Manager, QC Instrumentation Team Lead

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Bristol Myers Squibb Ireland

Bristol Myers Squibb has been in operation in Ireland since 1964, employing over 650 people across a range of activities and business units

Located in Dublin, Cruiserath Biologics Campus, a one billion Multi-Product Cell Culture Biologics Manufacturing facility plays a central role in the Global Product Development and Supply (GPS) network as the company’s first European biologics manufacturing facility.  This state of the art facility will produce multiple therapies for the company’s growing biologics portfolio. Global Biologics Laboratory (GBL) responsible for the release testing of Biologics Drug product for the network, is also based on the Cruiserath Biologics Campus.

BMS Cruiserath has been awarded “Biopharma Company of the Year 2019” in the Irish Pharma Industry Awards and is certified as a Great Place to Work since 2017, including as a Great Place to Work for Women in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The Role

BMS Cruiserath Biologics is seeking to recruit a Manager, QC Instrumentation Team Lead on a permanent basis to join our QC Shared Services Team in Dublin.  Reporting to the Cruiserath Biologics Laboratory QC Shared Services (QCAS) Senior Manager, the Manager, QC Instrumentation Team Lead will be responsible for managing and providing technical support to the QC Instrumentation team.

 Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide an instrumentation service to the QC Laboratories that ensures all analytical equipment is qualified and can support QC operations.

Specifically, this role is to:

• Ensure all instruments are available for operational use in the laboratory and that they are calibrated and qualified.
• Manage projects for new laboratory equipment installation and qualification.
• Generate, review and/or approve analytical instrumentation equipment qualification, calibration and repair documentation, where required
• Lead QC instrumentation groups change controls and investigations.
• Maintain a high standard of GMP compliance with specific ownership of the compliance status of analytical instrumentation.
• Ensure analytical equipment procedures are aligned with corporate and regulatory procedures.
• Manage the laboratory instrumentation lifecycle programmes. Specifically ensuring that all maintenance, calibrations, and periodic review schedules are fit for purpose.
• Maintain a safe working environment within laboratories for both BMS staff and external vendors.
• Take ownership of topics as appropriate during regulatory inspections.
• Participate in troubleshooting complex analytical and instrumentation issues.
• Assess instrument capability for new product or method introductions.

 Other responsibilities include:

• Take ownership of topics as appropriate during regulatory inspections
• Participate in troubleshooting complex analytical and instrumentation issues.
• Participate in laboratory investigations as requested by the QC laboratory.
• Lead operational excellence initiatives to enhance the Biological Laboratories operations and work practices.
• Provide support to Network QC Systems teams and laboratory systems projects for electronic laboratory systems.
• Assess instrument capability for new product or method introductions.

People Management:

• Write performance evaluations; provide feedback, coaching and training to QCSS personnel and develop a strong team to support the site.

• Take responsibility for hiring, coaching and development of staff, management of aggressive timelines and budget responsibilities. 
• Provide strategic planning and direct laboratory person