Quality Assurance Associate
Join a team dedicated to quality, compliance, and clinical trial excellence to make a meaningful impact in the pharmaceutical industry. This role supports quality assurance activities and ensures compliance with EU GMP/GDP standards. You will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to maintain high-quality standards in pharmaceutical operations, playing a key role in supporting clinical trials and ensuring the integrity of processes and documentation.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the Qualified Person in preparing QP Declarations and Certificates, including supply chain diagrams, product specification files, and regulatory document reviews.
- Participate in client and departmental meetings.
- Support recall processes by gathering information, preparing documentation, and performing accountability checks.
- Generate, revise, and review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Data Capture Forms, and other GMP/GDP documents.
- Manage SOPs, forms, work instructions, and training materials within electronic systems.
- Conduct internal SOP training, track employee training, and maintain training records.
- Create and deliver periodic GXP training sessions.
- Perform or participate in internal, supplier, client, and regulatory audits.
- Review and archive preventative maintenance documentation.
- Manage instrument calibration, maintenance, and related investigations.
- Maintain GMP/GDP documentation, including scanning, filing, and archiving.
- Provide QA support for GMP/GDP activities such as receiving, storing, distributing, and processing products.
- Conduct incoming quality control inspections and packaging room activities as needed.
- Verify returns for accountability and oversee inventory control system data entry.
- Approve material specifications and batch record-related documents.
- Release products and clinical labels, monitor expiration dates, and authorize material destruction.
- Review logbooks weekly and investigate operational discrepancies and complaints.
- Maintain supplier approval records and support CAPA program development and tracking.
- Ensure proper change control procedures for documentation and systems.
- Oversee GMP/GDP risk assessments and validation activities.
- Generate quality metrics and review new products for handling suitability.
- Approve packing configurations and qualification reports for insulated shipping containers.
- Review and approve materials for interoffice shipping requests.
Key Skills and Requirements
- Strong understanding of GMP and GDP standards in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Familiarity with GCP in clinical trials.
- Excellent communication, reading, writing, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in computer literacy and attention to detail.
- Effective time management and adaptability to changing workloads and deadlines.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse team environment.
- Experience in a GMP environment supporting global clinical trials.
- Previous QA manufacturing support experience, particularly with sterile, biotech, or vaccine products.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.