QA Specialist Product Development

Job Title: QA Specialist Product Development
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Dublin
Industry:
REF: 124136
Contact Email: laurentina@rftgroup.ie
Job Published: over 1 year ago

Job Description

Quality Assurance Specialist -Product Development
This Quality Assurance Specialist role is an advanced position requiring significant expertise/specialisation in area with responsibility for day-to-day implementation of Quality Systems and Compliance functions appropriate for combination products.
The Quality Specialist will be capable of working on complex issues where analysis requires an in-depth assessment, considering many variables and potential consequences. May conduct or serve as a lead/coordinator of investigations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) recommendations related to products. May assist with compliance audits as required.

The Quality Specialist will be responsible for
1) Quality support of commercial manufacture in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements.
2) Executing Quality requirements in support of commercial and developmental programs
3) Ensuring the realisation of industry best practices for GxP
4) Serving as quality approval proxy as required.
Reporting to: Quality Assurance Manager.

Responsibilities
Responsible for Quality oversight, with management support of external manufacturing, warehousing operations, validation, verification, and quality control of combination product(s) (devices).
Perform batch documentation review, management of changes, complaints, deviations, validations and product annual reviews to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance.
Co-ordinate with CMO Quality and Operations teams to independently resolve discrepancies while liaising with internal Quality Groups to ensure on-time disposition of Finished Product.
Evaluation and approval of supplier and CMO change notifications. Author and coordinate applicable changes through the Change Management process as required.
Author, review and approve Quality Related Procedures as required in accordance with internal procedures and GMP principles to ensure quality objectives are met.
Active participation and support implementation of continuous improvement initiatives of the Quality Business Unit.
Provide support and expertise for inspection readiness activities, during health authority inspections including interaction with inspectors, responses to inspection observations, to monitor progress of follow up actions.
Support the stability program for combination products (devices) as required, facilitating communication and data acquisition between supply chain, contract manufacturers and stability program coordinator.

Education & Experience
Academic degree in Engineering or Science (preferably in an Applied Science).
5 + years’ experience working in international device and pharmaceutical /bio pharmaceutical companies with increased level of responsibility.
Comprehensive knowledge of cGMP, Manufacturing and Quality Assurance experience.
Sound awareness and understanding of pharmaceutical business, especially with regards to quality and regulatory requirements.
Demonstrates thorough knowledge of FDA / EMEA standards and quality systems. Having interface with or participating in regulatory agency inspections preferred.
Ability to deliver in a challenging environment using own initiative with little instruction on routine work, general instructions on new assignments.
Strong mature leadership and interpersonal influencing skills showing personal/departmental accountability and responsibility.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with well-structured communication and presentation ability to various audience levels.
Ability to operate efficiently in a complex matrix organisation and international environment making sound decisions regarding compliance-related issues with minimal supervision.

For further information on this QA Specialist position please contact Laurentina Kennedy at The RFT Group on 01 2302400 / Laurentina@rftgroup.ie. Check out all our open jobs on our Recruitment website: www.rftgroup.ie
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