Principal QA Specialist (Manufacturing QA), CVRM

Two Principal QA Specialist positions are available: one will focus on Compounding, Filling, and Inspection, and the other will support Packaging and Labelling.

Welcome to Holly Springs, North Carolina— home to Roche/Genentech's largest-ever investment: a $2B greenfield start-up where next-generation technology, high-performing teams and Operational Excellence converge to create the global standard for high-volume, highly-efficient Drug Product manufacturing. 

The facility's core is defined by Innovation - leveraging advanced automation, robotics, digital tools, real-time data analytics, and simple, streamlined processes to produce the highest quality medicines. This plant meets today’s demand for CVRM (Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism) medicines and is scalable to grow with the portfolio, which focuses on next-generation metabolic medicines specifically targeting the global obesity epidemic and Type 2 diabetes.  This is a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with a high-level of accountability, with planned launch in 2028. 

Are you a problem-solver and change-agent who thrives in a Team environment, eager to tackle the most complex manufacturing challenges? If so, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to launch a state-of-the-art facility from the ground-up and shape the culture of our organization for the next generation. 

Join us in Holly Springs, where you won't just build a plant—you will build the future of medicine.

The Opportunity

 We are looking for a highly impactful Principal QA Specialist with extensive experience, a robust risk-based operational focus, and a strong compliance mindset. This critical role is essential for guaranteeing the delivery of top-quality products, consistently meeting global regulatory requirements and Roche's stringent internal standards.

In this role you will be a member of the QA team providing quality oversight for manufacturing and supporting processes, specifically for Compounding, Filling, and Inspection. You will manage end-to-end quality for these areas, collaborating closely with diverse partners, including MSAT, Operations, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality, QC, and Global teams, to guarantee strict adherence to all quality standards.

This position is a unique opportunity to embed quality into the site's operational design, support a continuous improvement culture, and drive operational excellence in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices, establishing Holly Springs as a center of excellence for aseptic drug product manufacturing. 

What You’ll Do

• Quality by Design: Support the establishment and implementation of operational procedures for Compounding, Filling and Inspection or Assembly and Packaging, ensuring appropriate risk-based controls are in place to embed “Quality by Design” into operational processes. 

• Quality Management: Approve procedures and drive continuous improvement by regularly assessing and refining processes and procedures to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.

• Digital Quality: Work closely with the MES and SAP teams to design recipes and Manufacturing Batch Records and ensure master data aligns with validated process parameters. 

• Release by Exception: Design the logic for Release by Exception, defining which critical process parameters must be automatically verified to allow for accelerated batch disposition.

• Design & Commissioning Phase: Support equipment and process design reviews, FAT, SAT and commissioning activities to design fit for purpose, lean, operational processes in advance of PQ.

• Investigations: Support or lead complex investigations, determining root causes and ensuring the implementation of effective Corrective and Preventive Actions. Utilize advanced tools to move beyond "human error" and identify true systemic vulnerabilities. Approve Deviations and CAPAs.

• Technical Expert & Problem Solver: Act as a subject matter expert and provide guidance on matters related to Compounding, Filling and Inspection or Assembly and Packaging, monitoring data and trends and identifying areas for improvement.

• Inspection support: Support inspection readiness, participate during regulatory inspections and support review/approval of the dossier sections.

• Compliance and Product Release: Participate in equipment and process risk assessments, approve change controls and perform release of incoming goods and manufactured products

• Manufacturing Process Oversight