• Job Description

  Req#: 367265

  If you want to be part of a collaborative and dynamic team that delivers novel enzymes across the GSK portfolio, please apply!

  We are seeking an experienced scientist to be a Team Leader in the Enzyme Engineering and Biocatalysis department. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of people and projects within GSK’s Drug Substance and Development organization. With other department leaders you will be responsible for establishing the strategy, infrastructure, and internal capability to realize GSK’s ambitions for enzyme engineering and biocatalysis. This role requires in-depth knowledge of enzyme discovery, engineering and deployment from early drug discovery through commercial manufacture.

  This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

  Key responsibilities:

  • Maintain a high level of relevant scientific expertise and visibility aligned to business requirements for team and self, expand the scientific capabilities of the department, and serve as a departmental and enterprise scientific resource for GSK.

  • Provide project level guidance of best practices and strategic options during enzyme engineering campaigns and broader platform modifications.

  • Work closely with chemists, biochemists, molecular biologists, NGS scientists, and bioinformaticians to identify and resolve barriers to protein evolution.

  • Support technology transfer activities to ensure timely execution of project delivery.

  • Work with Director and leadership team to ensure staff are appropriately skilled and trained to deliver departmental objectives.

  • Work with Director and leadership team to effectively manage staff performance and development.

  Why you?

  Basic Qualifications:

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

  • BS in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology with 6+ years of with industry experience in the chemical development space.

  • PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology with 2+ years of industry experience in the chemical development space.

  • Experience in modern methods for the discovery and engineering of enzymes.

  Preferred Qualifications:

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

  • Track record or aptitude for people leadership, including training, developing, and managing talent.

  • Proven ability to motivate and inspire high performing teams, as well as effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

  • Effective organizational skills, including ability to set, prioritize and achieve research goals.

  • Solid strategic thinking and excellent communication skills for developing/articulating program strategy, risk mitigation plans, and milestones.

  • Experience with nucleic acid chemistry (e.g. solid phase synthesis, liquid phase synthesis, synthesis of unnatural nucleosides).

  • Knowledge and application of automation technologies.

  • Experience with parallel experimentation, high throughput assay development, and Design of Experiments.

  • Strong scientific and analytical skills. Demonstrated ability to multitask efficiently, prioritize quickly and bring projects to conclusion.

  Why GSK?

  Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

  These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

  • Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk

  • Managing individual and team performance.

  • Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.

  • Implementing change initiatives and leading change.

  • Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.

  • Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.

  • Developing people and building a talent pipeline.

  • Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.

  • Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.

  • Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.

  #LI-GSK

  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.

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• About the company

  GlaxoSmithKline plc is a British multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brentford, England.

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