Job description
Site Name:USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence, UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Posted Date:Dec 23 2024

Are you an Analytical or Synthetic Chemist with strong programming skills looking for an opportunity to work in cutting-edge drug discovery?

The Molecular Modality Capabilities (MMC) Group’s mission is to accelerate drug discovery by developing and deploying best-in-class technology, with exceptional talent to drive the generation of high-quality, reusable data. We are a multidisciplinary team across analytical, purification, high-throughput synthesis, and automation that collaborates with project teams to progress the discovery and development of new medicines from hit identification through early development (non-GxP). Core to our mission is the development of digital workflows and custom code that supports our experimental work.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team working with and supporting GSK Chemistry globally.

The successful applicant will support the MMC informatics team, contributing to the core mission of connecting our Data, Automation, and Predictive Science and Tech organizations to the laboratory. This is an opportunity to apply your skills and knowledge to advance efforts from initial drug design through the API development process. You will assist in delivering data workflows, software solutions, and computational automation that enable ambitious experiments.

Note that this is a hybrid working role with at least 50% of time spent on-site, and a significant degree of remote collaboration.

In this role you will:

• Support and develop existing analytical and high-throughput chemistry informatics platforms and solutions.
• Develop new digital workflows that enable automation of complex laboratory processes.
• Develop technical documentation including requirements documentation, and architecture documentation.
• Collaborate with team members and other internal partners, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• BSc in a relevant scientific or computational discipline with significant pharmaceutical industry experience and training, or MSc with practical industrial experience in a professional setting.
• Experience of generating or utilizing experimental synthetic and medicinal chemistry data, interacting with experiment capture systems, and accelerating research through automation.
• Experience developing and utilizing computer programming and scripting languages such as Python, R, C/C++, or C# with knowledge of basic software development practices and tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Experience using collaborative version control platforms, integrated development environments, and source code editors.
• Knowledge and understanding of modern technologies, infrastructures, and cloud architectures; ideally Azure and Google cloud platforms, and big data.
• Experience with databases and query languages and databases.
• Experience with developing and incorporating APIs.
• Experience with laboratory automation and development of custom automation workflows.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of modern AI/ML concepts.
• Experience with data analytics platforms.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

#LI-GSK

​Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summaryto 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 special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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