Executive Director, GxP Quality Center of Excellence

Scorpion Therapeutics; Madison (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking an Executive Director for the GxP Center of Excellence to lead enterprise-wide quality strategies across GCP, GLP, and GVP domains. You will drive proactive risk management, ensure inspection readiness, and oversee global inspection and vendor quality oversight.

The role requires deep experience in GxP quality leadership, regulatory knowledge, and the ability to collaborate with R&D, regulatory, and external stakeholders to sustain compliance and operational

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in a scientific discipline.
• 15–20+ years in pharma/biotech with at least 10 years in GxP quality leadership.
• Experience with regulatory inspections and global regulatory knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationalize the GxP CoE strategy.
• Embed proactive risk management.
• Ensure inspection readiness.
• Oversee global inspection and vendor quality oversight.
• Drive digital transformation in quality systems.
• Lead quality integration for combination products, diagnostics, and digital health technologies, and provide GxP support for M&A activities.
• Champion a culture of quality by advancing governance, risk management, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with R&D, regulatory, and external stakeholders to ensure compliance and operational excellence.

Skills

GxP leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Inspection readiness

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline

Tools

GxP systems (Veeva Vault, CTMS)

Job description

Role

Executive Director, GxP Center of Excellence (CoE) at Bristol Myers Squibb, leading enterprise-wide GxP quality strategies across GCP, GLP, and GVP domains.

Responsibilities

• develop and operationalize the GxP CoE strategy
• embed proactive risk management
• ensure inspection readiness
• oversee global inspection and vendor quality oversight
• drive digital transformation in quality systems
• Lead quality integration for combination products, diagnostics, and digital health technologies, and provide GxP support for M&A activities
• Champion a culture of quality by advancing governance, risk management, training, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with R&D, regulatory, and external stakeholders to ensure compliance and operational excellence

Qualifications

Bachelor’s in a scientific discipline; 15–20+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech industry with at least 10 years in GxP quality leadership, including regulatory inspection experience and global regulatory knowledge.

Preferred

• experience in a global biopharma setting
• familiarity with GxP systems (Veeva Vault, CTMS)
• exposure to medical devices, diagnostics, or advanced modalities such as gene or cell therapies

Senior Leadership

Senior leadership role with strategic influence across R&D and quality functions.

Work Setup

hybrid; travel expectations not specified.