External Supply Global API Quality Director
Location: UK – London – New Oxford Street, Ireland - Cork, Wavre
Posted Date: Jan 6 2026
Position Summary
You will lead the Global External API Quality team to ensure safe, reliable and compliant supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients from external partners. You will work across functions and regions to manage supplier quality, reduce risk to supply, and drive continuous improvement. The team values clear thinking, practical problem solving, strong stakeholder collaboration, and a focus on patient impact. This role offers scope to develop global leadership skills, shape quality strategy, and make a real difference in how medicines reach people.
Responsibilities
* Direct the matrix PQTS+ (procurement, quality, technical, supply & EHS, finance etc teams) responsible for day‑to‑day quality management and performance of API suppliers
* Have accountability for product quality supplied by API suppliers, working to minimize and eliminate any risks to supply of product to patients
* Coordinate activities in a matrix environment to ensure products manufactured are right first time, meet GSK standards, are delivered to patients on time and are competitively priced to achieve customer satisfaction
* Build relationships with suppliers to set common objectives and to ensure suppliers deliver to GSK quality standards, maintain compliance with GMP requirements and risk introduced to GSK network from use of suppliers is properly managed and mitigated
* Build relationships across GSK required to support supply from suppliers – including but not limited to Global Procurement, Global Planning, Regional Hubs, Global Logistics, Trading Service and Finance
* Oversee any improvement programs, such as remediation, as needed with suppliers to ensure compliance and viability of products for the long term
* Continuously drive and deliver improvement across service, quality, safety and cost
Additional Responsibilities within the External Quality Incoming Materials Leadership Team
* Supporting development of External API and incoming materials quality
* Resolving any issues and ambiguity with regards to roles and responsibilities for the organization
* Leading initiatives across the organization either in support of our strategy or to help improve the way we work
* Being an active leader for the organization using shadow of the leader to positively demonstrate coaching, leading and developing the teams
* Ensuring active development of both the organization and team members
Basic Qualifications
* Strong knowledge of API manufacturing (APIy)
* Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing operations in Pharma
* Experience of supplier performance and relationship management across complex supply chains
* International experience
* People and capability development experience
* Sourcing strategy and procurement skills including relationship management, supplier development, continuous improvement, negotiations and ability to implement and manage complex contractual arrangements
* Demonstrated experience and understanding of GMP
* Ability to lead cross‑functional teams to an aligned strategy
* Highly developed problem‑solving skills
Preferred Qualifications
* Production site experience
* Planning experience
* Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning
* GPS / Lean Sigma
* Financial Acumen and / or learning agility and desire to learn and understand
* Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder engagement agility
Location and Working Model
This role is based in GSK HQ London, UK / Wavre, Belgium / Cork, Ireland. The position offers a hybrid working model with a mix of remote and on‑site work. Regular travel to supplier sites and GSK locations will be required.
Closing Date for Applications
20th January 2026 (COB)
How to Apply
If you are motivated by practical leadership and real impact, we encourage you to apply. Please share your CV and a short note that explains how your experience aligns with the role and how you would contribute to our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to building an inclusive workplace.
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.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at UKRecruitment.Adjustments@gsk.com where you can also request a call.
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