Senior Specialist, Quality Assurance, Compliance and Supplier Quality

Oxford Biomedica

$100K — $120K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field
  • Minimum of 8 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in Supplier Quality or related roles
  • Experience in the biotechnology industry preferred
  • Strong knowledge of cGMP and regulatory requirements (FDA, EU, JP)
  • Familiarity with aseptic and sterile product manufacturing processes
  • Experience in Vendor Quality Oversight
  • Competence in core quality processes such as change control and CAPA

Responsibilities

  • Provide ongoing quality oversight of suppliers for GMP manufacturing
  • Support supplier qualification and lifecycle management using a risk-based approach
  • Conduct supplier audits and manage CAPA assessments
  • Maintain oversight of critical suppliers and develop risk mitigation strategies
  • Manage supplier change notifications and ensure compliance
  • Review and confirm quality agreements with suppliers
  • Perform quality investigations and ensure timely resolutions

Benefits

  • Competitive total reward packages
  • Wellbeing programs that support mental and physical health
  • Career development opportunities
  • Supportive, inclusive, and collaborative culture
  • Access to state-of-the-art labs and manufacturing facilities
  • Alignment with core company values: Responsible, Responsive, Resilient, Respect
Full Job Description
We9re currently recruiting for a Senior QA Specialist, Compliance and Supplier Quality to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing quality oversight of suppliers and vendors supporting the manufacture, packaging, testing, and distribution of clinical and commercial gene and cell therapy products at OXB, playing a key part in advancing our mission and making a real difference. Your responsibilities in this role would be: - Provide ongoing quality oversight of suppliers supporting GMP manufacturing, including raw materials, consumables, external laboratories, and transportation providers. - Support supplier qualification, re-qualification, and lifecycle management activities using a risk-based approach. - Support and/or conduct supplier audits (remote and on-site), including audit reporting, CAPA assessment, and follow-up. - Maintain oversight of critical and single/sole-source suppliers, including identification of supply and quality risks and development of mitigation strategies. - Manage supplier change notifications, ensuring appropriate internal documentation, quality risk assessment, and impact analysis in accordance with internal procedures. - Confirm quality and technical agreements remain current and are not adversely impacted by proposed supplier changes. - Provide Supplier Quality impact assessments for internally driven GMP changes and complete assigned change actions. - Ensure supplier-reported deviations, OOS, and other quality events are logged, assessed, investigated, and closed in accordance with internal procedures. - Collaborate with cross-functional SMEs to ensure timely investigation, root cause determination, and effective remediation. - Critically review supplier investigations and CAPAs - Support supplier and material quality risk assessments, including evaluation of data integrity, traceability, and supply continuity risks. We are Looking For: - Bachelor9s degree or higher in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field - Minimum of 8 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, working in Supplier Quality role, and/or Quality/Compliance - Experience in biotechnology industry preferred - Strong knowledge of cGMP in the Pharma/Biotech industry to include FDA, EU, JP regulatory requirements as well as ICH/ISO guidelines - Knowledge of aseptic and sterile product manufacturing processes and testing. - Experience in Vendor Quality Oversight - Thorough knowledge of and competence in core quality processes such as change control, deviations/OOS, CAPA, and complaints This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

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