You will lead quality activities for small molecule research and development in Singapore. You will provide technical quality oversight across R&D projects, support compliance with good manufacturing practices, and work with cross-functional teams. We value a collaborative mindset, practical problem solving, and clear communication. This role offers growth through hands-on project work, leadership opportunities, and direct contribution to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
Quality Assurance Oversight: Support roll-out or develop of QA process and maintain robust QA systems, including regular audits, Gemba, CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions), and continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure documentation, batch records and SOPs are accurate, approved, and compliant for R&D batches needed for batch release. Products and processes consistently meet all regulatory requirements (where applicable) and are inspection ready.
Audit support/Inspection readiness: Lead or participate in audits, self-inspections, and regulatory inspections, managing findings and CAPA implementation. Ensure products and processes consistently meet all regulatory requirements (where applicable) and are inspection ready.
Documentation & Data Integrity: Ensure all documentation (GMP, SOPs, batch records) is complete, accurate and supports regulatory submissions and audits. Maintain data integrity throughout all processes. Perform batch release activities (Non-EU only), and generate/approve relevant release documentation.
Project Team QA Representative: Represent as a QA project lead to provide advice and consultancy to GSK project teams and external partners to reduce regulatory risk to GSK. Support all Quality tasks and Issues in the project. Build and maintain effective internal GSK business relationships within and across business units.
Risk Management & Mitigation: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate high-impact risks to product quality, patient safety, and business continuity. Escalate unresolved or systemic issues to Manager.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Engage with industry experts, and internal/external stakeholders to represent company interests, share decisions, and communicate outcomes of quality and compliance activities. Collaborate and communicate with stakeholders internally and across entities where necessary to ensure quality and compliance standards are met.
Continuous Improvement & Training: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by developing competencies, providing training to peers, reports or business and adapting to changing environments and regulatory landscapes.
Documentation review and approval: Provide QA review and approval of SOPs, validation documents, change controls, training materials and other controlled records. This includes review and approval of batch, cleaning records and batch release (Non-EU)
To support investigation: Conduct or support investigations and complaint handling, recommend and verify effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions
Supplier Management (Where applicable): Manage third-party quality oversight, including supplier assessments, listing, audits and QA agreement maintenance.
Why You?
Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals
Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, pharmacy, pharmaceutical engineering, or a related science or engineering discipline.
Minimum 5-7 years’ relevant experience in pharmaceutical in quality operations supporting other R&D or manufacturing.
Practical knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and regulatory expectations relevant to R&D and clinical supply.
Experienced in risk management, quality investigation, and CAPA systems
Demonstrates leadership and stakeholder management in cross-functional QA operations
Competent in document control, change management, and audit processes.
Proficient in coaching, mentoring and fostering quality culture.
Experienced in usage of Quality Systems such as VQMS, SAP and with a good knowledge on Quality modules such as Deviation and Change Control
Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus
Good communicator and team work across all levels.
Experience with release of clinical or pilot-scale batches and material release activities.
Experience in quality oversight of third-party manufacturers or contract development and manufacturing organizations.
Audit experience, including internal, supplier or regulatory inspections.
Demonstrated ability to lead projects or small teams
Familiarity with data integrity principles and electronic systems used in quality processes.
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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.
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