Associate Director, Quality for Capital Programs (Microbiology) #26-15319

Duration: 24 months Contract, strong chances of extension

Job Description:
Reporting to the Director of Sterility Assurance and Contamination Control, the Associate Director of Quality for Capital Programs is responsible for quality assurance oversight from early design phase through to Commissioning and Qualification ensuring quality and GMP requirements are met for sterile manufacturing capital programs.

As a member of the capital program project team, the candidate will act as primary quality representative for key capital programs and collaborate with Client’s site and engineering cross functional teams, ensuring the principles of GMP and contamination control are upheld.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the quality oversight at design phase and commissioning and qualification phase of sterile manufacturing capital programs in the Client network.
• Knowledge of the design principles and concepts applicable to the manufacturing processes for Sterile Manufacturing.
• Lead GMP Design Review Risk assessments for capital programs ensuring contamination control and GMP requirements are assessed and mitigated.
• Influences the Quality aspects of capital programs with thorough understanding of the regional and global regulations for GMP and contamination control requirements.
• Drives the GMP and quality requirements for facility, utility and equipment designs ensuring any regulatory compliance and contamination risks are identified and mitigated during design phase.
• Participate in system risk assessments (SRAs) and review of qualification documents in compliance with risk-based qualification requirements.
• Determine the critical design elements impacting product quality, regulatory compliance and assess the proposed critical elements test plan to qualify the facility, utility and equipment.
• Standardize GMP design review templates for capital programs and integrate into the Client’s Quality System.
• As a member of the COE for Qualification and Validation, assess and continuously improve the Client’s Quality System supporting the Capital Programs, Commissioning and Qualification processes and procedures.
• Develop and integrate a process supporting the capital programs team to receive feedback from audits and inspections, and applicable regulatory compliance updates ensuring capital programs remain compliant.
• Establish relationships and collaborate with Client’s site project team members, engineering, engineering central services, PDS&T, Lab of the Future, Factory of the Future and other cross functional team members, to achieve the quality deliverables.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations as defined by FDA, EMEA and regional ministry of health.
• Knowledge of Quality Risk Management and contamination control strategies.
• Member of Client’s Centers of Excellence (Facility/Utility/Equipment and Qualification and Validation COEs).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor/Masters in Microbiology, relevant Science or Engineering related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years relevant experience with process knowledge of aseptic manufacturing and QC Microbiology.

• A strong quality assurance mindset with knowledge and experience in either; quality assurance, engineering, operations, or technical area with a comprehensive understanding of biological and pharmaceutical technologies.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical regulatory requirements and expectations supporting contamination control and GMP design requirements.
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Requirements and expectations including Code of Federal Regulations, EU GMPs, EMA /FDA Guidelines, Pharmacopeia, PIC/S.
• Knowledge and experience with risk-based qualification (ISPE Baseline Guide Volume 5: Commissioning and Qualification) and quality risk management (ICH Q9).
• Ability to work strategically, excellent organizational skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple programs and create a high-performance work environment.
• Excellent Communication skills are required, as is the ability to communicate well, both verbally and written.
• Ability to anticipate problems, identify and investigate them, and make recommendations to help resolve.

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