Associate Director, Microbiology & Sterility Assurance – North Carolina – Competitive Package
I am representing an established, global health care provider who is on the search for a Sterility Assurance Director. You will be responsible for leading and overseeing a Microbiology team across key laboratory activities and projects.
This role will offer you:
- A genuine opportunity to make a difference, being exposed to a variety of development projects which have the potential to save lives.
- A lot of mobility and autonomy in the role, while working with a strong leadership team.
- The scope to develop and establish the sterility assurance program for state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities ensuring excellent compliance
- Competitive salary, stock purchase program, Tuition reimbursement, PTO, 401k match, Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
You will be responsible for:
- Develop and implement sterility assurance and microbiology strategies, policies, and procedures for the company's manufacturing facilities.
- Leading the implantation of quality systems procedures and handling compliance across the department
- Overseeing and managing microbiology laboratory activities - environmental monitoring, microbiology testing, microbial identification
- Leading and managing a team of sterility assurance and microbiology professionals
- Participate in regulatory inspections and lead the quality assessment of internal operations & suppliers to assess any risks
- Responsible for the strategy to ensure and improve clean room controls with the facility to minimize risk and cross-contamination
Desirable experience and qualifications:
- Significant experience with microbiology, sterility assurance, aseptic processing within pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturing
- BS degree in Science, concentration in Biology or Microbiology, preferably
- Proven experience managing and leading teams
- Strong regulatory knowledge of industry standards related to sterile manufacturing and aseptic processing
- Experience with regulatory inspections and audits
