Senior Scientist, Microbiology and Sterility Assurance

Business Introduction
At 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.
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This position will initially be located at the GSK’s Upper Merion site in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania from 2025 to 2027/2028, and will permanently move to Marietta, Pennsylvania afterwards.

Position Summary
You will join a team that ensures medicines reach patients safely. In this senior scientist role you will lead microbiology and sterility assurance activities for a sterile R&D manufacturing facility. You will work closely with manufacturing, quality, and development teams to prevent contamination and support product release. We value practical laboratory skills, clear communication, and a mindset for continuous improvement. This role offers growth, a chance to make a measurable impact on patient safety, and alignment with GSK’s mission to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Provide hands-on microbiology support for sterile operations, including aseptic processing, environmental monitoring, and gowning qualifications.
- Lead investigations of unexpected microbiological results and drive corrective actions with clear root cause and risk assessment.
- Perform and review routine microbiological testing: bioburden, sterility, endotoxin, microbial identifications, and water testing.
- Develop, revise, and approve microbiological methods, SOPs, and sampling plans that support product release and stability programs.
- Partner with manufacturing, quality, and development teams to define and implement contamination control and sterility assurance strategies.
- Support validation activities, method transfers, and evaluation of rapid microbiological technologies.

Why You?

Basic Qualifications:

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals

- Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Biology, Biotechnology, or a related scientific discipline.
- Minimum 3 years’ hands-on experience in a pharmaceutical, biotech, or sterile manufacturing microbiology laboratory.
- Experience with environmental monitoring, aseptic techniques, gowning, and contamination control.
- cGMP principles and experience working to regulatory quality standards.
- Experience performing bioburden, sterility, endotoxin testing, and microbial identifications.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

- Advanced degree (Master’s) in Microbiology or related field.
- Experience with method development, validation, or transfers for microbiological assays.
- Familiarity with pharmacopeial microbiology standards and compendial methods.
- Experience using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and electronic documentation.
- Prior experience reviewing microbiology data for regulatory submissions or CMC support.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical investigations and communicate findings clearly to stakeholders.

Work Model
Requirement to be onsite average 3-4 days per week for laboratory and sterile-facility work. Candidates must be able to work on site as needed to meet operational and sterility assurance responsibilities.

What we offer
You will have the chance to grow your technical and leadership skills. You will work on meaningful projects that protect patient safety. You will collaborate with experienced colleagues across disciplines and contribute to a culture that values inclusion, learning, and shared purpose.

How to apply
If this role speaks to your experience and ambitions, we encourage you to apply. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and perspectives. Join us and help get ahead of disease together.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK 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.

People 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.

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