Managing Director, Guy's and St. Thomas' Pharmaceuticals

Job overview

We are looking for an exceptional and commercially minded leader to take forward the strategic transformation of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Pharmaceuticals.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Pharmaceuticals is one of the UK’s longest-standing NHS Pharmacy Manufacturing Units, based at Guy’s Hospital in London.  With a strong heritage of working alongside leading clinicians, we provide a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical manufacturing and support services to UK and international markets.

Our capabilities span a broad spectrum of manufacturing activities, including sterile and non-sterile dosage forms,  clinical trials and over-labelling.  We also offer pharmaceutical quality control (chemical and microbiological testing), quality assurance consultancy, and medicines distribution as services.  Licensable activities are delivered under MHRA MS, MIA, and MIA(IMP) licences, as well as a Wholesale Distribution licence (WDA(H)).

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of our NHS-led medicines manufacturing, taking strategic leadership and operational oversight of a licensed manufacturing facility and related services; helping to shape and deliver our ambitions for licensed aseptic services; and supporting clinical care, research, and innovation.  You will combine commercial credibility with strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and strong business acumen.  If you are motivated by impact, innovation, leading a diverse team and improving patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As Managing Director, you will:

• Provide leadership for the strategic and operational delivery of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Pharmaceuticals, including planning and delivering a robust financial plan
• Assess pharmaceuticals markets and develop and implement a dynamic business strategy for Guy's and St. Thomas' Pharmaceuticals, including manufacturing, marketing, and sales and excellent Customer Relationship Management that drives service and quality improvement, diversification, and income generation
• Build trusted relationships with NHS, academic, commercial, and regulatory partners
• Ensure compliance with requirements of MHRA and Home Office licenses, financial sustainability, and secure business growth in the UK healthcare and life sciences market and beyond
• Manage manufacturing and quality teams covering a wide range of services, including sterile and non-sterile production, IMPs, and quality control
• Promote a culture of quality, innovation, and inclusive leadership across the team

We are looking for someone with:

• Significant senior leadership experience in NHS, life sciences or manufacturing sectors
• Proven financial, commercial, and performance management expertise
• Excellent interpersonal, strategic thinking and influencing skills
• In-depth understanding of the UK pharmaceuticals market and good understanding of GMP, MHRA licensing, and medicines regulation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will lead Guy’s and St Thomas’ Pharmaceuticals – our commercial offer comprising a licensed NHS Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit with associated value-adding services – providing strategic leadership and operational oversight, driving performance and ensuring success.

You will have oversight of the service (which includes sterile and non-sterile medicines manufacturing, quality assurance and control, regulatory compliance, warehousing and distribution), adding value for our customers, and ensuring return on investment for the Trust.

Reporting to the Trust Chief Pharmacist, you will be responsible for:

• Developing and delivering a strategic commercial business plan with a net positive contribution, driving growth and market competitiveness
• Ensuring  activities are carried out in full compliance with the requirements of the MHRA and other regulatory bodies, including GMP, QA/QC, and pharmacovigilance standards
• Leading and developing senior managers and the wider workforce across all relevant functions
• Managing relevant budgets and ensuring financial balance and income generation through contracts and high level of service delivery
• Driving continuous improvement, risk management, audit, and incident resolution
• Collaborating with NHS, academic, and commercial partners to expand and evolve the service to meet current and future market needs

You will represent Guy's and St. Thomas' Pharmaceuticals at internal Trust committees and external national forums, influencing best practice, policy, and partnership development in the NHS medicines manufacturing space.