Manager, Validation

Boehringer Ingelheim; Saint Joseph (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim in Saint Joseph, MO seeks a senior validation leader to manage equipment, process, and system validation activities for Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines, ensuring cGMP compliance across the site.

You will lead personnel, budgets and projects, oversee a comprehensive electronic data base for compliance tracking, and drive updates to the Validation Master Plan to meet regulatory and corporate standards. The role requires strong leadership and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree from an accredited institution in a scientific, bioengineering, or relevant discipline required, and a minimum of ten (10) years GMP validation experience in a GMP OR regulated manufacturing or similar environment.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of fifteen (15) years GMP validation experience in a GMP OR regulated manufacturing or similar environment.
• Experience must be inclusive of at least three (3) years in a leadership role leading people and/or projects.
• Shares technical and compliance knowledge horizontally and vertically across the site.
• Ability to plan, schedule, organize, prioritize, and coordinate project activities.
• Ability to function in a leadership role and within cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of statistics, data bases, and quality principles.
• Ability to analyze validation and production data to assess compliance with GMP requirements and/or troubleshoot compliance problems.
• Must be self motivated and of high integrity.

Responsibilities

• Manages personnel, budgets and projects relating to systems, process, cleaning and equipment validation in GXP relevant areas such as Operations, R'D, Marketing at the facility.
• Maintains comprehensive electronic data base for tracking compliance and qualification status of all critical GXP relevant equipment, systems and processes.
• Identifies current trends in regulatory compliance for all validation procedures for equipment, systems and processes. Implements and updates the validation master plan (VMP) to assure compliance with regulatory and corporate requirements.
• Supports Product and Engineering Departments in the selection, review, acquisition, and upgrade of production equipment to assure future IQ/OQ/PQscan be performed on equipment sourced.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

GMP knowledge

Data analysis

Quality principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree in science/bioengineering or related field

Tools

Electronic data bases

Job description

Description

This position manages all equipment, process, systems and product related validation activities, except GXP related computerized systems for both Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines at the site . The position is critical to the compliance effort for both pharmaceuticals and vaccines and is responsible for assuring compliance of validated systems, process, equipment to current cGMP, FDA, EU, USDA and BI corporate requirements.As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages personnel, budgets and projects relating to systems, process, cleaning and equipment validation in GXP relevant areas such as Operations, R'D, Marketing at the facility.




• Maintains comprehensive electronic data base for tracking compliance and qualification status of all critical GXP relevant equipment, systems and processes.




• Identifies current trends in regulatory compliance for all validation procedures for equipment, systems and processes. Implements and updates the validation master plan (VMP) to assure compliance with regulatory and corporate requirements.




• Supports Product and Engineering Departments in the selection, review, acquisition, and upgrade of production equipment to assure future IQ/OQ/PQscan be performed on equipment sourced.

Requirements

• Bachelor degreefrom an accredited institutionin a scientific, bioengineering, or relevant discipline required, and a minimum of ten (10) years GMP validation experience in a GMP OR regulated manufacturing or similar environment.




• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of fifteen (15) years GMP validation experience in a GMP OR regulated manufacturing or similar environment.




• Experience must be inclusive of at least three (3) years in a leadership role leading people and/or projects.




• Shares technical and compliance knowledge horizontally and vertically across the site.




• Ability to plan, schedule, organize, prioritize, and coordinate project activities.




• Ability to function in a leadership role and within cross-functional teams.




• Strong knowledge of statistics, data bases, and quality principles.




• Ability to analyze validation and production data to assess compliance with GMP requirements and/or troubleshoot compliance problems.




• Must be self motivated and of high integrity.

Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.