Development Team Lead jobs in Philadelphia, PA

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will lead a team of analytical scientists responsible for development, manufacturing, release and stability testing, and characterization of drug substances, drug products and process intermediates of biologic therapeutic modalities within the Strategic External Development (SED) organization.

The Associate Director will be responsible for people and project management, who would also function as an analytical project lead and technical lead in a broad analytical development role that spans from managing collaboration with appointed CDMOs to overseeing, developing, and executing aligned GSK and CDMO goals for development of biologics. It will further extend to investigation, preparation and reviewing of CMC content for regulatory submissions, as well as response to regulatory agencies.

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

• Provide leadership, guidance, and strategic direction to a group of analytical scientists and ensure staff are developed to their fullest potentials by providing coaching, mentoring, and appropriate learning opportunities.
• Provide leadership to the team in development of scientific capability and analytical strategies, with accountability for oversight of analytical activities performed at external partners.
• Provide clear communication to team and partners as well as functional line and matrix management regarding progress against technical / project as well as organizational objectives/milestones.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners to ensure successful analytical strategies are positioned and implemented for the pipelines within the organization.
• Develop and execute strategies and process characterization with a focus on product quality assessment, specification, release, stability and comparability studies.
• Collaborate with process, formulation and quality functions to ensure strong cross functional collaborations and integrated process and product development and characterization.
• Author, review and/or approve key source documents for relevant sections of regulatory filings examples could be IND, IMPD, BLA, or MAA.
• Lead and track analytical development commitments of project and team’s deliveries to support all CMC filing activities such as pre-INDs, INDs, IMPDs, CTAs or BLAs, and review of regulatory filings, and address RTQs.

• Assure all documentations and other regulatory compliance systems are maintained according to GSK corporate standards.
• Establish and implement processes, technical concept and methodologies to enable effective collaboration with CRO/CDMO business partners to ensure efficiency and high quality of results.
• Partner with Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs-CMC to ensure completion of appropriate documentation and maintenance of high-quality standards.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• M.S. degree in analytical chemistry, chemistry, biochemistry, or related science/engineering discipline with 10 pharmaceutical industry experience
• PhD degree in analytical chemistry, chemistry, biochemistry, or related science/engineering discipline with 8 pharmaceutical industry experience
• 8 years of analytical development experience
• 3 years of experience in late-stage product and process development and market application of biologics therapeutics.
• 2 years of people management and analytical project leadership experience.
• 5 years of experience in analytical assay development, qualification and validation.
• 2 years of experience in methods tech transfer of and life cycle management.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Exposure to all stages of drug development.
• Proven ability to manage projects and work with cross-functional teams comprised of internal and/or external contacts.
• Experience with mRNA, peptides and conjugated biologic therapeutics modalities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary and dynamic environment with potential for changing priorities, with flexibility to support multiple development programs simultaneously.
• Ability to lead innovation and drive for results.

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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 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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