Quality Professional (Advanced) - Sterility Assurance Principal Specialist #26-23927

US Tech Solutions; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions in Berkeley is seeking a Sterility Assurance Principal Specialist to provide senior individual contributor support for the Site Sterility Assurance and Contamination Control Program. This 12-18 month contract role focuses on program governance, metrics, action tracking, risk documentation, and inspection-readiness.

You will partner with Quality, QC Microbiology, Manufacturing, Engineering, Validation, Facilities, MSAT/Technical Operations, and QRM to translate the Contamination

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, sterile manufacturing, or aseptic processing.
• Experience in contamination control, sterility assurance, quality systems, validation, or GMP program execution.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Support continued implementation of Berkeley Site Sterility Assurance and Contamination Control Program, including roadmap, workstream tracking, governance materials, and execution follow-up.
• Maintain the site CCS / sterility assurance action tracker, including owners, due dates, dependencies, risk ranking, progress updates, and escalation needs.
• Prepare periodic Sterility Assurance Council materials, including agendas, action logs, decision records, risk summaries, and leadership updates.
• Partner with the QRM program/SME to ensure contamination control risks are documented, prioritized, escalated, and reviewed using approved site risk-management processes.
• Support development of site-level sterility assurance metrics by integrating existing source data from QA, QC Microbiology, Engineering, Manufacturing, Validation, and Operations without duplicating dashboards.
• Prepare health summaries highlighting key risk signals, overdue actions, repeat contamination patterns, CAPA effectiveness, and inspection-readiness status.
• Assist with inspection-readiness activities related to CCS, contamination control governance, QRM linkage, risk-based decisions, and CAPA tracking.
• Support development of program-level tools such as charters, templates, decision trees, governance triggers, risk review forms, dashboards, and communication materials.
• Coordinate delivered work across cross-functional stakeholders with clear documentation and escalation of risks or overdue items.

Skills

Sterility assurance

Contamination control

Quality systems

GMP

Risk management

Documentation

Cross-functional

Technical writing

Dashboards

Education

Bachelor's degree in microbiology or related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

• The Sterility Assurance Principal Specialist will provide senior individual contributor support for the Berkeley Site Sterility Assurance and Contamination Control Program. This contract role will support program structure, governance, metrics, action tracking, risk documentation, and inspection-readiness activities across contamination control and sterility assurance workstreams.
• The role will partner with Quality, QC Microbiology, Manufacturing, Engineering, Validation, Facilities, MSAT/Technical Operations, and QRM to help translate the site Contamination Control Strategy into practical deliverables, action plans, governance materials, and risk-based improvement activities. This is an individual contributor specialist role and does not include people management responsibilities.

Duration: 12-18 Months Contract

Job Description

• The Sterility Assurance Principal Specialist will provide senior individual contributor support for the Berkeley Site Sterility Assurance and Contamination Control Program. This contract role will support program structure, governance, metrics, action tracking, risk documentation, and inspection-readiness activities across contamination control and sterility assurance workstreams.
• The role will partner with Quality, QC Microbiology, Manufacturing, Engineering, Validation, Facilities, MSAT/Technical Operations, and QRM to help translate the site Contamination Control Strategy into practical deliverables, action plans, governance materials, and risk-based improvement activities. This is an individual contributor specialist role and does not include people management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Support continued implementation of the Berkeley Site Sterility Assurance and Contamination Control Program, including roadmap, workstream tracking, governance materials, and execution follow-up.
• Maintain the site CCS / sterility assurance action tracker, including assigned owners, due dates, dependencies, risk ranking, progress updates, and escalation needs.
• Support preparation of Sterility Assurance Council materials, including agendas, action logs, decision records, risk summaries, and leadership updates.
• Partner with the QRM program/SME to ensure contamination control risks are documented, prioritized, escalated, and reviewed using approved site risk-management processes.
• Support development of site-level sterility assurance metrics by integrating existing source data from QA, QC Microbiology, Engineering, Manufacturing, Validation, and Operations without duplicating functional dashboards.
• Prepare periodic Sterility Assurance / Contamination Control health summaries highlighting key risk signals, open high-risk gaps, overdue actions, repeat contamination patterns, CAPA effectiveness, and inspection-readiness status.
• Assist with inspection-readiness activities related to CCS, contamination control governance, QRM linkage, risk-based decisions, CAPA tracking, and sterility assurance program maturity.
• Support development and revision of program-level tools such as charters, templates, decision trees, governance triggers, risk review forms, dashboards, and communication materials.
• Coordinate assigned deliverables across cross-functional stakeholders while maintaining clear documentation, follow-up, and escalation of risks or overdue items

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biologics, sterile manufacturing, cell therapy, or aseptic processing environments.

Skillsets

• Experience supporting contamination control, sterility assurance, quality systems, validation, QC Microbiology, manufacturing technical support, or GMP program execution.
• Strong understanding of GMP quality systems, deviations, CAPA, change control, risk management, documentation, and inspection readiness.
• Demonstrated ability to support cross-functional programs, action trackers, dashboards, risk registers, and leadership updates.
• Experience working with stakeholders across Quality, QC, Manufacturing, Engineering, Validation, Facilities, MSAT, or Technical Operations.
• Strong technical writing, organization, facilitation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Contamination Control Strategy development, implementation, or periodic review.
• Experience in aseptic manufacturing, environmental monitoring, Client/media fills, cleaning/disinfection programs, microbial investigations, or facility contamination control.
• Familiarity with EU GMP Annex 1, FDA aseptic processing guidance, ICH Q9/Q10, PDA technical reports, ISO cleanroom standards, and industry expectations for contamination control.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections, audit responses, or inspection-readiness programs.
• Experience with risk tools such as FMEA, HACCP, fault tree analysis, risk registers, or risk-based prioritization.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, biology, biotechnology, engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related scientific/technical field.

About US Tech Solutions

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions.

To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .

US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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