Overview
The MSAT DP Lead will Lead and develop a high-performing team of Product Owners, fostering collaboration and professional growth. They will provide strategic oversight across the product lifecycle, ensuring quality, effective knowledge transfer, and implementation of the Product Control Strategy. Guide technical support for manufacturing, resolve operational issues, and reduce waste. Oversee new product introductions and planned changes, ensuring smooth transitions to production. Champion product and process improvements focused on critical quality attributes, cost efficiency, and performance standards. Promote risk management, sponsor investigations and root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions. Lead a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, advancing digital tools and manufacturing technologies to maintain industry leadership. In this role you will…
Responsibilities
* Leadership and Team Development: Develop and lead a highly competent team of Product Owners, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Act as a mentor and coach to Product Owners, providing guidance and support to enhance their professional development.
* Strategic Oversight of Product Management: Ensure effective management of product quality and knowledge transfer throughout the product lifecycle by the Product Owners. Oversee the implementation of the Product Control Strategy and assess the impact of any changes. Provide oversight of the product lifecycle activities and performance monitoring.
* Technical Support and Coordination: Provide strategic direction for technical support to manufacturing processes, ensuring resolution of day-to-day technical issues, and minimizing reject/waste levels.
* New Product Introduction and Planned Changes: Oversee the preparation and execution of NPI TTs and lifecycle planned changes, ensuring effective handover to production.
* Product and Process Improvement: Facilitate and sponsor improvements in product and process capability for CQAs and CPPs, focusing also on yield improvement and scrap reduction to enhance CoGs.
* Product Performance and Standards: Promote and monitor technical standards, ensuring systems to track, trend, and analyse product performance are in place. Liaise with relevant global MSAT stakeholders and facilitate partnership across MSAT functions.
* Risk Management: Ensure comprehensive risk assessment, communication, and action planning in accordance with our RMS.
* Sponsorship of Investigations and Root Cause Analysis: Sponsor investigations and root cause analysis for deviations, providing strategic leadership and overseeing corrective and preventive actions.
* Culture Leadership: Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.
* Digital and Innovation Leadership: Drive the adoption of digital tools and manufacturing technologies, fostering a culture of innovation and staying abreast of industry trends to ensure GSK remains at the forefront of innovation.
Qualifications
* BSc in Scientific or Engineering discipline or equivalent experience
* Proven capability to lead teams, both line and matrix, in a Technical role
* Comprehensive knowledge of external regulatory requirements (MHRA, EMA, FDA), and internal/external quality requirements
* In depth knowledge and understanding of multiple product dose forms and their manufacturing processes
* Proven experience in product lifecycle management
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
* Strategic thinking and planning.
* Ability to lead and motivate a team.
* Strong organizational and project management skills.
* Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
* Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
* Proficiency in digital tools and technologies.
* Innovative mindset and ability to drive change.
* Experience of process validation, scale-up and technical transfer
* Good knowledge of internal and external quality and EHS requirements
GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK's blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually., 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.
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