QC Technical Lead

Job description
Site Name:UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Posted Date:Jan 23 2025

QC Technical Lead Analyst

Closing Date for Applications – 6th February (COB)

Quality Control: Conducts a wide range of quality control tests and analyses on products to uncover defects. Reports to management who make the decision to allow or deny the release. Testing for process monitoring.  Testing of Raw Materials Job Family Group - Quality: Develops and implements programs to establish and maintain quality standards of existing products, and internal systems and processes. Develops policies, procedures and methods to check product, material, components and/or operational quality and improve same.

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:

The Quality Control (QC) Technical Lead reports directly to the QC Manager or QC Lead.  The QC Technical Lead supports the management of the laboratory operations.  This position is responsible for leading employees and teams who are responsible for testing and testing support operations. The position holder is the technical subject matter expert for a given area within the QC lab. The role is also responsible for overseeing and supporting completion and implementation of major projects within QC, including IT projects which support laboratory processes.

• Supervise employees and teams that are performing, managing, and supporting all aspects of the testing operations, including assay/data review and assuring all areas of responsibility are operated according to all safety regulations, procedures and expectations.    
• Perform analytical release and stability testing of drug substance (DS), drug Product (DP) where required. Become SME in your area of working.
• Author and manage QC investigations, corrective and preventative actions, change controls, continuous improvements, major project implementations etc. Perform line side GEMBA to trouble shoot issues.
• Oversee team objectives, testing priorities, and coordinates resources for own team to align with objectives and priorities. To deliver and assess formal training programmes for staff and trainees as required.
• Participate in audits and inspection, including site’s internal audit program. Knowledge in cGMP, CFR and other regulations to assure quality compliance.
• Interact with other business units and other GSK sites to address issues affecting the laboratory as well as benchmark and embed best practices.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

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

• BSc or MSc in Biochemistry, chemistry or related life science
• Strong GMP experience industrial and ability to make good quality decisions.
• Strong verbal, written communication skills and organisational skills, ability to plan own time and for others. Able to prioritise and decide appropriate course of actions.  Effective at implementing decision
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Solid team player able to function within team-based organisation. Self-sufficient in own work, requiring little aid from management.
• Strong knowledge and level of understanding of procedures, processes, analytical skills and technical knowledge.
• Good Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work with others to drive, implement and support continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft, Teams and online systems like Labware.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

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