Packaging Technology Specialist
GSK
15 days ago
On-site
Philadelphia, PA
Operations
Packaging Technology Specialist (MSAT Packaging)
Responsibilities:
- Lead development and introduction of first-intent primary packaging for NPIs at External Manufacturing Sites.
- Provide packaging technology support to meet NPI project milestones and launch dates.
- Define and deliver primary, secondary, tertiary, and distribution pack designs (briefs, design options, commercial/regulatory/manufacturing suitability).
- Collaborate with suppliers on component design, material selection, printing/conversion methods, and cost/sustainability.
- Define/manage functional packaging testing (component interaction, child resistance, distribution performance, metrology) and review test data/specs.
- Support Packaging Validation/Production on equipment selection, machine trials, process qualification, and control strategies.
- Assess/qualify packaging components, suppliers, and supplier change proposals; partner on supplier evaluations and lifecycle changes.
- Manage bulk packaging shipping lane qualifications/assessments for NPIs and project transfers.
- Drive packaging improvements to reduce complexity, cost, and waste while maintaining quality/compliance.
- Provide technical consultation for non-first intent lifecycle changes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years experience in pharmaceutical packaging development/equipment/operations across multiple dose forms.
- Sterile Packaging field experience and/or Shipping Lanes qualifications.
- Cold chain experience.
- Packaging life cycle management experience.
Preferred:
- Master’s/postgraduate diploma in Packaging Technology (pharma focus).
- NPI project and external site transfer experience; Lean/5S and MES/electronic batch records; child resistance/regulatory intelligence; sterile packaging/sterility assurance knowledge; packaging components/materials/conversion/printing knowledge; packaging testing and technical spec/drawing preparation; QA/validation/regulatory/change control knowledge; global matrix stakeholder influence; strong technical communication.
Benefits (explicitly stated): annual bonus; eligibility for share-based long term incentive; health care/insurance, retirement, paid holidays, vacation, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.
Compensation (explicitly stated): base salary (if based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA) $111,375–$185,625 (annual).
Responsibilities:
- Lead development and introduction of first-intent primary packaging for NPIs at External Manufacturing Sites.
- Provide packaging technology support to meet NPI project milestones and launch dates.
- Define and deliver primary, secondary, tertiary, and distribution pack designs (briefs, design options, commercial/regulatory/manufacturing suitability).
- Collaborate with suppliers on component design, material selection, printing/conversion methods, and cost/sustainability.
- Define/manage functional packaging testing (component interaction, child resistance, distribution performance, metrology) and review test data/specs.
- Support Packaging Validation/Production on equipment selection, machine trials, process qualification, and control strategies.
- Assess/qualify packaging components, suppliers, and supplier change proposals; partner on supplier evaluations and lifecycle changes.
- Manage bulk packaging shipping lane qualifications/assessments for NPIs and project transfers.
- Drive packaging improvements to reduce complexity, cost, and waste while maintaining quality/compliance.
- Provide technical consultation for non-first intent lifecycle changes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years experience in pharmaceutical packaging development/equipment/operations across multiple dose forms.
- Sterile Packaging field experience and/or Shipping Lanes qualifications.
- Cold chain experience.
- Packaging life cycle management experience.
Preferred:
- Master’s/postgraduate diploma in Packaging Technology (pharma focus).
- NPI project and external site transfer experience; Lean/5S and MES/electronic batch records; child resistance/regulatory intelligence; sterile packaging/sterility assurance knowledge; packaging components/materials/conversion/printing knowledge; packaging testing and technical spec/drawing preparation; QA/validation/regulatory/change control knowledge; global matrix stakeholder influence; strong technical communication.
Benefits (explicitly stated): annual bonus; eligibility for share-based long term incentive; health care/insurance, retirement, paid holidays, vacation, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.
Compensation (explicitly stated): base salary (if based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA) $111,375–$185,625 (annual).