Principal Scientist, Drug Product Steriles Primary Packaging

GSK•Upper Providence, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Scientist, Drug Product Steriles Primary Packaging role provides packaging support to the DDS project teams, Clinical Supply Chain, and Global Supply Chain network across modality types. The position is responsible for ensuring development requirements to support qualification, registration, and launch key events are met. This includes recommending primary packaging components, completing steriles injectables primary packaging specifications and testing, managing stability packaging campaigns, and overseeing design verification and validation testing. The role also involves authoring IND/NDA CTX/MAA Container Closure sections, design control documentation, and assessing new materials, components, and technologies for technical performance and cost-effectiveness. The scientist will conduct packaging activities and support strategies for package development and technology selection across various departments and external interfaces, ensuring effective product development support and compliance with global harmonized standards. Project management skills are essential for delivering priority tasks aligned with project and portfolio milestones. The role also includes assessing external partners and collaborations, leading the characterization of selected container closure systems and their compatibility with drug products, and supporting 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.
Recommendation of primary packaging components.
Completion of 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.