Associate Director, CMC Quality Compliance and Inspection Readiness (Hybrid)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

$147K — $221K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or allied health field
  • 8+ years of relevant experience
  • Strong understanding of global regulatory requirements
  • Proficiency in inspection and risk management
  • Experience with continuous improvement methodologies like Six Sigma or Lean
  • Demonstrated leadership in improvement projects and team organization
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills

Responsibilities

  • Ensure inspection readiness and compliance programs for external operations
  • Identify and resolve quality issues and risks through audits and assessments
  • Oversee inspection execution, including CAPA responses and closures
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing
  • Drive process optimization and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Report on inspection readiness status and associated risks to leadership

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous paid time off, including company shutdowns
  • Educational assistance programs including student loan repayment
  • Commuting subsidy and matching charitable donations
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work options with hybrid eligibility
Full Job Description
Job Description

General Summary:

The Associate Director, CMC Quality Compliance and Inspection Readiness, is responsible for inspection readiness and compliance of external sites including evaluating, improving, and monitoring commercial level quality compliance and quality culture.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for inspection readiness and compliance programs for external operations. Works cross-functionally and cross-company to ensure sites achieve and maintain a state of inspection readiness.
  • Drive identification and resolution of issues, gaps and risks through collaboration with operational areas, assessments, audits, and evaluation of trends.
  • Support and oversee inspection execution including responses and closure of CAPAs.
  • Collaboration and Integration: Serve as an integrator across multiple functions, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing. Develop trusted partnerships with external sites.
  • Drive optimization, continuous improvement, and operational excellence to enhance processes.
  • Report inspection readiness status including risks to leadership and governance forums


Knowledge and Skills:
  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements and inspection expectations globally
  • Experience in multiple modalities preferred
  • Strong technical knowledge including but not limited to: inspection management and risk management
  • Continuous improvement experience such as six sigma or lean
  • Proven ability to lead improvement projects and project teams and organize various teams and forums
  • Superb facilitation, Communication, and Coaching/influencing skills with proven ability to lead teams
  • Proven ability to identify and analyze performance indicators.


Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline, or allied health field or equivalent degree
  • 8+ years of relevant experience


Travel requirement: up to 10-20% including international travel possible

Hybrid-Eligible Roles

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:

Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or selectOn-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

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Pay Range:
$147,500 - $221,300

Disclosure Statement:

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.

Flex Designation:
Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex's Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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