Team Lead, Therapeutic Area Quality (GCP / Clinical Quality)

GSK; Upper Providence (Delaware County); On-site; USD 210,000 - 349,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive program

Health care benefits

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking a Team Lead, Therapeutic Area Quality (GCP/Clinical Quality) to lead a team delivering independent GCP quality oversight across clinical trials and R&D programs.

You will drive quality strategy, ensure inspection readiness, and contribute to risk-based improvements while collaborating in an international environment.

Qualifications

• GCP expertise and clinical trial quality oversight required.
• Experience leading an international/global quality team.
• Knowledge of GLP, pharmacovigilance and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with quality assurance across therapeutic areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of QBPs providing GCP quality oversight to clinical trials.
• Drive strategic quality improvements based on risk and metrics.
• Support health authority inspections and audit readiness.
• Develop and implement quality by design at asset level.
• Contribute to global quality strategy and due diligence activities.

Skills

GCP expertise

Global team leadership

Quality by design

Regulatory knowledge

Risk management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or quality-related field

Tools

Veeva QMS

CTMS

Job description

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. Find out more: Our approach to R&D

Position Summary

The Team Lead, Therapeutic Area Quality (GCP / Clinical Quality) is responsible for leading a team of Quality Business Partners who provide independent GCP (Good Clinical Practice) quality oversight and expert support to key stakeholders across clinical trial conduct and R&D programs. This individual is a member of the Quality Business Partner Therapeutic Area Leadership Team and provides input into the quality strategy of this function. This individual is responsible for ensuring that quality is designed into clinical development programs and projects across therapeutic areas and for defining quality activities that ensure submission and inspection readiness.

Job Responsibilities

• Continually evaluate the strategic approach, drive changes in R&D QuRE processes and modify the quality strategy and plan to meet the changing needs of the organization, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Identify and drive continuous quality improvements as a consequence of risk assessments, audits, inspections, trends/metrics and root cause analysis.
• Provides input into global audit plan based on identified signals/trends/risks/gaps.
• Ensure rapid communication of critical quality risks and issues, including potential misconduct, to business partner and QuRE management.
• Drive Quality by Design implementation on an asset level across clinical development activities.
• Supports the preparation, execution and close out of health authority GCP inspections (e.g., clinical investigator sites, sponsor/CRO inspections).
• Demonstrates implementation of GCP quality strategy to health authorities.
• Participate/provide expertise in Due Diligence (in-licensing activities) as applicable.
• Lead a team of QBPs that provides experienced GCP quality support for development (and life-cycle projects).
• Responsible for talent development, career development, and performance management to ensure resources are appropriately attracted, developed and deployed to deliver the quality strategy.
• Support the development of annual goals and objectives supporting the strategy.
• Contributes to the review and revision of the R&D Quality and Risk Management strategy.
• Leads and/or supports functional initiatives as assigned.
• Maintains the highest level of awareness and expertise in international GCP, GLP and GVP regulations, and internal policies and SOPs.
• May influence the external environment through interactions with regulators, trade associations or professional societies.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a scientific or quality-related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and clinical trial quality oversight (required).
• This role is focused on clinical trial/GCP quality oversight, not investigational product manufacturing (GMP) quality assurance.
• Experience in pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical quality assurance.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an international environment leading a global quality team; minimum of 3 years supervisory/management experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles and concepts of quality assurance, (quality) risk management, and quality by design in a clinical development context.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GLP, pharmacovigilance/drug safety and regulatory requirements, as well as analytical, organizational, and planning skills.
• Broad knowledge in the areas of oncology, immunology, respiratory, vaccines.
• Experience with Veeva QMS, CTMS and related clinical quality documentation systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience in supporting regulatory authority GCP inspections.
• Broad knowledge of risk-based quality management, root cause analysis and quality narrative/briefs concepts and methodology.
• Digital savviness, experience with AI/ML and data analytics.
• Ability to work effectively in an international multicultural matrix organization.
• Effective communication/negotiation skills and customer management skills.
• Skills: Communication, Data-Driven Decision Making, Digital Fluency, Influencing Without Authority, Problem Solving, Quality by Design, Risk Analysis, Stakeholder Management.

Salary and Benefits

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 $209,550 to $349,250.

This position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share-based long-term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role.

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.

If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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.

We are 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. Find out more on our career site.