and joint project team meetings, Business Reviews, Steering Teams
  • Assure potential and known issues, risks, and opportunities are communicated and managed within the GSK systems while ensuring teams, leadership, and stakeholders are appropriately engaged in a timely and effective manner e.g., escalation
  • Support and deliver GSK performance and quality standards to ensure business / supply continuity without compromising quality or compliance e.g., right first time, adherence to schedule
  • Lead, manage, coach, mentor, retain, and develop staff
  • Proactively identify continuous improvement opportunities and deliver both improvements and benefits


Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
  • Bachelor's degree in Scientific discipline or engineering discipline and 8+ years of experience or
  • M aster's degree and 6+ years of experience
  • Minimum 3+ years of medical device assembly or combination product experience (e.g., auto-injectors, pre-filled syringes)
  • 7+ years of previous pharmaceuticals industry experience in manufacturing, technical, and/or quality role(s)


Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
  • Oversight of external manufacturing operations (e.g., CMOs)
  • Management and development of direct reports
  • Support of medical device / combination product complaint investigation and management as well as product performance trending
  • Combination product (CP) development programs, ideally for pre-filled syringe (PFSs) and/or Autoinjectors (Ais)
  • CP programs through development to commercialization; with working knowledge of device design control requirements and performance testing requirements.
  • Management of changes and risk assessments for CPs
  • ISO 13485 auditor certification


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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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