Supervisor - Quality Control

Catalent Pharma Solutions; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined career path with annual review

Diverse and inclusive culture

Career growth on expanding team

Paid time off + 8 holidays

Medical, dental, vision benefits from

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Madison, Wisconsin is seeking a Supervisor - Quality Control to oversee QC activities and lead a team. The role emphasizes compliance, data integrity, and continuous improvement in a state‑of‑the‑art biologics facility.

Ideal candidates will possess a STEM degree with multiple years of related experience and demonstrated leadership. This is a full‑time, on‑site role offering career growth within Catalent’s expanding biologics network.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience leading a team or project
• Ability to coordinate activities and teams in a QC setting
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Schedule daily QC tasks and coordinate workload
• Support analysts on the team and facilitate investigations
• Lead deviation and laboratory investigations as needed
• Review and approve data and reports ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Conduct performance reviews and participate in hiring activities
• Track KPIs, report results, and drive corrective actions to meet objectives
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Education

Doctorate degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

Supervisor - Quality Control

Position Summary:

• Work Schedule: M-F 8am-5pm
• 100% on-site

Catalent’s Madison, Wisconsin site is a state‑of‑the‑art biologics development and manufacturing facility supporting customers from research through early‑ and mid‑stage clinical production. Located at 726 Heartland Trail in Madison, the approximately 102,700‑square‑foot GMP facility specializes in mammalian cell line engineering, drug substance biomanufacturing, and biopharmaceutical development, utilizing flexible single‑use systems to enable rapid scale‑up and customization. The site is home to Catalent’s proprietary GPEx® and GPEx® Lightning technologies, which are used to generate high‑yielding mammalian cell lines for biologic therapies, and supports production scales ranging from 50 to 4,000 liters for clinical manufacturing. Following a $45 million expansion announced in 2025, the Madison site has significantly increased capacity, added new equipment, and created approximately 200 highly skilled biohealth jobs, further strengthening its role within Catalent’s global biologics network and Wisconsin’s growing life sciences ecosystem.

We have an opportunity for a Supervisor - Quality Control to join our team. In this role, you will oversee quality control activities, ensuring compliance with standards and driving continuous improvement. You will lead a team, manage performance, and support technical processes to meet department objectives. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic and growing environment.

The Role:

• Support analysts on the team
• Schedule daily tasks
• Lead deviation investigations or laboratory investigations
• Review and approve data and reports
• Conduct performance reviews and participate in employee hiring process
• Track and report performance indicators and implement action plans to address gaps and achieve department objectives
• All other duties as assigned.
  

The Candidate:

• Doctorate Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 2 years of related experience, OR
• Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 4 years of related experience, OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 5 years of related experience
• Leadership experience of 0 - 2 years
• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent‑sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path with annual performance reviews and feedback process
• Diverse and inclusive culture
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
• Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays
• Community engagement and green initiatives
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment
• Tuition reimbursement

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life‑saving and life‑enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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