GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated individual to join our team as the Director of Jurong Pilot Plant. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the operations of our state-of-the-art pilot plant and chemistry development laboratories, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency. You will lead a team of dedicated professionals and collaborate with various departments in R&D and Global Supply Chain to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
This role will report to the Vice President Global Clinical Manufacturing within Clinical Supply Chain and will be responsible in leading a cross-functional team of 57 people in the scale-up and manufacture of drug substance for clinical studies, secondary development and site stability batches.
Why you?
Key Responsibilities:
Oversee the daily operations of the Jurong Pilot Plant, ensuring compliance with all safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
Lead and mentor a team of professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Develop and implement strategies to optimize plant performance and achieve operational excellence.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including R&D, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to support the development and scale-up of new products.
Identify and mitigate potential risks to plant operations, ensuring business continuity.
Manage the annual plant budget of > 10 million pounds, ensuring cost-effective operations and resource allocation.
Identify, develop, design and establish facilities to implement new modalities as required by the R&D portfolio. Manage capital projects up to 20 million pounds within the existing team.
Drive innovation and process improvements to enhance plant capabilities and efficiency.
Ensure timely and accurate reporting of plant performance metrics and progress towards goals.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including suppliers, customers, and regulatory authorities. Stay updated with industry trends and advancements, incorporating best practices into plant operations.
Qualifications:
A strong educational foundation with a Bachelor's Degree in Life Science or Engineering is required.
Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry, as well as an advanced degree is preferred.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in a leadership role within a pilot plant, kilo lab or manufacturing environment.
Strong knowledge of safety, quality, and regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry.
Proven track record of successfully leading and developing high-performing teams.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement initiatives.
Experience in budget management and resource allocation.
Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
Knowledge of industry trends and best practices.
Why join us?
Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.
These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:
Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk, governance and control, managing ambiguity and paradox.
Managing individual performance. Creating a performance culture and driving results, prioritisation, execution, delivering performance.
Setting strategic direction and leading on-going organisational transformation
Building a resilient organisation.
Building strong relationships and collaboration in service of common goals, engaging the organisation and building trusted external networks for mutual benefit.
Managing P&L and capital allocation
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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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