Associate Director, Manufacturing Technical Operations

At GSK, 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.

As an Associate Director, Manufacturing Technical Operations, you will provide operational management across all three value streams of production focused on system level task
execution (i.e. BRs, CAPA /MC, DE, etc ) in an EH&S and quality compliant manner while identifying and driving performance improvements.

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

• Oversee Design and deliver Production (BRs, CAPA /MC, and Deviation Management) program, aligned to the agile production team strategy, to reduce complexity, improve compliance, and to deliver stronger employee value delivery to production teams.
• Responsible for measuring /improving KPIs related to inspection readiness (on-time closure of DE, MC and CA) and other inspection readiness metrics.
• Lead the team responsible for manufacturing problem solving and authoring documentation.
• Manage tasks associated with MERP Process Data, SAP Software Operating System, Author /revise SOPs /WIs /CAPA /Change Controls to enable sharpened focus on batch execution by FLLs /FLEs
• Deliver courageous year-over-year productivity improvement goals by leveraging the GSK Production System (GPS) ways of working and industry benchmarking continuous improvement opportunities.
• Accountable for production subject matter expertise for audits and inspections preparing storyboards and explaining deviations / CAPAs to inspectors.
• Responsible for implementing and ensuring compliance to GSK employment policies by proactively addressing performance, or coaching to team address, lack of compliance by individuals through GSK processes and practices.
• Drive a performance and coaching organization.
• Demonstrate recognition and celebration for success

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in biopharma or pharmaceutical production.
• Minimum 2 years managing people.
• Must have experience within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with regulatory inspections and audits.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Bachelors in life sciences, engineering,
• Masters Degree.
• Experience in current Good Manufacturing Practices environment.
• Strong experience /skills in verbal /written communications, technical writing.
• Proven experience in delivering change through continuous improvement systems (OE or GPS equivalent).
• Leadership experience with proven capability of developing teams and individuals to achieve high performance.
• Proven demonstration of ability to work in direct line management and matrix teams.
• Experience with FDA inspections including presenting to inspectors during audits.
• Demonstrated financial acumen through successfully managing a budget.
• Ability to delegate responsibilities.

Work Environment:
This role is **on-site** in Rockville, MD.

Join us in ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance, making a difference in the lives of patients worldwide.

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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 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.

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