Provides leadership for the global BioProduction Quality Network.
Responsible for 15+ Site Based Quality Organizations across the world.
Contributes to the strategy and development of the Quality Management System.
Partners with the operations and commercial organizations to ensure customer fulfillment.
Manages matrix relationships to ensure compliance of the network.
Deploys key programs to ensure alignment of the organization to agreed goals.
Creates, enhances, and sustains compliance systems for registered medical devices and pharmaceutical products.
Works across multiple product lines and types of manufacturing processes seamlessly.
Solves problems in complicated situations using analytical skills, creativity, and judgment
Impacts through delivery of results.
Communicates internally to senior leaders and to diverse audiences.
Completes assignments of diverse scope and complexity.
Provides training, mentors, and coaches team members and peers.
Supports complex, cross-functional quality issues in a variety of subject matter areas (e.g. biology, electrical, mechanical, chemistry and software).
Drives resolution and proactive solutions to quality complaints (functional defects with components or performance related failures), backorder issues, and dispositioning of materials.
Conducts advanced data analyses to determine quality problems and to identify larger scale quality improvements.
Provides quality specific training and guidance to the organization (e.g. Six Sigma Black belt program) to correctly identify and define quality problems early.
Participates in cross functional team projects (R&D, Mfg, Vendors, etc). Examples: support new product introduction projects, or quality improvement projects – identify root cause of product specific defects.
Determines clarifications and compliance to written standards (e.g. ISO), providing additional information for the site to ensure consistent application of quality processes.
Ensures overall program and product quality improvement by guiding other team members in continuous process improvement implementing preventative actions and reviewing lessons learned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering Disciplines.
10 years experience within the Medical Device or Pharmaceuitcal Industry supporting Regulated Products.
Expert knowledge of Quality Management System design and oversight from a Medical Device or Pharmaceutial perspective.
Knowledge of
Compliance with quality standards ((e.g., 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, 9001)
Quality tools e.g. FMEA, Risk Analysis, RCA
Global Systems e.g. TrackWise, AGILE, E1/SAP, LIMS
Proficient in Computer applications and current software (Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Access, Project); compliance specific software programs (Agile, Trackwise, LIMS, Master Control, ERP, etc.).
Training in Lean Sigma/Six Sigma processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
Support of Medical Device or Pharmaceutical New Product Introductions.
Strength in the Cell Culture/Microbiology area.
Strong competency in Quality Control methods and validations.
Multilingual
Experience in procurement/supplier oversight.
Experience in project management (PMP certification)