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Purpose

The Sr. Associate, GMQO Audit & Inspection Management provides essential support, oversight, and education to quality and business personnel concerning various components of the quality system, with a primary focus on Audits and Inspections and Notification to Management (NTM). This role plays a critical role in ensuring GMQO’s readiness for audits and inspections, enhancing quality system components, and supporting continuous improvement efforts with the GMQO Process Owner for Audits and Inspections. The Sr. Associate reports directly to the Associate Director, GMQO Compliance and Quality Analytics.

Primary Responsibilities

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1. General Responsibilities

Provides support, monitoring, and education to quality and business personnel for assigned quality system components, including, but not limited to Audits and Inspections, Notification to Management (NTM).
Works closely with the GMQO process owner for Audits and Inspections for the monitoring and continuous improvement of the process.
Serves as SharePoint Site Administrator (MIM sites) in the development and management of a cross functional inspection management infrastructure for logistics, preparation/planning, and close out activities including tracking all sponsor requests and facilitating inspection management response process.
Administratively and logistically facilitates and manages backroom for sponsor inspections and audits hosted by Medicines Quality Organization.
Manages the appropriate archiving of audits and inspections data and retrieval of documentation from various systems to support audits and inspections including master SOP list and documents in long-term storage or eArchive.
Performs timely data entry as relates to audit / inspection conduct into Trackwise/OneQMS and maintain, analyze, and facilitate any actions as a result of bi-monthly inspection update metrics used by management and GMQO for inspection readiness.
Coordinates routine and ad-hoc mock inspections / rehearsals
Maintains inspection readiness artifacts including but not limited to: Inspection Distribution List; Inspection Presentations; Inspection Organization Chart; Audit and Inspection Training.
Participates in industry forums for inspection readiness information exchange and benchmarking as applicable.
Lead, or conduct other projects /tasks as requested in the management of audit and inspection activities.

2. Metrics and Data

Responsible for compiling and reporting of audit / inspection compliance metrics at appropriate levels for management review.
Performs trend analysis on inspection and audit issues/observations to provide meaningful and actionable data at governance meetings and for use in ongoing inspection readiness.
Participates in the preparation of annual audit and self-inspection plans in collaboration with management and GQAAC.
Participates in Management Review preparations for audit and inspection data in collaboration with Standard owners and GQAAC.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Experience in Inspection/Audit preparation of Sponsor and related sites (eg clinical sites) within a GCP/GLP/GPvP environment).
Experience with IT/systems supporting quality; specifically, TrackWise, OneQMS, Notification to Management, SharePoint and Power BI a plus.
Knowledge of GLP, GCP and GVP global regulations as they relate to Clinical Development, Drug Safety and Drug Development.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Ability to effectively develop and present information to all levels of the organization.
Prioritize and handle multiple concurrent tasks and good planning and organization skills.
Work across functions to obtain input, resolve differences, and achieve results.
Effectively apply judgment-based decision making in a regulated environment

Other Information/Additional Preferences

5 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Demonstrated ability to assess the state of current business and operations to identify and recommend future state, improvements, and implement action plans.
Understanding of being risk based focused and prioritizing work based on Risk Management methodologies.
Work in a team matrix environment and independently interact with various levels of management.
Limited travel: 0-10%

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Sr. Associate – GMQO Audit and Inspection Management (P1-P3-2)

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