Job Title: Senior Qualified Person
This is a site-based role in Worthing, UK - 38 hour working weeks.
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 complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.
Position Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join GSK as a Senior Qualified Person (QP) in the United Kingdom. In this role, you will play a key part in managing a team of Qualified Persons and Operational Quality Specialist ensuring the quality and compliance of marketed products and commercial batches. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide expert guidance on Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and oversee batch certification processes. We value candidates who are detail-oriented, proactive, and passionate about delivering high-quality medicines to patients.
Responsibilities
1. To lead a team of site Qualified Persons and Operational Quality Specialists, providing leadership, coaching and mentoring, with responsibilities including recruitment of direct reports, appraisals, 1:1s, training and development, performance management, talent management and reward and recognition.
2. To provide a system of site quality oversight, covering all aspects of operational activity to give an ongoing assurance of cGMP compliance.
3. To provide support and advice to sitewide functions on all aspects of GMP to support a zero-defect culture
4. To manage in house trainee QP programme to ensure continuous succession planning, and QP forums, ensuring QP group CPD is maintained, and taking ownership for GMP annex introductions.
5. To provide coaching and mentoring / support both departmental staff and value stream in terms of quality expectations through GEMBA and process confirmations.
6. To provide site wide Quality support for projects, incident investigations and planned changes.
7. To develop and maintain a standard way of working process within the QP group and to ensure all QPs are fully trained and competent in performing their required function. To foster strong working relationships across the Quality Operation shift groups, QPs and the rest of the GSK site.
8. To deputise for the Operational Quality Manager and Site Quality Director as required.
Qualifications/Skills
Basic:
9. Degree in appropriate scientific discipline.
10. QualifiedPersonstatus.
11. Understanding of IMP license requirements.
12. Knowledge and experience of audit processes, preparation andrequirements.
13. Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory requirements, operations in manufacturing areas and oflaboratory testingincludingoutofspecificationinvestigations.
14. Working knowledge of relevant Site systems, e.g. SAP orequivalent.
15. Abilitytoforgeexcellentworkingrelationships across functions.
16. Strong interpersonal skills and proven managerial competencies
Preferred:
17. An understanding of computer systemvalidation.
18. Strong interpersonalskills.
19. Ability to plan, organise and control workloads to meet deadlines and deliver schedule and targets in an environment ofchange.
20. Understanding/abilitytodemonstrateuseofproblemsolvingandcontinuousimprovementtechniques
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.