Operational Quality Officer GlaxoSmithKline

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Posted 8 hrs ago

Experience

2 - 7 Years

Education

Bachelor of Science

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

You will ensure operational quality and compliance on the manufacturing shop floor in Saudi Arabia. You will work closely with production, quality, laboratory and engineering teams to identify and resolve quality issues quickly. We value practical problem solvers who act with integrity, communicate clearly, and help teams improve how they work every day. This role offers strong on-the-job learning, visible impact on product quality and patient safety, and the chance to grow with GSK s mission of uniting 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 day-to-day quality oversight on the shop floor during production shifts to ensure compliance with cGMP, QMS and local regulatory requirements.
  • Review and support approval-ready batch documentation, including finished goods records and associated quality checks.
  • Support incident and deviation investigations by collecting data, analysing root cause and tracking corrective and preventive actions.
  • Perform focused internal audits and level 1 oversight activities to identify non-conformances and drive timely closure of actions.
  • Conduct spot checks, environmental monitoring reviews and good documentation practice checks to maintain quality standards.
  • Work with production, QC, and Logistics to identify risks, propose mitigations and support timely product release.

Desired Candidate Profile

Basic Qualifications:

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

  • Bachelor s degree or diploma in pharmacy, life sciences, biotechnology, chemistry, engineering or a related technical field; or equivalent practical experience.
  • Minimum of 2 years experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment with exposure to quality and GMP practices.
  • Practical knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Quality Management Systems (QMS) and good documentation practices.
  • Experience supporting deviations, investigations, CAPA and batch record review.
  • Good written and spoken English; Arabic language skills are an advantage.
  • This role is on-site in Saudi Arabia and requires regular presence on the shop floor and shift coverage.
  • Experience coaching or mentoring colleagues to build quality awareness.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

  • Bachelor s degree in science or pharmacy
  • Experience with environmental monitoring, OOS/OOT investigations or assurance activities.
  • Familiarity with electronic batch records, SAP or quality management software.
  • Strong attention to detail and an ability to work collaboratively across teams.
  • Experience participating in regulatory inspections or preparing inspection responses.

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Operational Quality Officer

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GlaxoSmithKline

GSK Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting Vision 2030 and the Saudi Arabian National Agenda including Saudization in line with the hiring and the training and development of Saudi National capability./p>

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./p>

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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./p>

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