United Therapeutics Corporation

Manager, Global GMP Compliance

United Therapeutics Corporation$100K — $130K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical field
  • 8+ years in regulated industry with Bachelor's, or 6+ years with Master's
  • 5+ years in Quality Systems in a GMP role
  • Experience managing a regulatory intelligence program
  • Working knowledge of FDA regulations (CFR 210, 211, 820)
  • Experience with product recalls and mock recalls
  • Strong analytical and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage Quality Management Systems and compliance activities
  • Develop and maintain KPI dashboards for management review
  • Coordinate product recall processes and readiness
  • Monitor regulatory changes and assess compliance impacts
  • Analyze compliance trends and report findings to management
  • Lead Quality Management System improvement initiatives
  • Support regulatory inspections and preparation activities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employee wellness resources
  • 401(k) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Disability benefits
  • On-site work with one remote day option per week
Full Job Description
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The job details are as follows:

The Manager, Global GMP Compliance is responsible for managing Quality Management Systems (QMS) and various compliance activities. This role ensures ongoing compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), applicable regulatory requirements, and UTC requirements. Key responsibilities include managing and facilitating routine quality data analysis and QMS trending activities; developing, maintaining, and distributing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboards and metrics for executive and site level management review; coordinating product recall and market action activities; and monitoring and assessing regulatory intelligence to identify emerging compliance risks, industry trends, and regulatory expectations. As an integral member of the Global GMP QMS and Compliance team, this position supports the maintenance and continuous improvement of Quality Management System and compliance processes to ensure ongoing company and product compliance with FDA and other global regulatory agency requirements.
  • Lead implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of standardized regulatory intelligence process to identify new or changing regulatory requirement to ensure ongoing awareness. Facilitate cross-functional impact assessment on UTC product and process.
  • Monitor, assess, and interpret regulatory change and emerging compliance trend. Translate insight into actionable recommendation. Proactively communicate regulatory intelligence to relevant stakeholder and support informed, risk-based organizational decision-making.
  • Coordinate product recall process, including planning, execution, documentation, and continuous improvement
  • Maintain recall readiness through periodic mock recall
  • Maintain established key quality performance indicator (KPI) and supporting KPI tool (e.g., Power BI) to develop dashboard and communicate periodic metric report to site management and executive leadership
  • Prepare and deliver training on KPI tool use, report, and dashboard across all site, as needed
  • Analyze compliance trend and metric, identify risk or gap, and provide clear, data-driven reporting to management
  • Coordinate corporate level management review activity by compiling, presenting, and interpreting compliance data and effectiveness of quality system control to management
  • Lead assigned Quality Management System improvement initiative, ensuring process align with UTC expectation and applicable regulatory requirement. Track Quality Plan improvement activity and provide status update and progress report.
  • Support and manage emerging quality program such as Quality Maturity Index and Quality Risk assessment. Monitor and report compliance metric related to Health Authority and/or Notified Body inspection outcome.
  • Manage implementation of UTC-wide compliance initiative, including ISO registration and related activity
  • Support regulatory inspection, including site inspection readiness activity such as audit record initiation and follow-up activity. Represent Global GMP Compliance during Health Authority inspection.


Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in a scientific discipline, life science, or related technical discipline
  • 8+ years of experience in the biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics, OR related regulated industry with a Bachelor's Degree OR
  • 6+ years of experience in the biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics, or related regulated industry with a Master's Degree
  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience of Quality Systems principles, practices, and processes such as CAPA, Change Control, Management Review, and Data Analysis in a GMP Quality Assurance role
  • Demonstrated experience establishing, implementing, and/or managing a regulatory intelligence program within a regulated industry (e.g., pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices)
  • Working knowledge of Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 210, 211, 820, Part 11, and/or other related FDA federal regulations and the ability to analyze regulations and apply them to Quality Systems and processes
  • Experience with the management review processes requirements
  • Experience managing product recalls and mock recall activities, including cross-functional coordination and regulatory interaction
  • Experience monitoring and reporting compliance metrics and KPIs to senior management
  • Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills to effectively drive compliance initiatives
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, partnership, teamwork, and continuous improvement


Preferred Requirements
  • Master's Degree in engineering, chemistry, or other physical science field
  • 3+ years of experience in a Quality Assurance Manager role in a GMP-regulated environment
  • Knowledgeable or experience in using Quality Management System software applications such as Trackwise Digital, MasterControl, etc.


Job Location

United Therapeutics requires this candidate to be on-site at our RTP, North Carolina location 100% of the time (this role does have flexibility for one day working from home a week).

Eligible employees may participate in the Company's comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more. For additional information on Company benefits, please visit https://www.unither.com/careers/benefits-and-amenities

About United Therapeutics Corporation

United Therapeutics Corporation is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative products to address the unmet medical needs of patients with chronic and life-threatening diseases. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. United Therapeutics has a portfolio of products that includes treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension, neuroblastoma, and other diseases. The company's mission is to improve the lives of patients by developing and commercializing innovative therapies. United Therapeutics has received numerous awards for its contributions to the biotechnology industry.
Learn more about United Therapeutics Corporation
Size
965 employees
Market Cap
$12.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$514.8 million
5 Year Trend
+1.1%
Revenue
$1.4 billion
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