Supervisor Quality Control, Analytical Laboratory

Changing lives. Building Careers. Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care. Position Summary Description The Supervisor, QC Analytical Laboratory provides technical and operational leadership of the QC Analytical Laboratory. Responsible for analytical testing supporting raw material, in-process, validation, stability and finished product release activities. Ensures compliant laboratory operations, data integrity, testing execution, inventory control, personnel development, and inspection readiness while partnering with Manufacturing, QA, Engineering, Product Development, and external laboratories. The role ensures compliance with applicable FDA regulations, ISO 13485 requirements, GMP/GLP standards, and company quality system procedures while fostering a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. Job Description Supervise daily operations of the Quality Control Analytical Laboratory and ensure testing activities are completed accurately and on schedule. Oversee and coordinate analytical testing of raw materials, in-process materials, finished products, validation samples, stability samples, and special studies in support of manufacturing operations and product release. Provide technical oversight of analytical chemistry and mechanical testing systems, including method performance, instrument suitability, troubleshooting, and data review activities. Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and performance management for laboratory personnel. Assign laboratory workload and establish testing priorities to support manufacturing schedules and business objectives. Ensure laboratory testing is performed in accordance with approved procedures, specifications, GMP, GLP, GDP, and applicable regulatory requirements. Review, approve, and ensure the accuracy of laboratory data, testing records, logbooks, protocols, reports, and other quality records. Manage analytical testing performed by qualified external contract laboratories, including sample submission, testing requirements, data review, and vendor communications. Maintain laboratory documentation, logbooks, controlled records, and electronic data in accordance with GDP and data integrity requirements. Lead or support analytical Test Method Validation (TMV), method transfer, implementation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement activities. Support process validation, cleaning validation, equipment qualification, product transfer, and product development activities requiring analytical laboratory support. Collaborate with Research & Development, Product Development, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality Assurance to support product lifecycle activities. Lead or support Laboratory Error, Out-of-Specification (OOS), Out-of-Trend (OOT), Nonconformance (NC), CAPA, and data integrity investigations and associated corrective actions. Prepare, review, analyze, and communicate laboratory performance data, quality metrics, adverse trends, and management reports. Ensure laboratory equipment, computerized systems, and associated software are qualified, calibrated, maintained, secured, and operating within validated parameters in accordance with data integrity requirements. Manage and procure laboratory materials including reagents, reference standards, consumables, laboratory supplies, and PPE. Develop, review, revise, and approve laboratory procedures, test methods, work instructions, forms, specifications, and related controlled documents. Participate in FDA inspections, ISO certification audits, surveillance audits, internal audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections as a subject matter expert. Ensure laboratory personnel complete required training and maintain competency for assigned responsibilities. Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to improve laboratory efficiency, compliance, data integrity, and overall laboratory performance. Maintain compliance with company safety policies, hazardous material handling procedures, and environmental requirements. Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned. Job Requirements Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Engineering, or a related scientific or engineering discipline. Minimum seven (7) years of GMP/GLP laboratory experience within the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other FDA-regulated industry. Minimum two (2) years of supervisory or technical leadership experience. Strong working knowledge of FDA Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR), 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, and applicable quality-system requirements. Experience with analytical method validation, verification, transfer and investigations. Extensive hands-on experience with material characterization instrumentation, mechanical testing systems, and physical/chemical wet chemistry techniques within a regulated cGMP environment. Demonstrated experience managing product stability programs, validation protocol execution, physical testing operations, and analytical instrument calibration and system suitability activities. Experience with OOS/OOT, NC, CAPA and root cause investigations. Strong understanding of laboratory data integrity principles and documentation practices. Excellent communication, technical writing, organizational, leadership, and problem-solving skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and laboratory information management systems (LIMS) or equivalent electronic systems preferred. Supervisory Responsibilities Directly supervises Quality Control Analytical Laboratory personnel. Identify resource needs; recruit, onboard, schedule, and train personnel. Performance evaluations, coaching, corrective actions, and employee development. Manage laboratory priorities and resource allocations to meet operational objectives. Provide cross-functional technical leadership. Salary Pay Range: $81,650.00 - $112,700.00 USD Salary Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is determined by several factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training . In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for bonus, commission, equity or other variable compensation . 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