Senior Specialist, Supplier Quality

Scorpion Therapeutics; New Brunswick (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine External Quality team seeks a Senior Specialist, Supplier Quality to lead supplier lifecycle management for biotherapeutics, synthetics, and advanced therapies. You will partner with global sites to ensure GMP, EQ/SQ QMS compliance, and robust supplier assessments.

Responsibilities include supplier selection, qualification, risk assessment, performance monitoring, investigations; oversee nonconformances, change control, audits; support inspections and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or Technical field.
• 5+ years’ experience in product/supplier lifecycle management in GMP environments.
• Knowledge of EQ/SQ QMS, GMP, ICH regulations, and regulatory inspections.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier selection, qualification, risk assessment, performance monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Oversee QMS activities: nonconformances, investigations, change control, audits.
• Collaborate with site QA teams and support inspections; drive supplier relationships and quality projects globally.
• Shape management practices for complex supply chains in biologics and advanced therapies; liaise for indirect material suppliers.

Skills

Supplier quality management

GMP knowledge

Regulatory inspections

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering/Technical

Job description

Role:

Senior Specialist, Supplier Quality within Johnson & Johnson’s Innovative Medicine External Quality team, focusing on supplier lifecycle management for biotherapeutics, synthetics, and advanced therapies.

Responsibilities:

manage supplier selection, qualification, risk assessment, performance monitoring, and issue resolution; oversee quality management system activities such as nonconformances, investigations, change control, and audits; collaborate with site QA teams and support inspections; lead supplier relationship development and quality projects across global sites; shape management practices for complex supply chains involving advanced therapies and critical technologies; act as liaison for indirect material suppliers.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree (Science, Engineering, or Technical preferred); minimum of 5 years’ experience in product/supplier lifecycle management in GMP-regulated environments; knowledge of EQ/SQ QMS, GMP, ICH regulations, and regulatory inspections; ability to build cross-functional collaboration; travel up to 15%.

Competencies:

strong understanding of biologics, synthetic, and advanced therapy product quality; excellent communication, analytical, and remote working skills; influence in matrix organizations.

High-Value:

supplier management in biologics and advanced therapies, GMP compliance, regulatory inspections, global collaboration, and quality systems expertise.

Work setup:

multiple US locations and remote options, with some travel.