LOC Quality Lead – Secondment fixed term contract until end Feb 2027

Provides effective and efficient quality assurance systems support to the LOC Quality Manager including supporting the implementation and maintenance of the QMS and as directed by the LOC Quality Manager. Performs the day to day work to ensure that the quality systems required by the LOC element of the Supply Chain and Marketing Company LOC are performed in a lean and efficient way and meet the compliance standards of the QMS and the local Regulator.

This role includes (not limited to) the following responsibilities:

• Quality Strategy - Maintain a high level of QMS knowledge and awareness of changes within the commercial environment.
• Quality Systems - Supporting the LOC Quality Manager to ensure a robust sustainable and effective QMS through monitoring and reviewing the compliance status within the LOC element of the Supply Chain and UK Marketing Company.
• Support the LOC Quality Manager to ensure that all internal procedures and systems in use in the LOC are compliant to GSK QMS Guide for Commercial Companies and local regulatory requirements including (but not limited to)
  • LOC Quality Council - support the LOC Quality Manager organising Council meeting.
  • Change Control - perform day to day work to support the local change control process.
  • Batch release activities at UK Warehouse perform GDP market release activities within GSK systems to release batches at the UK warehouse as defined in quality agreements and local processes
  • Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) - Perform day to day work to support the local process to effectively manage corrective and preventative action plans.
  • Complaints - perform day to day work to support an effective complaints management process ensuring.

Why you

Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Degree in Pharmacy Chemistry Biology or equivalent.
• Previous experience within the Pharmaceutical / Consumer Healthcare industries in the capacity of a quality specialist.
• Understanding of and experience in quality assurance systems particularly in the areas of change control deviation and CAPA VQMS & VQD and QMS
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements pertaining to GMP/GDP.
• Works with a spirit of continuous improvement and innovation creatively open to new ideas and methods.
• Ability to self-motivate and be resilient and focused under pressure.
• Strong general computer literacy with Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word Excel Power Point Outlook VQMS & VQD & ERP

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Good team player works well in cross-functional teams.
• Flexible thinking able to challenge and see views from different perspectives.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to deliver clear communications and foster excellent working relationships with peers and management.

Closing date for applications: 25th January 2026.

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 were 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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