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Allen SpoldenPosted 28 months ago

Quality Manager - Analytical

On-siteCarlsbad, California, United States

Full TimeSmall

Job Summary

Develop and maintain quality control systems for the Analytical department in a biopharmaceutical manufacturing setting, ensuring full compliance with cGMP requirements. Manage the quality control laboratory infrastructure, including equipment validation, analyst training, and preventive maintenance. Oversee assay verification, qualification, and tech transfer activities while troubleshooting deviations, CAPAs, and out-of-specifications investigations. Author and review Standard Operating Procedures, Assay Qualification Reports, and Stability Protocols to optimize operations. Develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance through structured training and mentorship.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in the Biological Sciences, Bioengineering or Chemistry
  • Master's degree preferred
  • A minimum of 8+ years of experience performing quality control activities in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry under GMP guidelines
  • A minimum of 5+ years of GMP operations experience in the manufacture of for drugs substances / drug products
  • A minimum of 3+ years supervisory experience
  • Percentage of Travel: 5%
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • Strong scientific, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • sound judgment
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • Ability to develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action
  • Ability to identify problems and lead efforts to resolve them
  • Ability to set stretch goals and link them to strategic outcomes and business deliverables
  • Ability to provide open communication
  • Ability to exemplify effective teamwork skills
  • Ability to develop and maintain Quality QC systems
  • Ability to achieve organizational objectives through the coordinated achievements of subordinate staff
  • Ability to establish departmental goals and objectives and function with autonomy
  • Ability to manage the accountability and stewardship of human, financial, and often physical resources
  • Ability to ensure subordinate supervisors and professionals adhere to defined internal controls
  • Ability to manage systems and procedures to protect departmental assets
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in leadership
  • Ability to develop a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and ability to advance group goals to meet company objectives
  • Experience in the development and establishment of operations of QC laboratories in a GMP regulated environment
  • In-depth experience related to method development, optimization, validation, and tech transfers
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • A profound understanding of analytical instrument principals and application of advance instrumentation analysis for pharmaceutical and biologic products
  • Familiarity with analytical testing procedures: AGE, qPCR/dPCR, HPLC (IEX, RP, SEC), Sequencing, Plate Based Assays (BCA, Kanamycin)
  • Strong knowledge of pharmacopeia (USP/EP) and regulatory requirements for the industry (ICH, GDP, cGMP and quality systems including OOS investigations, deviations and CAPAs)
  • Strong leadership and motivational capabilities
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • Strong scientific, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • sound judgment
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • Ability to develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action
  • Ability to identify problems and lead efforts to resolve them
  • Ability to set stretch goals and link them to strategic outcomes and business deliverables
  • Ability to provide open communication
  • Ability to exemplify effective teamwork skills
  • Ability to develop and maintain Quality QC systems
  • Ability to achieve organizational objectives through the coordinated achievements of subordinate staff
  • Ability to establish departmental goals and objectives and function with autonomy
  • Ability to manage the accountability and stewardship of human, financial, and often physical resources
  • Ability to ensure subordinate supervisors and professionals adhere to defined internal controls
  • Ability to manage systems and procedures to protect departmental assets
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in leadership
  • Ability to develop a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and ability to advance group goals to meet company objectives
  • Experience in the development and establishment of operations of QC laboratories in a GMP regulated environment
  • In-depth experience related to method development, optimization, validation, and tech transfers
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • A profound understanding of analytical instrument principals and application of advance instrumentation analysis for pharmaceutical and biologic products
  • Familiarity with analytical testing procedures: AGE, qPCR/dPCR, HPLC (IEX, RP, SEC), Sequencing, Plate Based Assays (BCA, Kanamycin)
  • Strong knowledge of pharmacopeia (USP/EP) and regulatory requirements for the industry (ICH, GDP, cGMP and quality systems including OOS investigations, deviations and CAPAs)
  • Strong leadership and motivational capabilities
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • Strong scientific, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • sound judgment
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • Ability to develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action
  • Ability to identify problems and lead efforts to resolve them
  • Ability to set stretch goals and link them to strategic outcomes and business deliverables
  • Ability to provide open communication
  • Ability to exemplify effective teamwork skills
  • Ability to develop and maintain Quality QC systems
  • Ability to achieve organizational objectives through the coordinated achievements of subordinate staff
  • Ability to establish departmental goals and objectives and function with autonomy
  • Ability to manage the accountability and stewardship of human, financial, and often physical resources
  • Ability to ensure subordinate supervisors and professionals adhere to defined internal controls
  • Ability to manage systems and procedures to protect departmental assets
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in leadership
  • Ability to develop a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and ability to advance group goals to meet company objectives
  • Experience in the development and establishment of operations of QC laboratories in a GMP regulated environment
  • In-depth experience related to method development, optimization, validation, and tech transfers
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • A profound understanding of analytical instrument principals and application of advance instrumentation analysis for pharmaceutical and biologic products
  • Familiarity with analytical testing procedures: AGE, qPCR/dPCR, HPLC (IEX, RP, SEC), Sequencing, Plate Based Assays (BCA, Kanamycin)
