Analytical Network Strategy Senior Director

Analytical Network Strategy Senior Director At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Our approach to R&D The GSC Strategy team designs the supply chains to bring world class GSK medicines and vaccines to patients. The Strategy team is responsible for product and network strategy. This role will drive the development and execution of the analytical network strategy, working with the product/strategy leads and product quality strategy leads to ensure robust QC networks are in place for New Product Introduction (NPI) and commercial supply.

The One Strategy Team has a clear ambition to be “Best in Industry Strategy team” of highly talented people. This role supports the ambition through benchmarking to understand industry standards and best practices, applying insights to enhance our analytical network capability and driving best practise in QC testing within the pharmaceutical and supply chain industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the execution of the analytical network strategy across the supply chain, ensuring alignment with GSK quality objectives:
• Define the QC testing network principles and approach to meet GSK quality objectives.
• Translate the approved strategy in an operational roadmap and drive execution against objectives and deadlines.
• Be a key contributor for decision on major changes for products or network.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team to integrate analytical testing principles into end-to-end supply chain process.
• Seek endorsement of the proposed strategy from the relevant GSK governance forums including the Supply Chain Review Board (SCRB).
• Act as the voice of the analytical network in GSC.
• Work closely with GSC Quality, MSAT, R&D and other key stakeholders.
• Act as the single point of contact in GSC Strategy for specific matters linked to analytical network strategy.
• Drive innovation: By identifying and assessing quality control capacity and capabilities necessary to deliver the GSK pipeline.
• Conduct benchmarking to understand industry standards and best practices, applying insights to enhance our analytical network strategy.
• Modality understanding and focus on analytical testing strategy for large molecules, ADCs and Oligos.
• Implement metrics and performance management: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for measuring the success and impact of analytical network strategy initiatives within the global supply chain.
• Develop and maintain robust reporting mechanisms to communicate progress and areas for improvement to senior leadership.
• Initiate action to mitigate risks in the analytical network.
• Building capability in the GSC and Strategy team.
• Fosters a culture of awareness and expertise among team members, providing training and resources to enhance their understanding of quality control testing principles and practices within the GSC Strategy team

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences or related field
• Ten or more years of pharmaceutical industry experience
• Three or more years of experience in quality operations, quality control and/or analytical method development

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Life Sciences or related field
• In-depth knowledge of quality trends and best practices specific to the pharmaceutical supply chain
• Strong understanding of industry regulations and compliance requirements related to pharmaceutical testing
• Understanding of key SC and Quality business processes and how they interact and feed broader governance.
• Three or more years of experience implementing projects within a global supply chain.
• Possesses good understanding of all the main areas of PMO management & project management.

Skills

• Business Acumen
• Business Case Development
• Business Development
• Data Integrity
• Digital Fluency
• GxP Regulations
• Influencing Without Authority
• Lean Management
• Problem Solving
• Production Management
• Product Strategies
• Project Management
• Risk Awareness
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategy Development
• Supply Chain Operations

• If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $202,125 to $336,875.
• Belgium Salary Range / Fourchette salariale – Belgique: EUR 148,500 to EUR 247,500.
• The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role.
• In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role.
• More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process.
• 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.

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.

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