Senior Manager - QC

Role Summary

Senior Manager - QC provides direction and/or conducts an area’s daily workload planning, compliance, and overall customer service. They must be committed to personnel interactions (approachable) and will spend considerable time as a mentor/supporter of reporting staff. The Sr. Manager is also responsible for coordinating laboratory analysts’ performance planning.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment, leading safety initiatives, and working safely and accountable for supporting all HSE Corporate and Site Goals.
• Proactively manage day-to-day business. This includes interactions with production planners, sample submitters, et.al, to manage laboratory workload and throughput.
• Maintain a high-level understanding of the laboratory processes and be responsible for analyst training on laboratory methods.
• Develop career plans for laboratory analysts.
• Enforce compliance to all procedures, methods, and other regulatory commitments.
• Provide technical understanding of the regulations applicable to laboratory testing for cGMP purposes.
• Serve as a team change agent, safety agent.
• Participate as primary laboratory contact for internal and external audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor (4-year college) degree in Chemistry / Biology / Microbiology
• Three to five years of demonstrated experience in a GMP QC laboratory environment.

Skills

• Teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Deep understanding of compliance requirements and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to focus on continuous improvement.
• Effective time management
• Effective problem-solving skills

Education

• Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Biology, or Microbiology (as listed in Basic Requirements)

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work 8 hour days ‚Äì Monday through Friday
• Ability to cover weekends, holidays, and company shutdowns as needed.
• Minimal travel required.
• Tasks may require repetitive motion (e.g., keyboarding).