Specialist, QA Validation

Specialist, QA Validation

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world.

The Role

The Specialist, QA Validation will be primarily responsible for the implementation, execution and assessment of quality systems, procedures, and records to support compliant GMP operations. This position works closely with Validation, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Facilities, and Automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands on QA support and oversight to internal staff and suppliers / contractors to ensure compliance with local and global quality standards, regulatory requirements, and industry guidance.
• Provide QA review and approval for commissioning / qualification / validation documents.
• Provide QA review and approval of qualification and validation deviations and discrepancies and support investigation and corrective actions.
• Work collaboratively with other site functions to instill a 'Quality Culture' by coaching in the application of GMP principles including the underlying rationale of those principles.
• Author, review and approved controlled documents for the Quality organization and other GMP functional areas including SOPs, specifications, protocols, and reports.
• Assist in the preparation and hosting of regulatory (e.g. FDA, EMA, DHHS, etc.) inspections as needed.