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Investigator

Employer
GSK
Location
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Apr 22, 2021

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Sector
Pharmaceutical
Organization Type
Corporate
Jobseeker Type
Professional
Are you looking for a challenging opportunity that allows you to leverage your technical expertise to work with novel analytical technologies to support the development of pharmaceuticals? If so, this Investigator role for Biopharmaceutical Analytics and Characterization in Analytical Platforms and Platform Modernization will be an exciting opportunity for you to explore.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company that combines both individual talent and technical resources to create a platform for the delivery of strong growth in a rapidly changing healthcare market. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.We want to attract, retain and motivate the very best people to support our business now and in the future. To do this, we take our responsibility as a modern employer seriously and we want to make sure that everyone is empowered to be themselves, feel good, and keep growing at GSK.

Product Development and Supply is a highly experienced Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) organization accountable for delivering robust, cost effective and competitive products and manufacturing processes spanning the full life cycle of asset development from Discovery through Commercialization. These activities are delivered through state-of-the-art internal facilities as well as strategic external partners. Collectively, the team is accountable for CMC activities encompassing cell line development, cell culture/ microbial fermentation, purification development, and drug product/ device development. We also pioneer innovative technologies to improve robustness, reduce cost of goods, and improve the patient experience.

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

  • As an Investigator for Biopharmaceutical Analytics and Characterization in Analytical Platforms and Platform Modernization, you will be a member of a highly skilled team of scientists responsible for the exploration, evaluation, and implementation of state-of-the art analytical technologies to support pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing, with a focus of developing workflows that can accelerate delivery in support of small molecule and biopharmaceutical development.
  • In this dynamic role, you may interact with other labs, internal and external to GSK, to support the training and transfer of analytical methods. Your primary focus will be in the laboratory conducting development, qualification and transfer of analytical methods that employ such techniques as HPLC, UPLC, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, CGE, cIEF, and other protein characterization methodologies. The role also involves verbal and written communication and requires good organization as well as a broader scientific knowledge. Both individual and team working are required and therefore the role will suit a scientist with good interpersonal skills, self-motivation and an open mindset to learning new skills.


Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutics, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related scientific discipline with 10+ years of similar experience
  • Master's degree in Pharmaceutics, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related scientific discipline with 5+ years of similar experience
  • PhD degree in Pharmaceutics, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related scientific discipline
  • Education and experience in method development to support characterization and/or product quality of biopharmaceuticals including HPLC, UHPLC, Capillary Electrophoresis, Spectroscopy, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, etc.


Preferred Qualifications:

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

  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements and drug development process
  • Ability to problem solve
  • Scientific expertise
  • Project management experience
  • Experience analyzing data
  • Ability to influence others


Why GSK?

Our values and expectationsare at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

  • Operating at pace and agile decision-making - using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
  • Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
  • Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
  • Sustaining energy and well-being
  • Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
  • Budgeting and cost-consciousness


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