Principal Scientist, Drug Product Steriles Primary Packaging

GSK•Upper Providence, PA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Scientist, Drug Product Steriles Primary Packaging will provide packaging support to the DDS project teams, Clinical Supply Chain, and Global Supply Chain network across modality types. This role is crucial for ensuring development requirements are met for qualification, registration, and launch key events. The position involves recommending primary packaging components, completing specifications and testing for steriles injectables primary packaging, managing stability packaging campaigns, and overseeing design verification and validation testing. Additionally, the role requires authoring regulatory documentation, assessing new materials and technologies, conducting packaging activities to support manufacturing, and applying project management skills to deliver priority tasks. The Principal Scientist will also assess external partners and collaborations, characterize container closure systems and their compatibility with drug products, and support the development of regulatory, quality, and legislative strategies for packaging.

Requirements

BS (+6 years of experience), MS (+4 years of experience), or PhD (+0 years of experience).
Degree in Engineering or related scientific discipline.
Three or more years of experience developing and implementing packaging solutions.
Three or more years of experience interpreting and implementing regulatory standards for packaging.

Nice To Haves

PhD. in Engineering or related field.
Experience with sterile pharmaceutical packaging.
Understanding of design control requirements associated with Medical Devices and Combination Products (Drug / Device combinations)
Experience authoring IND/NDA CTX/MAA Container Closure sections with supporting documentation.

Responsibilities

Ensure development requirements to support qualification, registration, and launch key events are met.
Recommend primary packaging components.
Complete steriles injectables primary packaging specifications and testing.
Manage/complete stability packaging campaigns.
Oversight of design verification and validation testing.
Author IND/NDA CTX/MAA Container Closure sections with supporting documentation.
Author design control documentation.
Assessment of new materials, components, and technologies for both technical performance and cost effectiveness.
Conduct packaging activities and support development /execution of strategies for package development and technology selection / application across the DDS, MPD, GSC, Commercial, and external interfaces to ensure effective product development support.
Comply with global harmonized standards and coordinated strategies for pack development activities.
Conduct packaging activities as needed to support product manufacturing and packaging.
Apply project management skills to deliver priority tasks aligned to project and portfolio milestones.
Assessment of external partners and collaborations.
Leads the characterisation of the selected container closure system and its compatibility with the intended drug product – e.g., glass delamination, silicone distribution, USP/EP/JP/ChP Compliance, and Container Closure Integrity.
Support the development of regulatory, quality, and legislative strategies for packaging to ensure cost effective development and provide guidance across teams, projects, and functional areas.