Director of Quality Systems and Compliance

1 week ago


San Diego, California, United States BioSpace, Inc. Full time
Job Title: Director, Quality Systems and Compliance

At Avidity Biosciences, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director, Quality Systems and Compliance to join our Regulatory and Quality Assurance team. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our products and services, while also ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop, implement, and maintain quality management systems, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Lead the quality systems changes, new initiatives, and process improvements to support evolving regulations and international standards.
  • Ensure regulation compliance of quality systems across GxP activities, including review and approval of quality documents and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on quality objectives and priorities.
  • Establish and manage the performance and effectiveness of quality systems and processes, including SOPs, deviations, CAPA, change control, investigations, audits, and training.
  • Develop quality metrics, including trending and reporting data for Management Reviews.
  • Collaborate with internal and external teams in addressing quality compliance events and proactively identify and mitigate issues.
  • Support the implementation of electronic QMS.
  • Identify compliance risks and implement risk mitigation plans to enable innovative solutions.
  • Develop inspection readiness program, mock inspections, and support and participate in regulatory authority inspections.
  • Establish or support Quality Agreements with applicable contractors.
  • Support GxP vendor qualification activities and audit program.
Requirements:
  • Minimum a bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in QA with extensive knowledge of Quality Management Systems.
  • Exhibit leadership conduct with high standards, professionalism, and ethics.
  • Implementing phase appropriate and commercial quality systems.
  • In-depth knowledge of GxP regulations and Guidance (FDA, EU, ICH).
  • Experience in regulatory inspections and inspection readiness.
  • Experience working with Contract Service Organizations.
  • Proven ability to thrive and enable success in a cross-functional and collaborative environment.
  • Ability to multi-task, shift priorities, work in a fast-paced environment, and problem-solving.
  • Detail oriented, well organized, and strong project management skills.
  • Team leadership experience within a cross-functional matrix environment.
  • Demonstrated excellent communication (oral and written), teamwork, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to travel as needed for 10%.
What We Offer:
  • The base salary range for this role is $196,900 - $217,500. The final compensation will be commensurate with such factors as relevant experience, skillset, internal equity and market factors.
  • Avidity offers competitive compensation and benefits which includes the opportunity for annual and spot bonuses, stock options and RSUs, as well as a 401(k) with an employer match.
  • A commitment to learning and development which includes a variety of programming internally developed by and for Avidity employees, opportunities for job-specific training offered by industry, and an education reimbursement program.


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