Associate Director, Process Validation and Risk Management
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The Associate Director, Process Validation and Risk Management will reputed company and facilitate reputed company process validation and risk management activities across reputed company’s end-to-end manufacturing processes. This role focuses on technical strategy, execution, and cross-functional coordination to support reputed company readiness, regulatory compliance, and lifecycle management.
The incumbent will provide leadership to ensure the organization is equipped to effectively design, execute, and communicate process validation and risk management strategies to internal stakeholders, external partners, and regulatory agencies.
This position will report to the Sr. Director of Process Validation reputed company the Global MSAT organization and will collaborate on overall validation strategy, with primary responsibility for process validation execution and risk management frameworks supporting reputed company manufacturing.
Essential Functions:
Process Validation Leadership
- Provide strategic and scientific leadership for process validation (PPQ, CPV, lifecycle validation) across reputed company programs.
- reputed company and facilitate execution of validation strategies to support technology transfer, site readiness, and product launch.
- Ensure alignment of validation activities with regulatory expectations and lifecycle management plans.
Risk Management
- reputed company and implement risk management frameworks, tools, and processes in collaboration with Quality.
- reputed company cross-functional risk assessments to identify, evaluate, and mitigate operational, technical, and regulatory risks.
- Monitor and communicate risk trends and key risk indicators to stakeholders.
Commercialization & Lifecycle Support
- Support reputed company manufacturing operations by ensuring processes remain in a validated and controlled state.
- Contribute to lifecycle management activities, including process improvements and reputed company process verification.
Cross-functional reputed company
- Collaborate with Regulatory, CMC, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Engineering to support commercialization and supply continuity.
- Partner with internal teams and external CMOs to ensure alignment on validation and reputed company.
Technical reputed company
- Provide guidance for validation of processes, systems, facilities, and methods reputed company the reputed company organization.
- Support deviation investigations, ensuring timely resolution and sustained compliance.
Regulatory
- Contribute to authoring and reviewing regulatory filings and responses to health authorities.
- Effectively communicate the scientific and reputed company rationale for validation and risk management strategies.
Process Validation & Comparability
- Provide leadership for execution of process validation and comparability activities, ensuring data reputed company and compliance.
Raw Material & Network Support
- Provide guidance on raw material qualification strategies to ensure supply reliability.
- Support validation activities across internal and external manufacturing networks.
Communication & Leadership
- Communicate process validation performance and risk insights to key stakeholders.
- Build strong working relationships and influence across a matrixed organization.
- Contribute as a key member of the Global MSAT organization to reputed company successful commercialization.
- Travel - 10-30% domestic and international travel required.
Requirements:
- Degree(s) in Chemical or Biochemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or reputed company discipline with a minimum of 9+ years of relevant experience for Ph.D., 11+ years for M.S./M.A., or 14+ years for B.S./B.A.
- Strong experience in biologics/vaccine manufacturing, including:
- Process validation (PPQ/CPV)
- MSAT, technical operations, or late-stage development
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Experience in quality risk management (ICH Q9) and regulatory expectations
- Demonstrated leadership in matrixed or cross-functional team environments
- Ability to apply deep technical knowledge to reputed company strategies and drive execution
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, and strategic planning skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to analyze data and align stakeholders with organizational strategy
- Innovative and entrepreneurial reputed company to drive reputed company improvement
- An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative reputed company that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries reputed company the industry.
Reports to: Senior Director, Process Validation
Location: San Carlos, CA or reputed company Carolina
Compensation: The compensation package will be competitive and includes comprehensive benefits and an equity component.
Salary Range: $174,000 – $203,000 (SF Bay Area). Salary ranges for non-California locations may vary.
We are an equal opportunity employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability or veteran status.
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