Associate Director, Commercial Quality Assurance
Associate Director, Commercial Quality Assurance
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Associate Director Commercial Quality Assurance
Position Summary
Catalent Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop manufacture and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma biotech and consumer health customers supporting product development launch and full lifecycle supply. With timetested experience in development sciences delivery technologies and multimodality manufacturing Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites Catalent supplies billions of doses of lifeenhancing and lifesaving treatments for patients annually.
Catalents Greenville N.C. facility specializes in endtoend turnkey solutions for oral solid dosage forms including integrated formulation development analytical services commercial manufacturing and packaging. This stateoftheart facility has had over $100M of investments in recent years and features fitforscale capacity with potent handling capabilities ideal for orphan or targeted drug development.
The Associate Director Commercial Quality Assurance provides leadership and support in delivering technical excellence in compliance with cGMP continuous improvement as well as meets internal business targets while exceeding client expectations. The Associate Director Commercial Quality Assurance provides quality assurance leadership and oversight for all commercial manufacturing and laboratory operations onsite and at contract organizations (CMOs and CPOs).
The Role
Act as Commercial QA SME during FDA nondomestic and client audits and lead preparation of responses to all audit observations particularly those related to Commercial Quality Assurance findings.
Lead site crossfunctional team effort to drive all commercial CAPA commitments for audit responses and eQMS events to timely completion and effectiveness evaluation.
Lead the teambased approach for review and verification of drug product quality in manufacturing packaging and testing records to ensure that only compliant product is released and nonconforming materials are investigated and dispositioned appropriately.
Lead in the development of a culture and supporting systems to drive open communication participation and intra/interdepartmental ideasharing to build an engaged team; advance and model company values and leadership commitments; ensure the highest levels of quality compliance and integrity are adhered to in all interactions.
Direct operations within Commercial Quality Assurance while maintaining a continuous improvement philosophy focused on improved compliance rightfirsttime and process efficiency while creating an environment of open communication participation and informationsharing within and between teams within Quality Assurance and throughout the commercial organization.
Establish and maintain active KPIs for the functional measures within Commercial Quality Assurance including periodic reporting for the KPIs; monitor and trend key Quality data for internal and external commercial supplies in support of the S&OP scorecard program.
Oversee development and performance management of direct reports including identifying learning and cross training opportunities as well as providing coaching and mentoring goal setting performance evaluations and feedback.
All other duties as assigned.
The Candidate
PhD with at least 7 years of professional experience in QA/QC pharmaceutical manufacturing or;
Masters degree with at least 9 years of professional experience in QA/QC pharmaceutical manufacturing or;
Bachelors degree with 10 years of professional experience in QA/QC pharmaceutical manufacturing.
At least 4 years of leadership/management experience required with demonstrated ability to set vision and direction for a team including setting expectations and motivating for results to achieve corporate site and departmental objectives.
Extensive technical skills in solid dose manufacturing and/or packaging; experience in contract manufacturing preferred.
Experience leading audit preparations electronic quality management systems such as deviation management analytical investigations (OOS) CAPA and change control.
Demonstrated experience leading Quality Assurance teams in commercial manufacturing QA to maintain adherence to a demanding production schedule working with crossfunctional teams such as Technical Services facilities Engineering and Validation.
Demonstratable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalentsponsored leadership programs such as NGGL GOLD LEAD Now GM Excellence and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.
Must possess the ability to bridge relationships with a variety of individuals internal and external to the site and
Organization.
Majority of work day is performed while standing walking and sitting.
Some exposure to hazardous chemical and other active chemical ingredients.
Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
Some business travel required.
Why You Should Join Catalent
Competitive medical benefits and 401K
152 hours of PTO 8 Paid Holidays
Dynamic fastpaced work environment
Opportunity to work on Continuous Improvement Processes
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7000 lifesaving and lifeenhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability you may submit your request by sending an email and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number title and location to . This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
