MissionHires is seeking a detail-oriented Stability Coordinator on behalf of a pharmaceutical company committed to improving access to affordable medicines. This Quality Control role is responsible for coordinating and overseeing product stability testing programs in an FDA-regulated cGMP environment, including protocol development, study initiation, sample management, data trending, reporting, and compliance support.
How You'll Contribute
- Draft, review, and maintain stability study protocols in accordance with ICH guidelines, FDA regulations, and internal SOPs.
- Initiate stability studies for manufactured batches, registration lots, validation studies, and annual commercial monitoring.
- Coordinate stability sample laydown in designated chambers under required storage conditions, including standard, accelerated, and stress conditions.
- Manage scheduled stability timepoint pulls within protocol-defined windows and assign samples to internal laboratories or external testing vendors.
- Maintain organized stability chambers, chamber maps, environmental monitoring records, and associated logbooks.
- Collect, verify, compile, and track laboratory testing results from internal and external laboratories across all stability timepoints.
- Prepare interim and final stability reports supporting shelf-life determinations, regulatory filings, annual product reviews, and regulatory submissions.
- Perform statistical trending and analysis of stability data to identify out-of-trend results, degradation patterns, and shelf-life projections.
- Use LIMS, Smartsheet, Excel, or similar systems to manage sample tracking, schedules, timepoints, and data entry.
- Support investigations related to OOS and OOT results, chamber excursions, deviations, and stability sample issues.
- Participate in CAPA activities, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives for the stability program.
- Serve as a stability program subject matter expert during internal audits and regulatory inspections.
- Coordinate shipments to third-party testing laboratories, maintain chain-of-custody documentation, and ensure complete and timely data return.
- Collaborate effectively with Quality Control, Quality Assurance, manufacturing, regulatory, and external laboratory partners.
What Makes You a Great Fit
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Life Sciences, or a related scientific or technical discipline.
- 2–4 years of relevant Quality Control or stability laboratory experience in an FDA-regulated cGMP environment.
- Hands-on experience executing stability programs, including protocol drafting, study initiation, sample laydown, and timepoint pulls.
- Working knowledge of ICH stability guidelines, including Q1A through Q1E, cGMP requirements, FDA regulations, and pharmaceutical documentation practices.
- Experience trending stability data, conducting statistical evaluations, and preparing formal stability reports.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, documentation, and record-keeping skills.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare technical reports and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to support investigations involving OOS, OOT, deviations, and stability chamber excursions.
- Experience using LIMS, Smartsheet, Excel, or comparable data-management and sample-tracking systems.
- Preferred: Experience drafting SOPs and product specifications.
- Preferred: Experience coordinating external testing vendors and third-party sample shipments.