Associate Director CQV

The Associate Director of Commissioning Qualification and Validation (CQV) is responsible for leading and executing CQV activities for a largescale biologics manufacturing facility in compliance with regulatory requirements including 21 CFR Parts 11 210 and 211 as well as ASTM E2500 guidelines. This role ensures that all facility utility equipment and process qualification activities are conducted efficiently and in alignment with Good Engineering Practices (GEP) and Riskbased Validation approach. This role exists to guarantee the integrity and compliance of production systems and to mitigate risks associated with the therapeutic product lifecycle. The Associate DirectorCQVcollaborates with crossfunctional teams to drive continuous improvement and optimize CQV practices.

Follow Your Genki to North Americas largest stateoftheart Life Science Manufacturing Facility & CDMO

The work we do at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies has never been more importantand we are looking for talented candidates to join us. We are growing our locations our capabilities and our teams and looking for passionate missiondriven people like you who want to make a real difference in peoples lives. Join FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies and help manufacture the next vaccine cure or gene therapy in partnership with some of the most innovative biopharma companies across the globe. We are proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion energy and drive what we call Genki.

Join us

We are growing our locations and are investing more than $2 billion into establishing a newlargescale manufacturing site for biopharmaceuticals in the United States to accelerate the growth of our Bio CDMO (Contract and Development Manufacturing Organization) business. This will be the largest endtoend cell culture CDMO provider in North America.

The new site will offer endtoend solutionsto our customers looking to manufacture biopharmaceuticals in the US. In addition to drug substance manufacture it will alsoprovideautomated fillfinish and assembly packaging and labeling services. The new stateoftheart facility is located in Holly Springs North Carolina United States.

What Youll Do

Acts as CQV Technical Lead for the entire site to establish validation strategies develop validation procedures to align with FDB Large Scale Biologics platform operating principles and regulatory requirements.
Ensures compliance with 21 CFR Parts 11 210 and 211 ASTM E2500 ISPE Baseline Guides and industry best practices.
Provide leadership for the riskbased verification approach ensuring CQV programs focus on critical aspects affecting product quality and patient safety.
Collaborates with Quality Engineering Manufacturing and Regulatory teams to ensure alignment on validation strategies and readiness for regulatory inspections.
Participates and represents CQV in new client or new molecule business proposal reviews and assists with onboarding of new molecules at the site level.
Leads presentations of FDBNs Validation Lifecycle program during internal and external audits
Chairs the various steering committees such as process change board change control board PQ (Performance Qualification) council etc.
Establishes Validation standard operating procedures (SOPs) Validation Project Plan (VPP) Validation Master Plan (VMP) to ensure full cGMP compliance by operations launch.
Provides guidance and leads the management of validation lifecycle using the ASTM E2500 principles for the entire site for all equipment facilities utilities during Installation Verification (IV)/Operational Verification (OV)/Installation & Operational Qualification (IOQ)/ Performance Qualification (PQ) through Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) release to decommissioning
Manages validation lifecycle activities including URS development design qualification (DQ) risk assessments FAT/SAT and periodic
requalification.
Ensures the integration of process validation (PV) cleaning validation (CV) and computerized system validation (CSV) into the overall CQV strategy.
Develops the strategy for periodic reviews and requalification of equipment utilities facilities to ensure cGMP compliance
Oversees deviation investigations change control evaluations and continuous improvements within the validation framework ensuring ontime closure and completion of compliance initiatives
Provides CQV leadership for capital projects ensuring timely of validation activities within budget and schedule constraints.
Provides technical support and leads team of external validation engineers through commissioning qualification and validation of largescale biologics facilities and equipment.
Manages CQV resource allocation including internal teams and external CQV contractors.
Drives continuous improvement initiatives to optimize CQV processes and reduce validation cycle times.
Ensures proper documentation control and approval processes for all validation deliverables.
Coaches and mentors direct reports and team members to foster professional development and growth
Participates in the recruitment process to attract talent
Collaborates with Human Resources (HR) and Talent Acquisition and provides input to develop retention strategies
Addresses employee concerns and partners with HR for resolution as needed
Evaluates team performance and address gaps appropriately
Manages and develops direct reports from CQV team
Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

Masters degree in engineering Life Sciences or a related field with 9 years of experience in commissioning qualification and validation in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. OR
Bachelors degree in engineering Life Sciences or a related field with 11 years of experience in commissioning qualification and
validation in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
8 years of people management & leadership experience
Experience and Strong knowledge of US and international regulatory standards and ICH guidelines especially with regards to data
integrity.
Experience and knowledge of Electronic Validation systems such as KNEAT or similar.
Experience and knowledge of Lives Temperature Mapping systems or similar.

Preferred Requirements:

Experience in large scale life science company.
Experience in green field project

Physical and Work Environment Requirements:

Will work in environment which may necessitate respiratory protection.

May work in Mechanical/Production spaces that may require hearing protection and enrollment in a hearing conservation program.

Ability to discern audible cues.

Ability to inspect or perform a task with 20/20 corrected vision visual acuity including distinguishing color.

Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time up to 240 minutes.

Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time up to 240 minutes.

Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include wrists hands and/or fingers.

Will work in warm/cold environments.

Will work in outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind.

Will work in small and/or enclosed spaces.

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