Product Quality Surveillance Senior Specialist – Commercial Complaints

Integrated Resources Inc.; Exton (Chester County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, Integrated Resources Inc., seeks a Senior Specialist in Product Quality Surveillance focused on commercial complaints. The role involves ensuring product quality across multiple functions, leading complaint investigations, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. Ideal candidates will have a strong scientific background, extensive quality assurance experience, and familiarity with both device and drug oversight.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a GMP environment, with a focus on QA and regulatory compliance.
• Strong scientific background for product data analysis and risk assessment.
• Working knowledge of both US and EU regulations including cGMPs.

Responsibilities

• Manage product quality complaints and conduct trend analysis.
• Support onboarding of new products into quality systems.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and assist in inspections.

Skills

cGMP Knowledge

Regulatory Compliance

Data Analysis

Complaint Management

Quality Risk Assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

TrackWise

Master Control

Microsoft Office

Job description

Product Quality Surveillance Senior Specialist – Commercial Complaints

• Contract

Integrated Resources, Inc., is led by a seasoned team with combined decades in the industry. We deliver strategic workforce solutions that help you manage your talent and business more efficiently and effectively. Since launching in 1996, IRI has attracted, assembled and retained key employees who are experts in their fields. This has helped us expand into new sectors and steadily grow.


The Product Quality Surveillance Specialist – Commercial Complaints is an experienced Quality and Technical professional who delivers the Product Quality Surveillance activities for Client’s pipe-line products and appropriate support for in-line products to enable a sustainable existence on the market.

· Product Quality Surveillance Specialist works closely and collaboratively with the Product Quality Management Leads, Technical Operations and other Client functions / stakeholders across the Business to execute product quality surveillance strategies specifically Product Quality Complaint administration. This includes, but is limited to Product Quality Complaints, Product Quality Review / Annual Product Review, Product Recall, Incident Management, and support for the integration of new product acquisitions into post marketing product quality surveillance.

Essential Functions

Post Marketing Product Quality Surveillance:

• Provide support to delivery, drive and maintain effective Product Quality Surveillance systems including but not limited to:

• Effective global Product Quality Compliant Handling
• Effective global Product Annual / Periodic Product Quality Review
• Effective global Product Recall Management
• Support the provision of metrics regarding key performance indicators of quality from Product Quality Surveillance System in support of Client and Client’s Suppliers

Specifically the Complaint Specialist shall:

• Process global commercial / clinical product Quality Complaints received

• Assess incoming Product Quality Complaints (PQC) elevating potential issues/ incidents to management, including but not limited to Field alerts, PDRs, BPDRs, MDRs or possible recall situations
• Liaise with International Quality to ensure intake of appropriately redacted international complaint data is received assessed and processed and potential issues/ incidents to management, including but not limited to Field alerts, PDRs, BPDRs, MDRs or possible recall situations are escalated appropriately
• Assign actions related to each PQC investigation and work with the appropriate Technical and Quality personnel to drive timely delivery of these actions
• Perform trend analysis on all incoming PQCs escalating to incidents and potential risks to management
• Communicate adverse events reported in conjunction with PQCs to Client PVRM
• Facilitate complaint sample returns (from consumer, pharmacy, healthcare provider or distributor)for inspection / investigation
• Coordinate pharmacy credits for returned product through Client Customer service
• Coordinate process and review PQC investigations performed at contract site manufacturer / packagers and Client site investigations in conjunction with Quality Assurance
• Evaluate PQC investigation results to ensure adherence to cGMP guidelines and expectations (including device and Combination product cGMPs) in conjunction with technical and quality SMEs as appropriate
• Generate final correspondence summarizing investigational findings and communicate via letter or fax to complainant / or communicate via the relevant international Client QA to ensure local communication requirements are met.
• Generate reports for management and inspections as required
• Assist as needed in the preparation of data for internal audits and external audits / inspections
• Participate in third party call monitoring to ensure correct communication strategies are being utilized.
• Assist as needed in preparation and evaluation of complaint summary and trend reports

10% Acquisition & Integration Support:

· Support and facilitate delivery of products entering the in-line supply chain into Quality Systems, including but not limited to; APQR, Product Compliant System, and Product Management and monitoring programs such as Critical Process Verification and monitoring.

5% Regulatory Awareness, Inspection support and Compliance

• Maintain awareness of MHRA/HPRA/EMA/FDA/DEA, etc. regulatory actions that may affect Client’s products.

• Supports regulatory reporting and submissions as applicable.

• Keep informed of all regulatory changes, rulings and current industry practices concerning Post Marketing Surveillance activities.

• When appropriate, assist in regulatory inspections regarding Client products and post marketing product surveillance activities.

• When appropriate, assist in regulatory notification or market correction activities (i.e. field alert / recall activities)

• Initiate, author, revise or assist in the review of SOPs, and other Client cGMP documentation including but not limited to CAPA, Deviation, etc)

Qualifications:

· Combination product background- device and drugs/biologics: they can have both but device background is more preferred

· Minimum of 5 yrs. experience

· Must have at least Bachelor's degree, open to seeing someone with Master’s

Education & Experience Requirements

• MS or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific/engineering discipline with at least 5 years GMP industry experience, the majority of which has been gained in the QA environment and includes manufacturing related experience.

• The Senior Specialist will be strong scientifically with technical expertise to ensure robust analysis of complex product data and the ability to assess that information to make scientifically sound quality risk based recommendations.

• Working knowledge of Regulations, US and EU Regulations, including cGMPs, and GDPs, including knowledge of Controlled substance standards accommodating for example, DEA, IMB, UK Home Office etc.

• Strong working knowledge of electronic data management systems (e.g. TrackWise and Master Control)

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point)