Team Leader, Pilot Plant Support and Analytical Equipment Validation Full Time NEW

Ware, Hertfordshire
GlaxoSmithKline
Team Leader, Pilot Plant Support and Analytical Equipment Validation

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practices; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

You will lead a team of analytical scientists and analytical equipment validation specialists to deliver validated analytical equipment and high-quality analytical data to support discovery and development across multiple projects. You will work closely with cross functional colleagues to develop and implement analytical strategies. We value clear thinkers who coach others, solve practical problems, and drive continuous improvement. This role offers growth, meaning, and the chance to apply science and technology to help get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of analytical scientists and specialists, ensuring effective team performance, development to build capability / resilience and succession planning.
• Approve analytical test results for release or rejection of products, excipients, packaging components and purified water, ensuring compliance with GMP, corporate policies and standards to ensure patient safety, product quality and data integrity. Where appropriate prepare, review, and approve regulatory modules to support drug progression into clinical trials and global markets.
• Provide technical leadership in developing, validating, and transferring analytical methods for comparator testing, release testing, and cleaning verification.
• Ensure computerized laboratory analytical equipment and systems used to support regulatory submissions to develop, test or manufacture materials within DDS, are qualified or validated as appropriate and maintained in an appropriately validated state in accordance with the relevant regulations, corporate policies and standards to ensure patient safety, product quality and data integrity.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with clinical manufacturing, product development teams, and external collaborators for efficient service delivery.
• Able to apply digital tools to drive continuous improvement and deliver simplified, efficient business processes.

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• Degree in chemistry, analytical chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising analytical scientists or analytical equipment specialists in an R&D or industrial laboratory environment.
• Strong hands on experience in chromatographic and dissolution techniques.
• Experience in analytical method development, qualification and validation for release and stability testing.
• Proven ability to work in a matrix environment and collaborate with cross functional teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and experience preparing technical reports and regulatory documentation.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience with method transfer to manufacturing sites or external partners.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and expectations for analytical data (e.g., ICH guidelines, ISO standards).
• Experience with emerging analytical technologies, automation and application of digital tools.
• Background in small molecule analytical development.
• Track record of mentoring scientists and building team capability.

Closing Date for Applications – 26th April 2026

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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