Are you seeking an opportunity where you can help deliver life changing medicines and devices while you can grow your technical expertise on pharmaceutical analysis and development? If so, this Senior Analytical Scientist role is an exciting prospect to explore. At GSK we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years.

As a Senior Analytical Scientist in the Analytical Development department, you will design and perform experiments to develop, validate and transfer various analytical methods. You will be involved in all aspects of pharmaceutical development, including engagement with project teams and other stakeholders for projects in different stages of development.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to contribute to analytical development and to progress YOUR career. Your responsibilities include some of the following:

• Develop and perform assays that support development, release and stability testing of pharmaceutical drug substance and drug products.
• Documents laboratory work in accordance with GxP expectations, company policy, and legal requirements.
• Review of experiments, stability protocols and other key documentation.
• Contribute to sections of patents or regulatory submissions as well as internal reports.
• Provides scientific input and recommendations to the project team for analytical control strategies and influence decision making.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Chemistry with 5+ years of relevant experience, or MS in Chemistry with 3+ years of relevant experience, or PhD with no industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with method development & validation, pharmacopeia compliance and analytical lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated technical expertise and working familiarity with several analytical techniques, and laboratory procedures.
• Knowledge of how to interpret and communicate experimental data
• Knowledge of cGMP requirements
• Experience with analytical support of challenging long acting injectable, parenteral and sterile formulations.
• Awareness with FDA/EU/UK and ICH regulations and guidances related to analytical transfer and validation and release and stability testing.
• Working knowledge and experience in small molecule analytical techniques such as HPLC, UPLC, GC, dissolution, UV/Vis spectrophotometry, KF, MS, and laboratory procedures.
• Good technical writing skills for documentation. Experience in regulatory documentation authoring.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate well with others in and across groups in matrix.
• Thorough operational knowledge of laboratory equipment and laboratory systems (e.g. Waters Empower CDS and Electronic Notebook system).

Why GSK?

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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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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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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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