R & D 3rd Party Senior Director

Reference #: 399249
Site Name: USA – Pennsylvania – King of Prussia, GSK HQ, Jurong, Singapore – Jurong, Wavre
Posted Date: Sep 30 2024

Lead the Quality R&D quality management of Third Parties involved in all outsourced manufacturing, analytical and distribution process steps from development to commit to phase III clinical vaccines and medicines.
Provide quality leadership to the incoming material suppliers and supplier network for our externally supplied to the R&D GSK manufacturing sites, chemicals and components.

Key Responsibilities

Accountable for setting the strategy, then translating the vision to inspire and motivate team, priority
planning and ability to make high impact risk based decision making.
Responsible for operational quality activities, such as: due diligence, set-up and implementation of
quality agreements, establishment of joint quality governance and compliance frameworks, partners
audit and regulatory inspections support, remediation facilitation, submissions review, launch
preparation, quality systems implementation.
Accountable for detecting, escalating and mitigating risks within area of R&D Third Party Quality.
Responsible for the management and driving quality improvement of our R&D external network for
small molecule, large molecule and vaccine.
Accountable from a quality perspective, risk management, risk models and inspection readiness for
the approval of new R&D CMOs.
Empower, support and coach the team to drive improvements in our ways of working and that of our
CMOs.
Responsible for oversight and management of significant deviations, change control and customer
incidents for R&D incoming material suppliers and CMO.
Influence R&D functional partners and Quality R&D leadership team to ensure high quality standards
and systems are in place to support manufacturing process and distribution of clinical contracted
activities. Build and manage a high-performance network within the organization.
Engage internal and external stakeholders through the organizational change to embed a fit-for-
purpose quality mindset across Business Owners (internal) and Third Parties (external).
Accountable for the OneGSK Quality integration in your area, dedicating resources to create best in
class processes.

Basic Responsibilities:

Accountable to ensure compliance with all training requirements assigned to
himself/herself be addressed and in place.
Ensure budget is managed according to GSK Finance guidelines and organizational
expectations.
Ensure compliance with cGMP, policies and procedures as required and if applicable.
Training in site systems and QMS to deliver required actions.

Knowledge/ Education / Experience Required
A. Educational Background
Minimum Level of Education BA/BS degree or equivalent in experience – Area of Specialisation Scientific or engineering degree.
Preferred Level of Education Masters or PhD – Area of Specialisation Scientific or engineering specialisation

B. Job-Related Experience
Experience required 10 years experience in Quality function in a highly regulated environment. Proven record of accomplishment regarding Leadership, Project Management, Continuous Improvement, Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Communication.
Experience in R&D standards and processes, Quality Control, QA release and GCP/GLP auditing would be desirable.

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