Manager of Virus Clearance Services UK
HybridGlasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead and manage GLP-compliant operations for Confidence® Virus Clearance UK, ensuring appropriate staffing, facilities, equipment, and materials are in place to deliver regulatory studies effectively and on time. Provide line management to a team of approximately six direct reports, overseeing their capability, training, and development while maintaining accurate records of qualifications. Oversee the planning and execution of GLP studies, including resource allocation, coordination with Study Directors and Principal Investigators, and ensuring study plans and master schedules are properly approved. Ensure full regulatory compliance with GLP standards and relevant guidelines, including maintaining organization structure, documentation, and clear communication across multi-site studies. Own and maintain quality systems and assurance programmes, including SOP approval, deviations, change controls, and audits. Act as the site lead for inspections and audits, hosting regulatory and customer inspections, and represent the function externally as a technical expert in meetings and industry events. Coordinate with sister Virus Clearance sites globally to ensure harmonisation of procedures and sharing of knowledge.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in biology, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology or relevant disciplines
- Min. 8 years of work experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry paired with managing and leading a team in a GxP environment
- Experience in process development with biological products especially downstream processing
- Experience of hosting audits (MHRA,FDA)
- Experience of commercial aspects of facility management
- Experience of maintaining QMS
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong project management and organisation skills
- Ability to comprehend and draw conclusions from scientific and numerical data
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent skills in Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel
- Right to work in the UK
Desired Qualifications
- PhD is preferred
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