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Posted Date : Apr 21 2025

Job Description

The Reference Material and Reagents Director is accountable for ensuring critical reagents and analytical standards are available for the GSK network. They must be of the required regulatory standards and coordination and supply to GSK sites, CMO and LOC to support end to end supply chain of products to the patient. The role will ensure long term availability and lifecycle management of reference materials for existing and new GSK  products. You will ensure outsource partners are maintained, ensuring a priority service to GSK is maintained and that bulk materials are effectively supplied to the outsource partner in a timely manner, along with supporting information to maintain a secure supply of reference materials.   Also, ensure GSK customer changes, risks and issues are managed and dealt with associated with the service provided from the outsource partner.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following :

• Accountable for creating and deploying the GSC strategy for the robust supply of reference material and critical reagents across the supply chain.  The delivery of the strategy is a key business driver in the RFT delivery of products to the patient.
• Accountable for an internal team responsible for oversight of the reference material and reagent supply model.
• Work with the respective GSK Quality & Compliance groups to ensure ongoing Quality Compliance, meeting the standards expected by GSK.
• Responsible for assessing changes to reference material and reagent supply and agree when regulatory support is required.
• QMS in use and in place for the team and direct partners.
• Accountable for the review of management monitoring and self-inspection universe and schedule, ensuring it is appropriate and effective.
• Responsible for capability in DMAIC / Deviation support – ensuring rigorous RCA and effective CAPA development and tracking when issues in supply of critical reference materials and reagents.
• Responsible for effective assessment of non-GSK customers.
• Act as primary point of contact for GSK customers : response to customer queries, audit support, provision of data.
• Response to Regulatory and customer queries, LIC and PIRC support, review and update of regulatory dossiers.
• Responsible for ensuring the team utilises GSK systems and documents as required, eg. VQD, VQMS, IMMS, PIER, Empower, Jchem, LNB, Archive
• Support to SQAC for auditing of outsource partner and their CROs.
• Overall management of the relationship between the outsource service provider and GSK sites.
• Identify and implement opportunities to strengthen and improve the outsource model.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications :

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals :

Preferred Qualifications :

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus :

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The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $151,800 to $253,000 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver / parental and medical leave.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary t o learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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