Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - King of Prussia
Posted Date: Jan 11 2024
We make and supply medicines and vaccines all around the globe and our teams own every production stage, from creating quality products at our manufacturing sites to designing effective supply forecasting and regulatory inspections; all powered by digital, data and analytics. We operate at impressive scale, producing over 1.7 billion packs of medicine and 767 vaccine doses in 2021.
We continue to modernize, so we can launch even more new products at speed whilst turbo-charging delivery across our entire portfolio through our relentless focus on quality, safety, and service. The way we work will change. For some, the shift in technology and products will be revolutionary. Our R&D pipeline demands a new kind of supply chain, and we need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of automation and robotics so we can work smarter together.
The Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) organization is a site-based technical team responsible for ensuring manufacturing processes are capable, compliant and productive while maintaining product quality. The site MSAT team is also responsible for delivering continuous improvements to the existing supply chains supported by UM Biopharm and working with global MSAT to execute technology transfers and implement process-related improvement programs across the product lifecycle.
The Digital MSAT Senior Technology Associate, will serve as a site-based support lead within the MSAT organization to facilitate delivery of product and process data solutions in biologics manufacturing environment. This individual will leverage data as a key asset to accelerate technology transfer and simplify validation processes, support continuous improvement for established commercial processes, and enhance technical understanding of biopharmaceutical manufacturing. This individual is expected to support site initiatives and implementation of smart manufacturing principles in collaboration with the site digital and analytics teams.
This individual will collaborate with colleagues within (i.e. digital, data and analytics, production, quality, engineering) and external (i.e. central MSAT, tech, R&D) to the UM MSAT team to implement novel data solutions within UM Biopharm.
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Execute projects in the data and analytics space to support acceleration and simplification of new product introduction and robust commercial manufacturing for GSK supply chain and patients
- Drive innovation through continuous improvement for technical processes or systems and support introduction of novel technologies, including new modeling platforms and approaches, digital systems and visualizations, and process analytical technologies
- Input to the strategic data and analytics plan for the UM MSAT Team, in collaboration with other site and central digital and analytics teams.
- Support capability development of the MSAT team to learn new analytical technologies and modeling systems.
- Collaborates with key internal (i.e. digital, data, analytics, production, engineering, quality) and external (i.e. central and external MSAT teams, tech, R&D) partners to deliver technical objectives and strategy.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- BS/BA in data/computer science, biological or chemical science, engineering or equivalent technical discipline such as digital, data, and analytics and related disciplines, biopharmaceutical development and/or manufacturing.
- 2+ years of post-graduate experience in the Biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical industry or equivalent with significant emphases on digital, data, and analytics.
- Provide real-time and in-person monitoring and technical oversight for a 24-7 manufacturing facility which will require off hours and weekend support as needed
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- MS in data/computer science or engineering, biological or chemical science or engineering or equivalent technical discipline
- In-depth experience with digital, data, and analytics techniques in the pharmaceutical industry. Specific experience or knowledge of biopharmaceutical manufacturing (upstream / downstream) is preferred.
- Familiarity and experience with relational databases, statistical softwares (i.e. SAS, SIMCA), modeling and visualization software’s (i.e. Python, R, Matlab, MS Power). Experience of developing or applying techniques such as pre-processing, classification, regression, clustering, dimensionality reduction and model selection.
- Experience with manufacturing / engineering environments including systems such as IP-21, M-ERP, LIMS, Aspen eBRs.
- Knowledge of GMPs and major regulatory agency regulations, specifically as they relate to data science or data validation.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills particularly in the area of technical and regulatory related matters. Able to present data science / statistical methods to non-statistical team members.
- Able to interact well with peers, subordinates, and senior personnel in scientific, quality, engineering and operational disciplines. Embraces a team-based culture.
- Demonstrates initiative to solve problems, effective at making and implementing decisions
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 organization 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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Why Us?
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 organization 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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