MSAT Chemistry Team Manager

Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare SA; Montrose; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biopharma company in Montrose is seeking an MSAT Chemistry Team Manager to provide technical leadership and drive process improvements within manufacturing. You will oversee a high-performing team, manage technical transfers, and ensure compliance in all operations. Candidates should have a degree in Chemistry or a related field and substantial experience in regulated environments. This role offers a chance to shape technical standards and significantly impact patient health.

Qualifications

• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrable skills in coaching technical staff.
• Practical experience with process validations.

Responsibilities

• Lead MSAT chemistry team to deliver technical support.
• Oversee compliant process transfers and scale-ups.
• Sponsor technical investigations to resolve issues.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Problem-solving

Clear communication

Education

Degree in Chemistry or related

Advanced degree (MSc or PhD)

Tools

Process analytical technologies

Digital tools for process monitoring

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a MSAT Chemistry Team Manager position to join our Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) team. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, guide process improvements, and coach a high-performing team to support safe and compliant manufacturing. You will work closely with production, quality, EHS, and engineering teams to drive technical transfers, investigations, and enhancements that ensure successful product delivery to patients.

This is an opportunity to shape technical standards, drive innovation, and make a tangible impact on patient health.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing MSAT chemistry team to deliver technical support and execute projects.
• Oversee compliant process transfers, scale-up activities, and technical handovers to production.
• Sponsor technical investigations and root cause analysis to resolve manufacturing issues efficiently.
• Define product control strategies, track performance, and enable continuous process verification.
• Drive process improvements to enhance quality, cost, and delivery while maintaining safety and compliance.
• Build capability within the team and share knowledge across site and MSAT networks.

Why You?

We are looking for professionals with:

Basic Qualifications

• A degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, or related scientific discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments supporting chemistry or process technical activities.
• Demonstrable people management skills, including coaching and developing technical staff.
• Practical experience with technical transfers, process scale-up, or validation activities.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis and risk-based decision making.
• Clear communication skills and collaborative experience with production, quality, and engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in a relevant scientific or engineering field.
• Expertise in process analytical technologies, continuous process verification, or statistical process control.
• Knowledge of cleaning validation, contamination control, and extractables/leachables.
• Familiarity with regulatory expectations and inspection readiness.
• Proven success in leading improvement programs and delivering measurable operational benefits.
• Experience with digital tools for process monitoring and knowledge management.

Work Pattern

This role is based at a GSK UK manufacturing site at Montrose and regular on-site presence will be required to support manufacturing and team leadership.

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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