Scientific Leader, Automation Operations

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.
As the Scientific Leader, Automation Operations you will lead a team responsible for the operation of multiple integrated automation platforms that accelerate scientific discovery. You will partner closely with research scientists, engineers, and digital automation experts to execute automated workflows. We value curious problem-solvers who balance technical depth with strong collaboration, clear communication and a focus on reliable, reproducible data. In this role you will grow your leadership skills, make a measurable impact on research productivity, and help unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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

- Lead operations of laboratory automation systems, including hardware and software components.
- Work with scientific teams to capture requirements and translate needs into reliable automated workflows.
- Oversee system integrations to ensure data flows to laboratory information systems and analytics platforms.
- Manage partnerships and technical delivery to meet timelines and quality expectations.
- Drive intelligent utilization of automation systems and provide practical training and support to end users.
- Maintain documentation and continuous improvement plans to ensure performance, safety and compliance.

Why You?
We are looking for a Scientific Leader who wants to grow through hands-on technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration. This role will require regular on-site presence at the assigned US site; the exact schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

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

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, life sciences, or a related technical field.
- 10 or more years of experience in laboratory automation, automation engineering, or related roles.
- Experience delivering automation projects in a laboratory or research environment.
- Experience with industry-standard automation scheduling software, hardware, and data platforms.
- Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary project teams.

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

- Advanced degree in engineering, computational biology, or a related field.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to explain technical solutions to diverse audiences.
- Hands-on experience with robotics or digital orchestration.
- Familiarity with scripting or programming languages such as Python, and experience with APIs or middleware.
- Knowledge of data standards, data integrity principles and laboratory compliance requirements.
- Experience with cloud platforms and data pipeline design.
- Track record of mentoring colleagues and building inclusive, collaborative teams.

What we offer you:
You will join a team that values curiosity, transparency and practical impact. You will have room to influence strategy, expand technical skills and work on projects that matter to patients and science. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. If this role sounds like a fit, please apply - we look forward to hearing how you can help us get ahead of disease together.

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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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