Senior Director, Quality Compliance and Risk Management

Braveheart Bio; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Braveheart Bio seeks a Senior Director of Quality Compliance & Risk Management to lead quality compliance, risk assessment, and vendor oversight as the company advances late-stage development. You will work across Quality, Clinical Development, Operations, and IT, guiding data integrity, inspections, and regulatory readiness.

You will shape risk-based quality programs, oversee external audits, and partner with senior leadership to manage complex GxP issues in a fast-paced biotech setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life science, quality, engineering, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive pharmaceutical/biotech Quality experience.
• Broad GxP disciplines knowledge including GMP, GCP, GLP/nonclinical, data integrity, and computerized systems.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate acceptability of foreign clinical data.
• Maintain inspection readiness with gap assessments and mock inspections.
• Manage vendor qualification, oversight, and audit programs.
• Oversee internal quality audit program and risk-based planning.
• Lead regulatory authority inspections and post-inspection follow-up.
• Monitor regulatory developments and evolving GxP expectations.

Skills

GxP compliance

Quality Risk Management

Vendor oversight

Inspection readiness

Data integrity

Regulatory inspections

GxP auditing

Cross-functional leadership

Risk assessment

Communications

Education

Bachelor's in life science/related

Job description

About Us

Braveheart Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and other serious cardiovascular diseases. Our lead product candidate, BHB-1893, is a next-generation oral small-molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor (CMI) being developed for the treatment of obstructive HCM (oHCM) and non-obstructive HCM (nHCM). Braveheart’s goal is to improve the treatment options for these patients by enhancing speed of onset, depth of gradient response, systolic safety, reversibility and reducing prescribing complexity.

With a proven leadership team, a strong financial foundation, and a high-value late-stage asset, Braveheart Bio represents an outstanding opportunity for ambitious, mission-driven professionals to make a tangible impact in a high-profile and rapidly evolving therapeutic area.

The Role

The Senior Director, Quality Compliance & Risk Management reports to the Vice President of Quality and provides senior-level leadership for quality compliance, Quality risk management, vendor qualification and oversight, internal and external vendor audit programs, inspection readiness and management, data integrity, and related compliance activities. This individual will work closely with Quality, Clinical Development and Operations, CMC, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, IT, Legal/Data Protection, and other functional teams, as well as external CROs, CMOs, laboratories, consultants, technology providers, and other GxP vendors. The role requires broad GxP expertise, strong independent judgment, and the ability to identify, evaluate, and manage complex or emerging Quality risks as the company progresses through late-stage development and commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluating acceptability of foreign clinical data
• Maintain organizational inspection readiness through ongoing GxP gap assessments, readiness reviews, mock inspections, document and process readiness activities, and tracking of significant gaps and mitigation activities.
• Perform and coordinate data integrity assessments, compliance gap analyses, and quality risk assessments across GxP activities, including evaluation of in-licensed programs and data packages; work with appropriate subject matter experts to characterize risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Own the GxP vendor qualification and oversight program, including vendor risk classification, initial qualification, periodic evaluation, re-evaluation, continued qualification, ongoing compliance and performance monitoring, and maintenance of appropriate oversight documentation. Develop and coordinate the risk-based external audit program and global audit calendar, including identification and coordination of qualified internal or external auditors and oversight of significant findings, responses, and corrective actions.
• Develop and execute the internal quality audit program, including risk-based planning, execution, reporting, and follow-up.
• Manage regulatory authority inspections when they occur, including inspection planning, front-room/back-room activities, document requests, subject matter expert preparation, inspector interactions, response development, post-inspection follow-up, and tracking of inspection commitments through closure.
• Establish and maintain practical quality risk management approaches for significant compliance issues and ensure material or systemic risks are appropriately evaluated, documented, communicated, and escalated.
• Provide quality oversight of significant data integrity concerns and collaborate with IT, Legal, and the Data Protection Officer in assessing and managing data breaches or privacy events that may affect GxP systems, data, records, product quality, patient safety, or regulatory compliance.
• Provide Quality oversight of GxP computerized systems and computerized system validation activities and, depending on organizational needs and team capabilities, may assume responsibility for the computerized system validation program.
• Monitor relevant regulatory developments, inspection trends, enforcement activity, and evolving GxP expectations and assess implications for company quality systems and regulated activities.
• Provide senior-level quality judgment on complex compliance and risk matters and flex across quality responsibilities as needed.

Required Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in life science, quality, engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive pharmaceutical or biotechnology Quality experience.
• Strong experience with evaluation of foreign clinical data
• Broad and substantive experience across multiple GxP disciplines, with demonstrated ability to evaluate quality and compliance risks spanning GMP, GCP, GLP/nonclinical, data integrity, computerized systems, and other regulated activities.
• Significant experience in Quality compliance, Quality Risk Management, inspection readiness, GxP auditing, and vendor oversight.
• Demonstrated experience performing GxP gap analyses, compliance assessments, data integrity assessments, and risk-based evaluation and mitigation of identified gaps.
• Significant experience hosting and managing regulatory authority inspections, including inspection preparation, front-room/back-room management, document requests, subject matter expert preparation, inspector interactions, response development, and follow-up.
• Demonstrated experience developing, conducting, or overseeing risk-based internal and external GxP audit programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing risk-based vendor qualification, periodic evaluation, re-evaluation, and continued oversight programs.
• Demonstrated ability to apply quality risk management principles to complex issues, systems, vendors, data, and business decisions.
• Strong independent quality judgment with demonstrated ability to recognize significant or systemic risks, distinguish critical issues from lower-risk concerns, and drive appropriate action and escalation.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly assess unfamiliar or complex GxP issues, identify the critical quality risks, engage appropriate subject matter experts, and drive risk-based decisions.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, prioritization, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex activities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative, team-oriented approach.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and remain comfortable with change and ambiguity.
• Flexible, proactive, and hands-on mindset with a roll-up-your-sleeves, can-do attitude.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Experience working in a small, rapidly growing, or startup pharmaceutical or biotechnology organization.
• Experience supporting late-stage clinical development, regulatory submissions, and transition to commercial operations.
• Experience evaluating in-licensed programs or data packages and developing risk-based strategies to address identified gaps.
• Experience with computerized system validation, IT Quality, and data integrity sufficient to assume primary responsibility for the computerized system validation program, if needed.
• Experience with regulatory intelligence and evaluation of emerging GxP compliance expectations.
• Prior experience in a broad Quality leadership role requiring meaningful experience across multiple GxP disciplines rather than a single specialized Quality area.

Base Salary Range

$225k - $290k

This role is also eligible for a competitive total rewards package, which may include an annual bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits offering.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to inclusion and diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, color, marital status, veteran status, disability status, national origin, or any characteristic protected under applicable law.

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