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Formulation Scientist - GSK R&D Consumer Health - Richmond

Employer
GSK
Location
Richmond, Virginia
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jul 14, 2022

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As a Global Product Maintenance Development Scientist, you will be responsible for managing and contributing to the technical aspects of product lifecycle maintenance, business continuity and value engineering of GSK's portfolio of commercial OTC products.

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

  • Design and execute new formulations and manufacturing process protocols related to a broad array of consumer health products that includes, solids, liquids, semi-solids and/or proactively incorporates new technology and techniques into practice for these dosage forms
  • Execute a wide range of experiments/technical studies/tasks ranging from lab to pilot manufacturing scale to gain better product/process understanding
  • Identify and troubleshoot problems in the execution of experimental processes/technical studies/tasks by leveraging your scientific expertise and problem solving skills
  • Knowledge of the rationale and hypotheses for experimental designs and/or has extensive theoretical understanding of a particular area of science
  • Develop an understanding of regulatory requirements
  • Drive a culture dedicated to quality and integrity in your work and the work of others
  • Adhere to data integrity standards within department
  • Assist in new research directions and novel strategies to achieve “project” and department goals
  • Perform complex data management tasks with minimal supervision
  • Interpret results and communicate to supervisor on designs and next logical step of experiments based on the data
  • Keep supervisor informed of progress and activities
  • Independently write specific technical sections of internal and external reports, and generate support documents for change controls and regulatory filings
  • Contribute to scientific papers and other internal reports
  • Present at internal Research and Development meetings
  • Begin to develop networking skills through interactions with scientist outside of primary “project” roles
  • Active member of international project / program teams and lead sub-team work
  • Prepare detailed oral or written summaries of results with interpretation for projects/programs
  • Anticipate problems and proactively seeks input from other scientists


Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:​
  • Bachelor's Degree in Food, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Nutritional, Biological or related science
  • 3 + years' experience with Bachelor's Degree
  • 2 + years' experience with Master's Degree
  • 1+ years' experience with PhD
  • Experienced in formulation and/or product development


Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
  • Master's Degree or PhD
  • Ability to solve complex problems
  • Experience in leading others
  • Experience analyzing data
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Experience in project management


Why Consumer Healthcare?

Right now, we're on an incredible journey as we prepare to become the first independent, 100% focused consumer healthcare company. We're doing this at a time when the work we do has never mattered more. Better everyday health is about improving the health and wellness of the consumers that we touch every year - over a billion and a half of them - and it goes beyond products. It's about truly helping people manage their health proactively in different ways as consumer needs evolve. With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we're uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business. This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It's an opportunity to be part of something special.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

In Consumer Healthcare we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

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