Associate Director of Compliance responsible for ensuring compliance with USDA regulations in animal health manufacturing. Collaborating with various stakeholders across manufacturing sites and maintaining quality management systems.
Responsibilities
Provide Subject Matter Expertise to ensure our company’s manufacturing sites adhere to compliance standards established in 9CFR and enforced by USDA-APHIS-CVB Inspection and Compliance (IC), and Policy, Licensing and Evaluation (PEL).
Develop and maintain global Quality Management System (QMS) documents pertaining to USDA requirements for facility design, auditing, quality systems and ensure team and company adherence to these documents.
Develop a risk-based approach to prioritize USDA compliance requirements for our manufacturing sites.
Ensure any audits or sites assessments are conducted to assess compliance with applicable USDA regulations/ guidelines, customer requirements, SOPs and project specific guidelines/ instructions.
Evaluate audit findings and ensure timely identification/ escalation of potential critical observations and compliance gaps observed during audits.
Develop and maintain a strong training program for USDA requirements to increase knowledge and skills development and ability to detect and communicate GxP compliance concerns.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge base with respect to emerging regulatory trends and changes in regulations and standards to incorporate into the business to ensure ongoing compliance to these requirements.
Participate in industry groups (e.g. Animal Health Institute) that assess and influence standards and trends within Animal Health.
Provide updates to company stakeholders on GxP and regulatory trends as well as the auditing program’s ability to detect compliance to current and evolving expectations.
Ensure timely identification and escalation of potential critical observations and compliance gaps
Lead high-risk or complex audits.
Oversee quality and compliance activities within assigned area of focus.
Comply with all of our company's corporate guidelines and policies.
Requirements
B.S. in microbiology, biochemistry, biology, biological engineering, pharmacology, chemistry, chemical engineering, or similar scientific discipline required and 8 years of experience OR
M.S. in microbiology, biochemistry, biology, biological engineering, pharmacology, chemistry, chemical engineering, or similar scientific discipline required and 5 years of experience OR
Ph.D. in microbiology, biochemistry, biology, biological engineering, pharmacology, chemistry, chemical engineering, or similar scientific discipline required and 2 years of experience
Expert knowledge of international GMPs/ requirements of multiple regulatory agencies
Strong technical background within quality compliance
Highly experienced in listening to and gathering a range of perspectives and with ability to develop solutions and champion a position.
Accountable for actions, drives results, and learns from mistakes
Demonstrates good judgment and logical thought processes in collecting and synthesizing relevant data and information to make independent and timely decisions
Communicates, influences, and escalates issues and decisions, as appropriate
Demonstrates tolerance for ambiguity
Able to travel up to 30% of the time (domestic and international travel)
Benefits
medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
retirement benefits, including 401(k)
paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days
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