Scientific and Laboratory Operations Manager Stevenage, England
Job description
Posted Date: Aug 4 2023
Do you want to be part of something bigger? Are you a research scientist or have a background in research science and are seeking the next chapter in your career? If so, the Scientific and Laboratory Operations Professional role here at GSK could be the perfect opportunity for you!
As a Scientific and Lab Operations Manager, you will provide operational support for GSK’s Research scientists. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operation management and coordination of Research facilities, infrastruction and technical services. You will serve as Global Business Owner / Subject Matter Expert (SME) for key lab operations processes/systems (Safety, HBSM, lab notebooks, document management systems, lab equipment management, etc.). You will lead process improvement initiatives supporting the Research R&D laboratories.
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.
Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK
In this role you will
- Drive Good Scientific Practices (GSP) and quality within the labs, ensuring ways of working are fit for purpose and labs are designed and setup for optimized use. Ensure that standards and processes are implemented with a high level of compliance throughout the R&D labs.
- Assist Lab Heads to execute on their accountabilities to ensure EHS lab compliance (risk assessments, annual MSDS update, introduction of new chemicals, training, waste management, external suppliers/service providers etc.)
- Partner with scientists to identify Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) needs, prepare individual Project Investment Proposals (PIPs) including business case analysis, and lead SMR based project execution.
- Execute Management Monitoring (MM) activities per MM Plan for Lab Operations and Scientific Area key business activities, ensuring timely issue escalation, KPI management, and annual reporting.
- Coordinating Lab Equipment Lifecyle Management (LCM) activities including purchase and commissioning of new equipment, periodic maintenance & calibration, moves, and decommissioning through effective partnership with internal service partners (e.g. EHS, Facilities & Engineering, Procurement, Lab Systems/Tech, Quality) as well as external service providers.
- Understanding stakeholders, building teams, sharing knowledge and fostering the best decision, while working in an agile environment.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Scientific field.
- At least five years’ experience in delivering scientific enabling activities, scientific operations, and/or laboratory activities.
- At least three years’ experience in managing the navigation of decisions and/or their execution through multiple parties in a matrix organization.
- Highly effective communicator (spoken, written, listener).
- Ability to utilize MS Office Suite, including Office 365, TEAMS, OneNote.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
- Master’s or PhD science degree.
- Project Management Professional certification; Lean & Six-Sigma Green/Black belt certification.
- Strong self-management and organisational skill; ability to manage workload along with proactive issues monitoring and seeking opportunities to solve problems and remove barriers.
- Results-orientation and drive to set and reach goals, high standards for performance.
Closing Date for Applications – 24 Aug 2023 (COB)
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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.
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 organisation 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.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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