Job Description Summary#LI-Onsite
Location: Morris Plains, NJ, United States
Relocation Support: This role is based in Morris Plains, NJ, United States. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
This is an opportunity to play a critical role in protecting patients by shaping and defending sterility assurance strategies for advanced aseptic manufacturing. As the Sterility Assurance Expert, you will provide hands-on technical leadership across aseptic processing, microbial control, environmental monitoring, and contamination investigations, ensuring every decision is scientifically sound, data-driven, and inspection-ready. Partnering closely with Operations, Quality, and Technical teams, you will serve as a trusted authority who drives risk-based decisions, strengthens compliance with evolving regulatory expectations, and continuously improves sterility assurance programs in a highly regulated, mission-critical environment.
Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities- Serve as site sterility assurance expert for aseptic processing and microbial control programs
- Design, maintain, and improve sterility assurance strategies aligned with global regulatory expectations
- Lead sterility-related deviations, contamination investigations, and risk-based decision making
- Own environmental and personnel monitoring strategies, including trending, escalation, and continuous improvement
- Author, review, and approve sterility assurance documentation, validations, and technical rationales
- Represent sterility assurance during regulatory inspections, audits, and quality governance forums
- Partner cross-functionally to resolve sterility risks and strengthen inspection readiness and compliance
Essential Requirements- Bachelor's degree in a scientific or related technical field
- Extensive experience supporting sterility assurance programs in regulated biopharmaceutical manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated participation in regulatory health authority inspections (e.g., FDA, EMA, MHRA, TGA) within a commercial GMP manufacturing facility, including defense of sterility assurance, aseptic processing, or microbial control programs is required.
- Minimum of five years direct experience supporting commercial aseptic manufacturing operations within a cGMP-regulated environment, including routine production support, deviation management, change control, and real-time risk assessment required.
- Proven experience leading sterility-related investigations, environmental monitoring programs, and corrective action planning
- Strong knowledge of global regulatory expectations, including United States and European health authority requirements
- Ability to apply scientific judgment, analyze complex data, and communicate clear, compliant recommendations
Desirable Requirements- Experience supporting sterility assurance activities for aseptic cell or gene therapy manufacturing is a plus
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $108,500 and $201,500 per year; however, while salary ranges are effective for a defined period, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments. Final pay determinations will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, experience level, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The total compensation package may also include other elements, such as a performance-based bonus and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, including retirement programs and paid time off. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an offer of employment is made. Employment with Novartis is at-will, and the company reserves the right to modify compensation at any time based on individual, business, or market factors.
Salary Range$108,500.00 - $201,500.00
Skills DesiredCollaboration, Communication Skills (Inactive), Continual Improvement Process, Data Integrity, Digital saviness (Inactive), Leadership, Managing Ambiguity, Problem Solving Skills (Inactive), Regulatory Requirements knowledge (Inactive)
