Program Quality Manager (PQM)

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials (Europe) N.V.; Holly Springs (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies in Holly Springs, NC seeks a Program Quality Manager to oversee programs from Quality Agreement signature to closure, acting as the primary client liaison for Quality. Onsite role supporting 1–3 programs, coordinating with global teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

The role requires 5+ years in life sciences/engineering with GMP quality assurance, plus strong regulatory awareness and project management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Life Sciences or Engineering with 5+ years of applicable industry experience, or Master’s with 3+ years.
• PhD in Life Sciences or Engineering with no prior experience.
• Experience in customer relationship management or alliance management.
• Experience in quality assurance in a GMP environment.
• Exposure to development and implementation of regulatory strategies.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a Quality liaison and project team member between the client and FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, Holly Springs.
• Supports and/or leads the planning and execution of programs in alignment with Quality Agreements.
• Ensures the quality agreement aligns with regulatory requirements including FDA and EU.
• Educates the organization on key elements of the Quality Agreement.
• Provides strategic support for client audits in partnership with the PQS team.

Skills

Collaborative mindset

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Regulatory affairs

Quality principles

Project management

Stakeholder management

Sustainability

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s in Life Sciences or Engineering

Master’s in Life Sciences or Engineering

PhD in Life Sciences or Engineering

Job description

Position Overview

The Program Quality Manager is responsible for programs from the point of Quality Agreement signature through program closure. This role ensures FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, Holly Springs provides services in alignment with our contracted commitment to clients and our company vision/mission (strategy and compliance). This role is the primary client liaison representing FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, Holly Springs Quality. The Program Quality Manager handles and/or supports an average load of 1-3 client programs.

Company Overview

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

What You’ll Do

• Acts as a Quality liaison and project team member between the client and FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, Holly Springs.
• Supports and/or leads the planning and execution of programs in alignment with Quality Agreements (vision, mission, strategy-goals-objectives).
• Ensures that the quality agreement is organized based on segments of work and regulatory requirements including FDA, EU, and other regulatory agencies and engages impacted functional areas for inputs to ensure the quality agreement elements are complete and realistic.
• Educates the impacted organization about the key elements/deliverables of the Quality Agreement.
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provides strategic support for client audits in partnership with the PQS team members.
• Supports or hosts client onsite visits and establishes ways of working with Partner QA.
• Participates in cross-functional Program Kickoffs (Internal & Client).
• Represents Quality on the project team.
• Organizes, leads, and facilitates Quality workstream (internal and external) and determines meeting cadence for each program.
• Provides a standard agenda and meeting summaries such as discussion points, decisions, action-risk log. Implements a Quality subteam meeting cadence which enables appropriate internal discussions and client engagement/communication.
• Assigns and tracks specific action items with functional accountabilities.
• Analyzes, tracks and reports programs quality performance through periodic Management Reviews with clients.
• Provides timely responses to clients including but not limited to communications involving deviations, change management, product disposition, and all other quality agreement deliverables.
• Works with Sr. Director PQM on client interactions, receives coaching and adjusts in agile manner to ensure success of program(s).
• Supports Quality review/verification of high-level documents, including, process control strategy, product specification, and PPQ protocols/reports.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Collaborative attitude with the willingness to work with global peers and cross-functional teams toward company and department goals.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and fluency in English.
• Excellent organizational and critical thinking skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining the quality standards.
• Strong understanding of quality principles and regulatory affairs in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder interactions.
• Knowledge of Project Management principles.
• Commitment to sustainability and innovative solutions.
• Understanding of escalation pathways, problem solving & conflict resolution.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments while meeting timelines in a GMP environment.
• Must be flexible to support 24/7 manufacturing facility and work across sites with same customers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Life Sciences or Engineering or equivalent with 5+ years of applicable industry experience, OR;
• Masters in Life Sciences or Engineering and 3+ years of applicable experience, OR;
• PhD in Life Sciences or Engineering with no prior experience.
• Experience in customer relationship management or alliance management.
• Experience in quality assurance in a GMP environment.
• Exposure to development and implementation of regulatory strategies.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required on a regular basis to:

• Ability to discern audible cues.
• Ability to ascend or descend ladders, scaffolding, ramps, etc…
• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time for up to 30 minutes.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time for up to 120 minutes.
• Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to 10 pounds.

*LI-Onsite

EEO Information

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ADA Information

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