Site GPS Lead

Overview

Site Name: USA - Maryland - Rockville

Posted Date: Jan 27 2026

We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations;

it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.

We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead the deployment of the GSK Production System (GPS) at one of our key manufacturing sites in the United States. You will play a pivotal role in driving continuous improvement, building capability, and embedding a culture of operational excellence across the site. As a member of the site leadership team, you will collaborate with diverse teams to deliver meaningful impact on safety, quality, service, cost, and people.

This position offers the chance to make a tangible difference, develop leadership skills, and contribute to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

• Lead the deployment of GPS at the site, driving continuous improvement, building capability, and embedding a culture of operational excellence across the site.
• Ensure site critical projects and programs have clear scope, governance, prioritization, resource management, risk management, business change management and financial controls in place to provide a smooth transition from project to fully supported customer hand-over.
• Lead initiatives across the organization to support business strategy and improve ways of working. Coach and train all site personnel on GPS/OE tools and principles to develop skills and capabilities.
• Lead site GPS maturity improvement plan and interface with GSK central teams and other sites to share and leverage best practices in Program Management and GPS.
• Ensure robust and consistent PMO processes exist to deliver clear scope, governance, prioritization, resource management, risk management and financial controls for smooth hand-over.
• Work with Site Director and Site Leadership team to identify, agree and deploy GPS priorities, Strategy Deployment 3-year plan and targets for the following year and critical projects cross-site, including those led by GPS and PMO teams.
• Be accountable for day-to-day consistency of GPS deployment and all key improvement activities across the site and supporting value streams. Track progress of the GPS deployment roadmap and self-assessment of site maturity level.
• Manage and implement multiple large and complex projects, develop program plans and timelines, make staffing decisions based on assessment of team members' skills and workloads, and identify obstacles.
• Ensure PMO delivers design and execution of project plans and budgets, on-time and on-budget delivery, compliance with regulatory requirements, robust risk management (including Business Continuity Plans), and contingency and recovery plans as needed, with effective governance.

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of operational excellence experience within a regulated industry.

• Advanced degree or additional certifications in engineering, manufacturing, or business management.
• Black Belt certification in Lean or Six Sigma.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and project management tools.
• Broad experience across manufacturing functions, such as production, engineering, quality, logistics, and safety.
• Proven ability to lead transformational projects and manage change effectively.

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