Quality Control Manager

Colorcon®; North Wales (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus program

Medical plans

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Colorcon North Wales is seeking a Quality Control Manager to lead the QC laboratory activities across West Point and Harleysville operations. The role ensures analytical testing, raw materials, finished products, and stability testing meet safety and regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate will drive continuous improvement, manage a team of scientists, and partner with Manufacturing, QA, Regulatory, and EHS to align QC capabilities with business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a science discipline required.
• Minimum 5 years laboratory experience and 3+ years QC management.
• Proven leadership of a technical lab team in a regulated setting.
• Strong knowledge of cGMP/cGLP and lab quality systems.
• Experience with ERP and digital lab tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of chemists and analysts.
• Ensure all lab activities comply with cGMP/cGLP and safety requirements.
• Maintain data integrity and document controls.
• Drive QC performance metrics and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, QA, regulatory, and site leadership.
• Prepare for internal, customer, regulatory, and global audits.

Skills

Laboratory leadership

cGMP experience

Analytical testing

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

Tools

ERP system

Electronic lab systems

Job description

Colorcon® is a world leader in the development, supply and technical support of formulated film coating systems, modified release technologies, specialty excipients and functional packaging for the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and animal health industries. Our best-in-class products and technologies are complemented by our extensive formulation experience, application data and value-added services to support all phases of solid oral dose design, development, and manufacture.

Our focus on market issues and technology development has earned Colorcon an international reputation as a pharmaceutical supplier of choice. That reputation is based on superior product quality, unparalleled technical support, extensive regulatory assistance and reliable supply from multiple locations, with our Global Headquarters located in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.

Colorcon has 26 technical service laboratories globally and more than 2100 employees exclusively dedicated to its customer base.

We are a successful company thanks to our diverse workforce and global reach. We believe that our operating principles define our culture, values and organizations and are key to achieving our mission and vision, strategies and goals.

Platinum Rule: We treat others the way they want to be treated

Empowerment: We trust our colleagues with responsibility and decision-making

Keep Getting Better: We create an environment for constant improvement, to be the best we can

Teamwork: We embrace the value of collaboration; work together to exceed what is possible as individuals

Customer Focus: We put our customers’ needs at the heart of everything we do

Global Respect: We are citizens of a diverse world and behave with respect for the communities in which we operate

Our People Enjoy a Wide Offering of Employee Benefits, including but not limited to:

• All employees are eligible to participate in our company-wide bonus program


• Employees have the choice between three medical plans


• 100% company-paid Dental Insurance for all employees and their qualifying dependents


• Optional Vision Coverage


• Fitness and Wellness Programs


• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)


• Corporate Social Responsibility Groups (CSR)


• Parental Leave


• Tuition Reimbursement; up to $8,000 per calendar year


• 401(k) Company Matching


• Paid Time Off


• Paid Holidays

Colorcon is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive and equitable work environment. This includes all employment-related decisions and business dealings on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

The Quality Control Manager is responsible for leading the Quality Control laboratory in West Point and Harleysville and the incoming sampling functions for the West Point, PA manufacturing facility. This role provides leadership for analytical, raw material, finished products, and stability testing activities to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable support of manufacturing operations and customer requirements.

The Quality Control Manager is accountable for laboratory compliance, efficient operational performance, department leadership, alignment of QC capabilities with current and future business needs, and clear, professional communication with employees, cross‑functional partners, customers, and site leadership. This role partners closely with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Technical Services, Supply Chain, Engineering, EHS and other site leadership to improve performance, support growth, reduce risk, and ensure the laboratory is positioned to meet evolving business needs. This position reports to the Senior Quality and Regulatory Manager at West Point.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of chemists, microbiologists, analysts, and laboratory personnel, including hiring, training, performance management, development planning, and succession planning.


• Ensure all laboratory activities are performed in compliance with applicable cGMP, cGLP, safety, quality, regulatory, customer, and internal requirements.


• Maintain laboratory data integrity through strong documentation practices, system controls, analyst training, and timely investigation of nonconformances.


• Ensure effective execution of laboratory quality systems including SOP governance, training compliance, deviations, CAPAs, change controls, calibration, and preventative maintenance.


• Own and monitor QC performance metrics, including testing turnaround time, first‑time right, calibration and training compliance, and laboratory deviations and nonconformances.


• Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to identify root causes, reduce repeat issues, and improve first‑time right performance.


• Develop and execute capacity plans to support production schedules, new business, customer and internal requirements, equipment needs, and future site strategy and growth.


• Ensure stability testing requirements are planned, executed, reviewed, and completed in accordance with applicable procedures.


• Partner with site leadership to resolve issues, support production priorities, improve quality performance, and advance site objectives.


• Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve laboratory safety, compliance, productivity, utilization, and operational performance.


• Support customer complaint investigations, technical inquiries, internal nonconformance investigations, and other business‑critical issue resolution.


• Maintain the QC laboratory in a state of readiness for internal, customer, regulatory, and global audits.


• Build and maintain a laboratory culture focused on safety, compliance, accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a science discipline required.


• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in a laboratory environment and a minimum of three (3) years of Quality Control management experience required.


• Demonstrated experience leading a technical laboratory team in a regulated manufacturing environment.


• cGMP and cGLP manufacturing experience required.


• Strong knowledge of laboratory quality systems and change control. Experience with electronic laboratory systems and other digital laboratory tools.


• ERP system experience required.


• Experience with analytical testing operations, laboratory instrumentation, method lifecycles, and stability programs.


• Demonstrated ability to lead people, build talent, manage performance, and create an accountable team culture.


• Experience managing and balancing departmental budgets with business and operational needs.


• Experience using metrics, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools to improve laboratory performance.


• Ability to balance compliance, customer needs, production priorities, and business growth requirements.


• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Ability to present technical information clearly to non‑technical audiences.


• High level of integrity and commitment to ethical practices in quality and compliance.


• Demonstrated agility in managing change and driving continuous improvement.


• Strong time management, organizational, and decision‑making skills required.

Location:

420 Moyer Blvd

North Wales, Pennsylvania, 19486

United States

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