Senior Director, Quality- Small Molecule Therapeutics
Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Senior Director, Quality- Small Molecule Therapeutics
Location: Charlottesville, VA or Bay Area, CA
Rivus Pharmaceuticals is searching for a Senior Director, Quality to set and lead a scalable quality strategy to advance a new class of investigational medicines called controlled metabolic accelerators (CMAs) that have the potential to improve metabolic health for people with obesity and associated metabolic diseases. This role will report to the COO. The individual is accountable for the quality of global GXP activities performed by and/or managed by Rivus R&D, CMC and eventually commercial products. Establish a scalable, risk-based model for quality, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, guidelines, and laws. Provide strategic and tactical leadership and oversight of the Quality function. Manage the Quality activities internally and external vendors providing services to the company to ensure compliance with the full development lifecycle (early phase development products through commercial production).
Key Responsibilities
· In conjunction with Rivus Management and GXP internal Quality functional areas, provide a demonstrable commitment to quality and compliance through the establishment and application of a phase appropriate Pharmaceutical Quality System.
· Working with CMC stakeholders and external providers of GMP goods and services (CDMOs), provide independent tactical quality expertise for external manufacturing and distribution programs and oversee the GMP activities supporting material receipt, drug substance, intermediate, and bulk drug product manufacture, packaging and labeling, and batch review and disposition at Rivus CDMOs.
· Develops and implements systems and provides for the tactical expertise necessary to ensure the compliance of GXP analytical activities supporting product and bioanalytical testing, material use, starting material, drug substance, intermediate, and bulk drug product manufacture, drug substance and drug product stability monitoring, and disposition.
· Working with Rivus’s Clinical Development, Operations, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, and other relevant stakeholders, develops and implements systems and provides for the tactical expertise necessary to ensure compliance of GCP activities including protection of the rights and safety of clinical trial participants and the reliability and integrity of clinical trial data.
· Develops and implements systems and provides for the tactical expertise necessary to ensure the compliance and integrity of nonclinical laboratory studies intended to support research and marketing permits for regulated products, including all GLP regulated studies.
· Develop and maintain Quality metrics ensuring their regular reporting and escalation of issues to management team. Lead any product recalls from the clinic or market.
· Hire and provide oversight of Quality personnel with expertise in Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GVP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
· Develop and lead appropriate GXP training to promote a culture of quality across all GXP functions and personnel to enable a constant state of inspection readiness.
· Ensure the maintenance and continual improvement of the Rivus Supplier Management program.
Experience and Qualifications
· BS 15+ years, MS 13+ years. PhD 10+ years of professional experience leading Quality functions, with in GXPs environment.
· Experience designing, building, and developing a fit-for-purpose Quality function
· Effective leadership skills to supervise, mentor, develop and manage Quality personnel
· Broad regulatory knowledge of global drug development and commercial quality and compliance disciplines
· Prior experience preparing an organization for health authority inspections
· 21 CFR 210/211, 2001/83/EC, USP, EP, ICH Guidelines, and knowledge of international GCP drug development regulations, including USA (FDA), EU (EMA, MHRA) and ICH Guidelines.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills to establish cross-functional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
· Must have integrity and credibility as a respected leader to inspire Rivus personnel to achieve high levels of quality and compliance
Interested candidates may forward a CV and Cover letter to Careers@rivuspharma.com
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