Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

Senior Manager, Quality Assurance
United States - California - Foster City
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.
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Job Description
Working in QA at Gilead:
Quality Assurance delivers on Gilead's commitment to bring life-changing therapies to patients through robust QA processes and systems. Our approach is agile, innovative, and collaborative, and our teams are genuinely committed to the rapid delivery of safe life-changing therapies.
Job Summary:
Gilead Sciences seeks a Sr. Manager, Quality Assurance, in the Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing (PDM) organization. The Sr. Manager provides quality and compliance activities for clinical and commercial products and programs.
Job Functions:

• Serve as QPTL (Quality Product Team Lead) or QA Operational Lead (OL) for assigned programs
  
• Review and approve change control requests, lab investigations, deviations, and proposed corrective actions and preventative actions (CAPAs) to ensure compliance with Gilead procedures, cGMP, and all other applicable regulations
  
• Collaborate and escalate as necessary.
  
• Generate and or contribute to relevant metrics and annual product quality reports.
  
• Review and approve GMP facilities, utilities, and equipment changes.
  
• Review and approve protocols and reports (e.g., method qualification/validation, method transfer, stability, etc.) for product manufacturing and packaging.
  
• Generate data and contribute/participate at relevant CMC team(s).
  
• Interact with contract manufacturers/labs, internal manufacturing, and Analytical Operations to resolve quality issues.
  
• Provide oversight for API and DP Pilot Plants.
  
• Provide support for QP activities.
  
• Review existing quality workflows, perform gap assessments, and assist in identifying areas for improvement.
  
• Author, revise, and review standard operating procedures.
  
• Manages QA personnel, including organizing and prioritizing daily tasks, provides training and writing performance reviews
  

• Responsible for final batch review, approval and release of manufactured products.
  
• Review manufacturing, packaging, and labeling Drug Product batch records and in-process quality control data and assess the completeness of change controls, deviations, and test results to ensure timely disposition of drug products intended for commercial or clinical use.
  
• Review API/Drug Substance batch records and in-process data, assess the completeness of change controls, deviations, and test results for timely disposition of API/Drug Substance intended for commercial or clinical use.
  
• Interact with key stakeholders to ensure that clinical and commercial products are manufactured according to established procedures, cGMPs, and appropriate regulations.
  
• Maintain electronic records in Trackwise, GPLM, Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS), SAP, Gilead Electronic Batch Review Systems, Veeva Vault, etc., and paper archives as needed
  

Essential Project Management Activities:

• Represents Quality Assurance in CMC Teams and/or PDM Sub teams.
  
• Leads a sub-team of Quality professionals supporting the product/program, and ensures visibility and communication of key project timelines and CMC milestones
  
• Acts in a project manager capacity to ensure:, change controls, , deviations or other issues, lab investigations, lot release status, test methods, method transfer and transfer status, stability studies, risks, metrics, regulatory inspections, audits, and other associated activities related to the product/program are accounted for and managed to timely completion.
  
• Supports opportunities for efficiency and capacity improvements to products/programs.
  
• Performs work that consistently requires independent decision-making and independent judgment and discretion.
  
• Learns and understands assigned programs/product's lifecycle status.
  

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills:

• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines and to facilitate meetings
  
• Ability to track and follow up on actions requiring the team's completion.
  
• Ability to lead and influence a cross-functional team and global site and functional area employees to a successful project outcome.
  
• Objective and transparent with information
  
• Critical and strategic thinking skills and ability to provide pragmatic, risk-based, and phase-appropriate guidance and decision-making even when quality and compliance requirements are not well-defined.
  
• Awareness and application of global regulations and guidelines and industry best practices
  
• Ability to act as a mentor to junior staff
  
• Ability to provide clear perspective and rationale for thinking and functioning successfully in a dynamic environment
  
• Possesses experience/knowledge in laboratory controls, method validation and method transfer guidelines per FDA/EU/ICH/USP/JP guidelines
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Prior Quality leadership and technical management experience in development and/or commercial programs
  
• 8+ years of Biopharmaceutical or Pharmaceutical experience and a bachelor's degree in science or related fields (OR) 6+ years of Biopharmaceutical or Pharmaceutical experience and a master's degree in science or related fields (OR) 0+ years of Biopharmaceutical or Pharmaceutical experience and a PhD in science or related fields
  
• Experience and knowledge in Quality Assurance in a highly regulated manufacturing environment
  
• Extensive knowledge of API, OSD, and/or Parenteral
  

The salary range for this position is: $154,020.00 - $199,320.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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