Associate director, Biomarker Operational Quality (Contract)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC seeks an Associate Director, Biomarker Operational Quality to lead quality oversight across GxP activities from research through potential commercialization of biomarkers into IVDs. You will collaborate with business partners to drive compliance, readiness, and quality metrics across programs.

You will support audit strategies, contribute to regulatory document reviews, and partner with Clinical Biomarkers and Quality teams to ensure inspection readiness and robust

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a scientific or allied health field.
• Typically requires 6 years experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality leadership for clinical biomarker activities across GMP/GCP.
• Review regulatory documents (BBs, INDs, IDEs, DHFs, TMFs) for risks or gaps.
• Contribute to GMP/GCP biomarker audit scope and vendor audits.
• Support processes, procedures, regulations and tools for non-clinical activities.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to improve regulatory compliance.
• Identify and address potential compliance issues to meet business goals.
• Report significant quality issues and support inspection readiness.
• Develop audit strategies for GMP/GCP biomarker vendors and systems.
• Engage with R&D vendor quality for vendor performance and risks.
• Contribute to governance meetings with metrics for stakeholders.
• Collaborate to design quality metrics for biomarker activities.
• May participate in due diligence and integration activities.

Skills

CLIA/IVDR knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality metrics

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/health

Job description

Job Description

Biomarker Operational Quality Associate director provides Biomarker quality leadership and oversight across GxPs-related to research and development, implementation into clinical trials and potential commercialization of clinical biomarkers into IVDs. The incumbent will collaborate with business partners and GCP Operational Quality to drive quality outcomes and operational excellence, through supporting operational management oversight for these areas.

The Associate director will ensure that quality oversight activities maximize value, impact and delivery in assuring compliance, excellence in quality and readiness for future needs. The Associate director, Biomarkers Operational Quality will also collaborate with the Biomarker Operations team to review and support the development of meaningful quality indicators and metrics to permit ongoing evaluation of process and quality system health and identification of risks.

This position reports directly to the Director, GCP Biomarker Operational Quality and work closely with other Quality members to ensure appropriate GxP compliance and consistency in execution of fit-for-purpose Quality oversight across programs and products.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partners with appropriate quality/compliance oversight of clinical (fit-for-purpose validations and associated processes) and medical device activities across modalities in collaboration with Clinical Biomarkers and with other internal stakeholders in the business and Quality
• Contributes in Regulatory Document reviews, including BBs, INDs, IDEs, DHFs, and TMFs, identifying any potential risks or gaps.
• Provides input in development of requested and for-cause GMP and GCP Biomarker audit scope/focus for vendor audits.
• Supports business initiatives involving processes, procedures, regulations and tools intended to support non-clinical activities.
• Participates in strategic cross-functional initiatives to improve compliance to regulatory requirements, standards and internal Vertex policies.
• Identifies and anticipates potential compliance issues that may impact the ability to meet business goals; develops and implements methods of improvement and resolution in a pragmatic and effective manner.
• Contributes to proactive reporting of significant quality issues related to Vertex clinical product development, ensuring an aligned Quality point-of-view is represented.
• Contributes to proactive inspection readiness activities for processes that impact product development, including conducting inspection readiness quality assessments of GMP/GCP Biomarker studies, as requested.
• Serves in an advisory/consultative role in the development of audit strategy for GMP/GCP Biomarker vendors, processes and systems.
• Participates in engagement with R&D vendor quality to provide input for vendor performance and vendor risks.
• Serves as a key contributor to governance meetings, collaborating with business and quality stakeholders to contribute to agenda topics and provide meaningful metrics.
• Collaborates with Clinical and medical device stakeholders and quality partners to design appropriate quality metrics related to Biomarker activities.
• May participate in Due Diligence and integration activities as appropriate.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Broad knowledge of CLIA regulations (42 CFR Part 493), IVDR and international equivalents, and other applicable guidance(s) ISO15189:2022, CLSI, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively at all levels to drive delivery in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Quality metrics, dashboards, analysis and improvement programs
• Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of influencing/building/promoting a culture of quality and excellence
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills required to make sound decisions

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree in a scientific or allied health field
• Typically requires 6 years experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience

Pay Range

$90/hr.-$97/hr.

Shift/Hours

Monday - Friday. Hybrid, 3 days on site required.