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We are now looking for a capable validation professional to join the team to support the Quality R&D Small Molecule function (the role reports into the Small Molecule R&D Quality Director).\nThe Quality R&D Operations Validation Lead provides Quality Assurance oversight across GSK’s UK Pharma R&D sites to ensure compliant validation, qualification, and operational quality activities. The role works across Engineering, Facilities, Validation, R&D Operations, Scientific Functions, and outsourced service providers. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you will provide expert guidance and risk-based decision-making on complex quality and compliance matters with regulatory and business impact.\nThe position influences quality strategy, governance, and inspection readiness, ensuring alignment with GxP requirements, Quality Management System (QMS) expectations, and business aims. In delivering your role you will act as a key partner to senior stakeholders and operational partners; driving compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while ensuring lifecycle oversight of facilities, utilities, equipment, and computerised systems.\nKey areas of validation responsibility include; Equipment, Facilities and Utilities (as well as some focus on associated Computerised Systems / Automation).\nKey Responsibilities (include)..,\nManage complex cross-functional QA-related projects and programmes, ensuring delivery against defined scope, timelines, and quality aims (particularly in support of regulatory inspections, high-risk compliance activities, and business-critical initiatives). This extends to implementing (and improving) QA processes and procedures to drive consistency across R&D.\nAct as a co-ordinator for complex quality initiatives, working with cross-functional stakeholders, tracking progress, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring successful execution. This extends to providing quality strategic oversight for business-critical programmes, making risk-based decisions and escalating significant compliance issues to senior management (where appropriate).\nBuild strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners, acting as a primary contact for designated projects, programmes, or business areas. This includes managing (or supporting) regulatory inspections and audits (including planning, preparation, execution, and follow-up).\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure delivery through structured systems (including the provision of clear reporting of project status, risks, and key quality issues to senior stakeholders).\nTravel: Please note that some travel between GSK’s UK R&D sites (Ware R&D, Stevenage, Harlow & Addenbrookes, Cambridge) will be required.\nAbout You:\nAs this role is multi-faceted and includes liaising with a wide variety of on-site teams, you will be a self-motivated person who has experience of working in technical and/or validation roles within a complex working environment (eg; a R&D or manufacturing site). You will be resilient, with strong people skills and a proven ability to deliver and solve problems. You will also have a strong continuous improvement mindset.\nAbout GSK:\nAt 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: https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/innovation/\nCLOSING DATE for applications: Wednesday 28th of October 2026 (COB).\nBasic Qualifications:\nBSc in relevant subject (eg; Scientific, Technical or Engineering discipline) or equivalent.\nRelevant experience in Quality Assurance (QA) within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare environment.\nStrong knowledge of GMP/GxP requirements and regulatory expectations for major countries.\nProven experience providing quality oversight of validation and qualification activities for facilities, utilities, and equipment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience of computerised systems validation would be helpful.\nUnderstanding of the application of phase appropriate GMP standards would be useful\nSkills\nData Integrity, Detail-Oriented, Digital Fluency, GxP Regulations, Influencing Without Authority, Lean Management, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance, Problem Solving, Quality Assurance (QA), Risk Awareness, Technical WritingWhy GSK?\nUniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.\nGSK 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.\nPeople 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.\nGSK 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.\nWe 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.\nShould you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at  where you can also request a call.\nPlease note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the link where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive\nImportant notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies\nGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.\nPlease note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. 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