The Associate Director will serve as a validation subject matter expert during regulatory inspections, health authority interactions, audits, and CMC discussions and will maintain current knowledge of evolving regulatory expectations and industry practices related to process validation, lifecycle management, shipping validation, packaging validation, and continued process verification. Position Summary: The Associate Director, Validation provides strategic and technical leadership for validation activities supporting the clinical development, process qualification, regulatory approval, and commercialization of Ocular Therapeutix products.