Director, Quality

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Position Summary

The Site Quality Head ensures appropriate focus on Quality in all areas and activities of the cGMP operations at Resilience's manufacturing plant located in Blue Ash, Ohio. The Site Quality Head is a key member of the Quality Leadership Team, reporting to the Senior Director of Quality, with responsibility for the analysis of Resilience quality requirements and the establishment, implementation and control of quality assurance systems and procedures across multiple disciplines.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead the Blue Ash Quality organization in establishing systems and procedures necessary to ensure cGMP and ISO compliance. Develop site processes and procedures to ensure adherence to corporate policies/standards and applicable cGMP regulations for Quality Systems and Compliance, QualityAssurance, Quality Engineering and Quality Control.
• Build a diverse, high performing functionally independent Quality team with clearly defined roles, responsibilities and reporting lines. Mentor and develop team members to ensure team agility, versatility and expertise redundancy.
• Provide compliance expertise and guidance; interpret global drug and device regulations.
• Collaborates with Quality leaders at West Chester site.
• Oversee and/or contribute to the development and execution of Quality Agreements with clients. Accountable for the timely and compliant delivery of site's responsibilities in accordance with Quality Agreement requirements.
• Accountable for product disposition to clients. Assures timely notification, investigation, and mitigation of quality events, with timely implementation of corrective actions and solutions.
• Partner with the Director of Compliance and Quality Systems to host client audits and regulatory inspections. Ensures timely and compliant responses and resolution of identified deficiencies.
• Manage the Blue Ash site's regulatory compliance training programs to ensure sufficiently trained resources with adequate product and process knowledge for execution. Champion initiatives for continued learning and development.
• Ensure a stable and effective quality management system. Partner with the Director of Compliance and Quality Systems to host periodic Blue Ash site Quality Management Reviews to assess the health of the Quality Systems; identify unfavorable trends and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure their timely mitigation.
• Develop and manage Blue Ash Quality site goals and corresponding budget in alignment with corporate vision and goals.
• Stay abreast of regulatory expectations, including technological advances and changes to industry standards. Advise site leaders and Quality organization on regulatory changes. Promote awareness of applicable regulatory requirements and quality management system requirements throughout the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Substantial experience evidencing increasingly complex quality leadership roles within an FDA regulated pharmaceutical environment, including prior experience within a manufacturing quality unit in aseptic manufacturing and device assembly.
• Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and/or CDMO industry experience, with significant experience in a senior quality organizational leadership role.
• Ability to apply extensive knowledge in aseptic manufacturing and analytical technologies in quality system design and investigations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of global GMP regulatory and ISO requirements.
• Experience with managing regulatory agency inspections.
• Proven record with building and leading high performance Quality teams as a leader.
• Ability to synthesize data and summarize outcomes to provide recommendations on a compliant path forward.
• Demonstrated ability to perform long-term project planning, team building, budgeting and operational excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully execute responsibilities in a fast-paced environment, collaborating across corporate functions and multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with demonstrated capability in inspiring and leading cross-functional efforts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemistry, Biology or related scientific field strongly preferred.
• Prior experience in design and qualification of a plant expansions preferred.
• CDMO site quality leadership experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with facility commissioning and qualification.
• Operational excellence experience preferred.
• Broad cross-industry operations management experience helpful.

The items described here are representative of those that must be met successfully to perform the essential functions of this job.

Sponsorship or support for work authorization, including visas, is not available for this position.

Resilience is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or characteristic, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state, and local laws. Requests for reasonable accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.