Associate Director, Quality Control

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Job Function:

Quality

Job Sub Function:

Quality Control

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Associate Director, Quality Control

Department Name: Quality Control

Reports To: Site Quality Head

Location: Malvern (primary) and Spring House (secondary), Pennsylvania

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Position Summary:

The Associate Director, Quality Control (QC) is a strategic, multi-site people leader accountable for the compliant, reliable, and efficient operation of QC testing laboratories supporting biotherapeutic and advanced therapy programs at Malvern and Spring House. This position is a member of the Site Quality Leadership Team and reports directly to the Site Quality Head. The role provides end-to-end oversight of laboratory operations supporting clinical and commercial products, including testing strategy, method lifecycle, data review, investigations, capacity, resources, and inspection readiness.

The Associate Director leads an organization of 80+ full-time employees and contractors across both sites. This leader establishes an integrated operating model, develops leaders and technical talent, ensures timely delivery of high-quality test results, and partners with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Analytical Development, Technical Operations, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and external laboratories to protect product quality, patient safety, and supply continuity. The incumbent is expected to serve as a competent delegate for the Site Quality Head, as assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

People Leadership & Strategy

• Lead, develop, and retain a multi-site QC organization of 80+ full-time employees and contractors, including managers, supervisors, analysts, and support roles.
• Set the QC vision, organization design, operating model, goals, performance expectations, succession plans, and workforce strategy for Malvern and Spring House.
• Exercise leadership authority for talent acquisition, performance management, development, recognition, compensation recommendations, promotions, employee relations, organizational design, and appropriate corrective actions in partnership with Human Resources.
• Build a culture of quality, safety, accountability, inclusion, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Multi-Site QC Laboratory Oversight

• Provide integrated oversight of QC testing laboratories supporting biotherapeutics and advanced therapies, including cell and gene therapy programs, across Malvern and Spring House.
• Ensure accurate and timely sampling, testing, review, approval, and reporting for raw and incoming materials, in-process samples, drug substance, drug product, release, stability, environmental and utility monitoring, validation studies, reagents, media, and buffers, as applicable.
• Oversee sample management, reference standards, critical reagents, laboratory inventory, and the qualification, calibration, maintenance, and lifecycle management of QC equipment.
• Oversee the lifecycle of diverse analytical platforms and assays, including identity, purity, potency, safety, microbiological, molecular, cell-based, and compendial methods, with appropriate controls for complex and time-sensitive advanced therapy products.
• Ensure effective execution of method development support, qualification, validation, transfer, and verification activities, together with QC support for Process Performance Qualification, Continued Process Verification, and product comparability.

Compliance, Data Integrity & Laboratory Performance

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