Associate Director, Analytical R&D/AR&D

Job Title:                        Associate Director, Analytical R&D/AR&D

City:                                 Winchester

State:                               KY

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Develop, implement and communicate a clear strategic vision for quality control to maximize employee focus and develop a competitive advantage.  Maintain the highest degree of product quality and quality control systems, grounded by the ability and vision to anticipate and prevent quality and/or regulatory problems. 

• Ensure Quality Control systems are compliant with current FDA, ICH, USP, EP, JP, MHRA, corporate and site procedures as well as industry standards including but not limited to analytical method validations OOS/OOT investigations and root cause analysis, corrective and preventative actions (CAPA), and training.

• Manage the Quality Control team.

• Participate in the site Quality Management Review.

• Oversee analytical investigations and root cause analysis.

• Oversee the Analytical R&D team for method development, transfers and validations processes to support the introduction of new product pipelines to the site.

• Facilitate receipt and release processes for the cleaning verifications samples, raw materials, in process samples and finished products.

• Oversee the laboratory instrument IQ/OQ and calibration program.

• Ensure the Change control process including, but not limited to, analytical methods, raw material, in process and finished product specifications, comply with site SOPs.

• Responsible for the Quality Control department strategic growth plan.

• Oversee the laboratory stability testing program.

• Ensure analytical laboratory software platforms meet CFR Part 11 and the current regulatory data integrity requirements and the respective corporate policy.

• Develop and/or administer and maintain the employee training program.

• Enforce cGMP compliance through the department training program.

• Ensure Quality Control department follow site DEA SOPs when handling control substances.

• Oversee proper documentation related to employee performance and timekeeping records, administer employee discipline as appropriate and in coordination with Human Resources.

• Ensure Quality Control programs including CAPA, Quality Management Review and deviation investigations, raw material and finished product specifications, ComplianceWire, and the Employee Training Program remain current to achieve regulation satisfactions.

• Participate in FDA and other regulatory agency inspections and customer audits as required.

• Ensure the adherence to the standards of quality ruled by current cGMPs and the Company’s Quality Policies and the site Standard Operating Procedures.

• Propose, implement and enforce quality improvements.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or Related Field and 8 years of experience in job offered or 8 years of experience in the Related Occupation. 

RELATED OCCUPATION:

Analytical Chemist or any other job title performing the following job duties:

1. Executing analytical method validations, compendial verifications, USP Vs In-house method equivalency studies, method transfers activities according to the site procedures in compliance with ICH, FDA and other regulatory guidances and current industry standards to avoid major analytical related regulatory deficiencies to ensure drug product approvals in first cycle review. Method development and validation of cleaning verification samples and managing stability studies as per ICH Q1 requirements.

2. Evaluating USP methods and finalizing the analytical methodologies by modifying them to suit in-house conditions within the allowable limits of USP<621>.

3. Handling the OOS/OOT/deviations/atypical results as per company’s procedures and in compliance with regulatory requirements to find out the root cause and implementing appropriate CAPAs.

4. Scheduling and managing IQ/OQ/PQ activities.

5. Handling the receipt and release of cleaning verification samples, raw materials, in-process and finished products as per the company’s procedures.

6. Writing/reviewing SOPs, test procedures, other technical documents as needed, justification of specification and COA’s for release purpose of API’s, excipients, packaging components and stability com