Quality Science Graduate Program

Job Description

Quality Science Graduate Program | GSK

The Tone:
This is a two-year graduate program at GSK, located in Marietta, PA, designed to accelerate the development of early career professionals. GSK is a global biopharma company dedicated to uniting science, technology, and talent to prevent and treat disease, focusing on specialty medicines and vaccines. This role is crucial for ensuring the reliable supply of high-quality medicines and vaccines to patients globally, directly impacting millions of lives through rigorous quality science and manufacturing excellence.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Marietta, PA
• Team: Global Supply Chain Graduate Program
• Mission: This person will apply scientific knowledge to real manufacturing challenges, ensure uncompromised product quality and regulatory compliance, and contribute to continuous improvement and sustainability initiatives within pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Tech Stack: robotics, digital solutions, artificial intelligence, DMAIC, Lean Six Sigma

What You’ll Actually Do
• Regulatory & Risk Compliance: Build knowledge of industry regulations, develop understanding of risk management, and ensure critical compliance in a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Lab and Production Expertise: Gain hands-on experience in state-of-the-art quality testing laboratories and manufacturing facilities, mastering analytical techniques like Wet Chemistry, Chromatography, and Microbiology, and working across raw materials, intermediate, and finished product testing.
• Quality Control & Systems Application: Learn and apply comprehensive quality control principles to ensure uncompromised product quality, diving into quality systems to apply GSK standards in operations such as deviations, corrective and preventative actions, and change control.
• Cross-Functional Project Work: Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, technical services, R&D, and supply chain teams to introduce new products and testing methods seamlessly, while also contributing to performance improvement projects.
• Sustainability Initiatives: Engage in projects focused on sustainability, waste reduction, and green lab initiatives to contribute directly to GSK’s Net Carbon Zero mission.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical science or a related scientific field. Must graduate by August 2027.
• Experience: Early career experience; this program is designed for graduates with minimal prior professional work experience in this field. Written and spoken fluency in English is required.
• Skills: Technical Curiosity, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Digital mindset, Problem-Solving Skills, Communication and Collaboration.