Sr. Mgr External Quality

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Job Description

• Senior Manager External Supply

• Specified Purpose Contract (12 Months)

• Amgen Dun Laoghaire - Dublin

• Responsibilities

  •Be an integral quality member of Amgen cross-functional contract manufacturing team that includes but is not limited to business operations, analytical science, process development, supply chain etc.

  •Serve as the main Quality point of contact for deviations, change controls,, CAPAs author and revision of quality agreements and batch disposition etc. related to Amgen product.

  •Manage CMOs to contractual obligations relative to Quality Agreement, Amgen specifications, quality, safety and regulatory requirements.

  •Review completed production batch records as necessary and approve master batch records, and other cGMP documents from CMOs / Contract Laboratories.

  •Provide quality oversight of the manufacturing, testing, and release of Amgen products at CMOs.

  •When necessary, facilitate communication regarding deviations, change controls, complaints and batch disposition between the CMO and Amgen staff members.

  •Meet with Quality, Production, Regulatory, and Logistics personnel at the CMO sites as necessary or during regularly scheduled meetings for issues relating to Amgen products.

  •Represent Quality and quality activities from the CMO site on Amgen project teams.

  •Provide Amgen Quality support of CMO site activities (e.g., NPI, tech transfer, PPQ, filings, etc.) site in accordance with the Quality Agreement

  •Ensure that the CMO Site has an appropriate Data Integrity program and if needed conduct DI assessment at that site.

  •Representation at Amgen product-specific Regulatory Inspections and/or during Notified Body audits of CMO Site, as presenter as applicable or required.

  •Manage inspection readiness of the CMO & prepare Inspection playbooks to ensure success

  •Represent Amgen as Person-In-Plant as applicable or required

  •Identify and mitigate Risk at the CMO or testing Laboratories.

  •Monitor and communicate site performances in means of quality metrics to Amgen and Contract Manufacturer

  •Escalate risks or roadblocks to management

  •Identify prioritization opportunities and determine when escalation is necessary

  •Strong partnership/relationship with CMO / testing Lab

• Preferred Skills & Experience

  10 + years' biotech or pharmaceutical industry experience

  Additional European Languages - desirable not essential

  Significant Quality experience at Aseptic Manufacturing facilities

• QP eligibility desirable

  Able to facilitate and influence senior stakeholders and partners

  Able to successfully manage workload and timelines

  Familiarity with basic project management tools

  Ability to negotiate a strategic position after taking feedback from multiple sources

  Strong project management, problem-solving, and analytical skills

  Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, consistently deliver on-time, and high-quality results

  Collaborates and communicates well with others, able to balance divergent inputs from various stakeholders and drive issue resolution

  Ability to operate in a matrixed or team environment with site, functional, and executive leadership

  Experience driving decision making by using DAI principles

  Experience with the “variation management” process

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