  • Strong knowledge of pharmacopeia (USP/EP) and regulatory requirements for the industry (ICH, GDP, cGMP and quality systems including OOS investigations, deviations and CAPAs)
  • Strong leadership and motivational capabilities
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • Strong scientific, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • sound judgment
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • Ability to develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action
  • Ability to identify problems and lead efforts to resolve them
  • Ability to set stretch goals and link them to strategic outcomes and business deliverables
  • Ability to provide open communication
  • Ability to exemplify effective teamwork skills
  • Ability to develop and maintain Quality QC systems
  • Ability to achieve organizational objectives through the coordinated achievements of subordinate staff
  • Ability to establish departmental goals and objectives and function with autonomy
  • Ability to manage the accountability and stewardship of human, financial, and often physical resources
  • Ability to ensure subordinate supervisors and professionals adhere to defined internal controls
  • Ability to manage systems and procedures to protect departmental assets
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in leadership
  • Ability to develop a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and ability to advance group goals to meet company objectives
  • Experience in the development and establishment of operations of QC laboratories in a GMP regulated environment
  • In-depth experience related to method development, optimization, validation, and tech transfers
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • A profound understanding of analytical instrument principals and application of advance instrumentation analysis for pharmaceutical and biologic products
  • Familiarity with analytical testing procedures: AGE, qPCR/dPCR, HPLC (IEX, RP, SEC), Sequencing, Plate Based Assays (BCA, Kanamycin)
  • Strong knowledge of pharmacopeia (USP/EP) and regulatory requirements for the industry (ICH, GDP, cGMP and quality systems including OOS investigations, deviations and CAPAs)
  • Strong leadership and motivational capabilities
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • Strong scientific, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • sound judgment
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • Ability to develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action
  • Ability to identify problems and lead efforts to resolve them
  • Ability to set stretch goals and link them to strategic outcomes and business deliverables
  • Ability to provide open communication
  • Ability to exemplify effective teamwork skills
  • Ability to develop and maintain Quality QC systems
  • Ability to achieve organizational objectives through the coordinated achievements of subordinate staff
  • Ability to establish departmental goals and objectives and function with autonomy
  • Ability to manage the accountability and stewardship of human, financial, and often physical resources
  • Ability to ensure subordinate supervisors and professionals adhere to defined internal controls
  • Ability to manage systems and procedures to protect departmental assets
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in leadership
  • Ability to develop a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and ability to advance group goals to meet company objectives
  • Experience in the development and establishment of operations of QC laboratories in a GMP regulated environment
  • In-depth experience related to method development, optimization, validation, and tech transfers
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • A profound understanding of analytical instrument principals and application of advance instrumentation analysis for pharmaceutical and biologic products
  • Familiarity with analytical testing procedures: AGE, qPCR/dPCR, HPLC (IEX, RP, SEC), Sequencing, Plate Based Assays (BCA, Kanamycin)
  • Strong knowledge of pharmacopeia (USP/EP) and regulatory requirements for the industry (ICH, GDP, cGMP and quality systems including OOS investigations, deviations and CAPAs)
  • Strong leadership and motivational capabilities
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • Strong scientific, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • sound judgment
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • Ability to develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to exercise sound judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action
  • Ability to identify problems and lead efforts to resolve them
  • Ability to set stretch goals and link them to strategic outcomes and business deliverables
  • Ability to provide open communication
  • Ability to exemplify effective teamwork skills
  • Ability to develop and maintain Quality QC systems
  • Ability to achieve organizational objectives through the coordinated achievements of subordinate staff
  • Ability to establish departmental goals and objectives and function with autonomy
  • Ability to manage the accountability and stewardship of human, financial, and often physical resources
  • Ability to ensure subordinate supervisors and professionals adhere to defined internal controls
  • Ability to manage systems and procedures to protect departmental assets
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in leadership
  • Ability to develop a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and ability to advance group goals to meet company objectives
  • Experience in the development and establishment of operations of QC laboratories in a GMP regulated environment
  • In-depth experience related to method development, optimization, validation, and tech transfers
  • Ability to manage a team and work independently on projects
  • Ability to review project data and provide summary analysis reports based upon the data
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • A profound understanding of analytical instrument principals and application of advance instrumentation analysis for pharmaceutical and biologic products
  • Familiarity with analytical testing procedures: AGE, qPCR/dPCR, HPLC (IEX, RP, SEC), Sequencing, Plate Based Assays (BCA, Kanamycin)
  • Strong knowledge of pharmacopeia (USP/EP) and regulatory requirements for the industry (ICH, GDP, cGMP and quality systems including OOS investigations, deviations and CAPAs)
  • Strong leadership and motivational capabilities
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • High attention to detail
  • highly organized
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in the English language
  • outstanding interpersonal skills
  • excellent documentation skills
  • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, accountable, and flexible
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
  • Strong scientific, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • sound judgment
  • Ability to provide support for regulatory and client audits
  • Ability to interact with clients
  • Ability to develop staff to improve individual and departmental performance

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