Quality Trading Partners Senior Director

The posting period will end on the 11th of November in 2025

Business introduction:

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 innovative products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

GSK’s global footprint comprises over 300 legal entities, each playing a distinct role in supporting the company’s mission. Within this structure, the Trading Partner Operating Model is a strategically designed network of three corporate entities—GSK Trading Services (GSKTS), ViiV Trading Services (ViiVTS) and, GSK Export (GSKE)—which collectively manage procurement, supply, import, and export activities across more than 108 countries.

These entities hold and maintain critical licenses that enable GSK to operate a centralized contracting model for supply chain procurement, intercompany trading, and third-party sales (excluding domestic in-market transactions). This model ensures regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and scalability across global markets.

Position summary:

The Senior Director, Quality – Trading Partners is a critical leadership role accountable for ensuring the quality, compliance, and regulatory integrity of GSK’s global Trading Partners operations. This includes oversight of GDP/GMP activities, Medical Device compliance, and Marketing Authorization Holder (MAH) responsibilities across a complex, multi-market supply chain.

Reporting to senior Quality leadership, this role serves as the strategic Quality partner to the Trading Partners Managing Director, supporting a central stock ownership model (>£1bn) and the global distribution of APIs and finished goods (>£10bn). The Senior Director will lead a multi-layered, regionally dispersed Quality team, fostering a high-performance, inclusive culture that attracts and develops top talent.

This role requires deep regulatory expertise, exceptional leadership, and the ability to influence across commercial, supply chain, and regulatory functions. The successful candidate will be a visible Quality leader, driving operational excellence, regulatory engagement, and a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.

 We’re looking for someone who is decisive, adaptable, and passionate about quality leadership.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership of Quality Operations:

• Lead the Trading Partners Quality organization including WDA & ASR, QP Importation, Medical Device, and MAH teams, to ensure sustained compliance with cGMP, GDP, MDR, and Marketing Authorisation requirements across global operations

Inspire and Develop a High-Performing Team:

• Provide visionary leadership to a multi-layered, regionally dispersed team. Attract, develop, and retain top talent through effective coaching, succession planning, and a culture of empowerment and continuous growth

Enterprise-Level Quality Partnership:

• Act as the senior Quality business partner to the Trading Partners Managing Director, supporting a central stock ownership model (~£1bn) and global distribution of APIs and finished goods (~£10bn)

Regulatory Authority Engagement:

• Serve as the primary Quality interface with HPRA, MHRA, and other regulatory bodies, ensuring proactive engagement, inspection readiness, and successful inspection outcomes

Oversight of EU Release and Product Compliance:

• Ensure the effectiveness of the EU release process and that all product handling, release, and distribution activities align with licenses and regulatory requirements

Medical Device Quality Leadership:

• Oversee compliant batch release of medical devices on behalf of GSK Trading Services Limited and act as the lead Quality contact for Medical Devices in accordance with EU MDR and Notified Body expectations

Innovation and Continuous Improvement Leadership:

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement by introducing cutting edge thinking, leveraging digital technologies and shaping AI-enabled solutions.  Drive transformation initiatives that enhance compliance, efficiency, and agility, ensuring the organization remains future ready and aligned with evolving regulatory and industry standards.

Governance and Risk Management:

• Sustain robust quality governance processes and ensure effective business continuity planning (BCP) and risk mitigation strategies in line with QMS and legislative expectations

Regulatory Intelligence and Change Management:

• Monitor evolving global regulations (e.g., QP Certification, GMP, MAH, ASR, MDR), assess impact, and lead compliant implementation strategies across the Trading Partners network

Oversight of China MAH Compliance:

• Provide strategic governance for MAH activities supporting supply to China, ensuring full compliance with local regulatory requirements and license conditions

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy, or a related scientific field
• Proven leadership experience in quality assurance, compliance, or quality control within pharmaceutical or consumer healthcare industries
• Strong decision-making skills with a focus on speed and quality
• Experience managing regulatory compliance and interacting with regulators
• Extensive experience in pharmaceutical quality assurance, with a strong track record in GMP/GDP compliance across manufacturing and distribution environments.
• Proven leadership experience within a complex, multinational matrix organization, ideally with global or regional accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with external regulatory authorities, industry bodies, and key third-party partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Regional leadership experience in quality operations
• Experience with new product introductions, pharmaceutical and medical device.
• Familiarity with commercial business and in-market activities
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including collaboration with senior leaders
• Knowledge of digital tools and analytics to enhance quality processes

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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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