Senior Microbiology Quality Lead: Sterility & EM Strategy

Jacobs Management Group; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-one benefits

Flex PTO

6% 401K match vesting

Job summary

Jacobs Management Group places a sterile products manufacturer in the Kansas City area seeking a Senior Microbiology leader to direct site-wide sterility assurance and contamination control. You will own EM programs, lead a diverse team, and oversee testing such as sterility, endotoxin, bioburden, and water samples, while guiding investigations and representing Microbiology in inspections and audits.

The role offers opportunity to build the function, with site-wide ownership and relocation

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing and trending EM programs for Grade A/B cleanrooms.
• Led EM excursion investigations in sterile manufacturing.
• Experience hosting regulatory inspections.
• Experience supporting media fills, gowning and isolator qualification.

Responsibilities

• Own the environmental monitoring program and contamination control strategy for classified cleanrooms.
• Lead a team of managers, supervisors, and analysts.
• Oversee sterility, endotoxin, bioburden, and water testing.
• Direct investigations of sterility failures, EM excursions, and media fill failures through CAPA.
• Represent Microbiology in regulatory inspections and customer audits.

Skills

Leadership

Environmental monitoring

Sterility program design

Regulatory inspections experience

Team management

EM excursions investigations

Gowning/isolator qualification

Job description

Jacobs Management Group places a sterile products manufacturer in the Kansas City area seeking a Senior Microbiology leader to direct site-wide sterility assurance and contamination control. You will own EM programs, lead a diverse team, and oversee testing such as sterility, endotoxin, bioburden, and water samples, while guiding investigations and representing Microbiology in inspections and audits.

The role offers opportunity to build the function, with site-wide ownership and relocation