Position
Manager, QA Manufacturing Operations
Location
Devens, MA
Shift
Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12 hour shift 7am to 7pm
Overview
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. This role is part of Bristol Myers Squibb's QA Manufacturing Operations, supporting quality assurance across manufacturing activities, with opportunities to influence site-wide quality and regulatory readiness.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and communicates performance objectives for Quality Assurance staff that are consistent with the business unit goals, Quality and Technical Operations objectives.
- Provide quality floor support of complex manufacturing issues.
- Define and enforce performance measures, provide developmental feedback and coaching, and foster a collaborative environment to enhance unit performance and cross-site integration.
- Hire, integrate and develop high-quality talent capable of delivering against the department\'s goals and objectives.
- Provide quality oversight of manufacturing activities on a day-to-day basis and oversight of the review and approval of minor changes to master batch recipe records.
- Perform review and approval of Quality, Manufacturing, and Material Specification SOPs and documents.
- Provide oversight to Quality walkthroughs for shutdown and inspections readiness activities and ensure program management compliance with site and corporate procedures.
- Contribute to and support the site team which prepares for, hosts and responds to regulatory inspections, reviews and approvals of the facility and products.
- Review, approve and provide guidance for quality master data, including updates to Drug Substance lot status in applicable quality systems.
- Directly participate in internal audits or reviews as well as global health authority inspections; may include representation on inspection response and CAPA teams.
- May provide Quality review and approval of investigation records and CAPA, records.
- Provide strategic foresight to identify and implement changes to enhance long-term goals of the department and drive continuous improvement.
- May act as delegate for QA Operations Manager for departmental meetings, projects and tasks.
- Supervise up to 6 employees overseeing quality floor support of manufacturing.
- Demonstrate core behavioral indicators for a team-based environment, promoting candor, collaboration, clarity of purpose and goals, and high commitment to business goals.
- Demonstrate compliance behaviors and attitudes.
Qualifications & Experience
Specialist A M.S. with 4-6 years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, or a B.S. with 7-9 years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry; including 2-4 years experience in a regulated function.Experience in a R&D environment is an asset.Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical processing techniques.In-depth knowledge of GMP regulations.Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.Demonstrated leadership skills.Computer literacy in Microsoft Office and SAP environment Quality management system, Veeva, PDLIMS, and other systems as required (e.g. DeltaV, PilotClean).Decision-making regarding disposition for distribution of clinical trial materials and materials for production, based on documentation review.Decision-making where commitment is required on release dates for product and / or material.Works to resolve problems that may arise when a product or material needs to be released in a short time frame and documents received are incomplete and / or contain errors.Demonstrates initiative to clarify unclear situations in the presence of documentation irregularities.Prioritizes when handling multiple work assignments and deadlines; provides clear direction and priorities.Works with a minimum of supervision.QA Manager acts as authorized delegate in the absence of the Quality Operations Senior Manager.Travel required; approximately 10% of the time.Compensation & Benefits
Devens, MA – US $100,480 - $121,756. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities may be available. Benefits vary by location and role; see the careers site for details.
On-site & Accessibility
BMS supports site-appropriate occupancy models and reasonable accommodations in recruitment. For accessibility inquiries, contact adastaffingsupport@bms.com. See the Equal Employment Opportunity statement on the Careers site.
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