Associate Director, Validation

Position Summary

The Associate Director of Validation will lead the Qualification and Validation teams at the site. Serve as a member on project steering, value stream and quality systems performance teams. Establish operational objectives and systems to drive employee engagement and alignment with other departments. Deliver on site objectives while implementing harmonized engineering systems and processes. Provide leadership support to the other sites and validation initiatives as needed. Will lead system validation projects related to authoring and executing validation documentation for laboratory instruments/equipment and systems according to the ISPE GAMP 5 Validation Life Cycle as well as 21CFR Part11 and FDA’s guide to Computer Software Assurance. Documentation includes System Validation Plan, User Requirements, Risk Assessment, IQ, OQ, PQ, Test Scripts, Summary reports, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Periodic Review of Computer Systems, and Data Integrity Assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to Validation team members, driving performance and value creation to the site function operational and strategic plans and tasks
• Ensure adequate resourcing (capacity and capability) to accomplish site and OST objectives. Recommend solutions to alleviate constraints
• Regularly interacts with senior management or executives on multi-department projects and challenges. Able to build coalitions for change.
• Continuously improving the culture of the Validation team and the site
• Represents Validation and Emergent during GMP and other regulatory agency inspections (CDC, OSHA, etc.)
• Identify areas to drive down operations costs and improve project delivery efficiency. Develop specific investment strategies to realize these savings
• Hands on troubleshooting and problem solving at the Gemba in support of engineering team members and operations
• Develop and lead small and medium sized continuous improvement projects, remain involved in projects led by staff members
• Direct support to OST head or lead annual OPEX budget for Validation department
• Staff and System Development
• Effective delegation and building confidence and competence within direct reports
• Drive engagement in the technical and personal development of the Validation team and members
• Develops strong relationships with partners (QA, Mfg., etc.) and cultivates these with all team members
• Provide effective and collaborative cross functional leadership to facilitate development of the site strategy and delivery of site objectives
• Champion and enhance the culture of the Validation team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree. Preferred Fields of Study: Life Sciences or Engineering