Manager, Shop Floor Quality Assurance, Cell Therapy - Devens, MA

Manager, Shop Floor Quality Assurance, Cell Therapy - Devens, MA

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. At Bristol Myers Squibb we are reimagining the future of cell therapy. With our bold ambition, backed by a best-in-the-industry team and long-term commitment, we are leading the way to unlock the full promise of cell therapy as we strive to put more patients on the path to a cure. If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there's no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team.

This is a key role on the Shop Floor Quality Assurance team. As Manager, Shop Floor Quality Assurance, Cell Therapy, you will lead a team of 4-8 employees. The Shop Floor Quality Assurance team is responsible for 24x7 Quality collaboration and oversight of site operations, including but not limited to Manufacturing, Quality Control laboratories, and Warehouse Operations. This position will oversee and partner with operational teams to ensure compliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb policies, standards, procedures, and Global cGMP. The Manager, Shop Floor Quality Assurance, Cell Therapy is responsible for quality activities for the Cell Therapy Facility in accordance with Bristol-Myers Squibb policies, standards, procedures, and Global cGMP. Functional responsibilities include ensuring operational compliance with applicable procedures and batch records, providing real time review of manufacturing batch record documentation and logbooks, and working with operations to resolve manufacturing issues.

The Manager, Shop Floor Quality Assurance role is stationed in Devens, MA and reports to the Senior Manager, Field Quality Assurance for the Devens CTF.

Shifts Available: 6am 6pm, rotating schedule including holidays and weekends, onsite

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to ensure routine on-the-floor Quality oversight and to ensure collaborative triages of unexpected events within the Manufacturing, Quality Labs, and Supply Chain operational areas and systems.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of Cell Therapy processes to enable real-time decision-making.
• Advanced ability to synthesis information from multiple sources, interpret problems and effectively communicate to cross-functional management in a clear, brief, and accurate manner.
• Respond to complex/critical issues and build a consensus of understanding with subject-matter experts for product impact and justification to continue manufacturing.
• Serve as a subject matter expert supporting others to navigate the BMS quality management system including but not limited to deviation and CAPA action management, interim production controls, disposition decisions, and batch record management.
• Provide direction and timely guidance to QA shift-managers regarding the handling and resolution of cGMP events which may be a part of deviations, batch record exceptions, and other quality operational issues.
• Accountable for the performance/delivery of the QA field quality organization, including oversight of the "QA on-the-floor" systems and programs that enable the highest quality and the quickest delivery of QA cGMP tasks.
• Develop and implement standard-work for team-members that balances on-floor support for non-routine events, routine quality assurance work, and stretch/development project-work.
• Champion a culture that embraces psychological and physical safety of employees in the work environment.
• Champion a culture of teamwork, communication, and continuous improvement focused on defining problem statements, driving initial investigative efforts, and actioning solutions to reduce recurrence.
• Proactively identify and address quality risks and critical issues, drive mitigations with the aid of Field Quality Staff and cross-functional partners and escalate to senior management as needed.
• Lead walkthroughs with peers or QA team-members to identify and remediate operational or quality issues.
• Review and interpret the technical conclusions of a record/investigation and provide constructive feedback.
• Independently approve deviation records within the quality management system consistent with quality risk management principles and in accordance with process knowledge.
• Regularly spend time coaching and mentoring operators and Field QA specialists while on the manufacturing floor.
• Interview, hire, coach, motivate, and develop exceptional staff. Set performance objectives and development plans. Monitor performance progress and conduct performance reviews for all direct reports.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to lead an on-site quality operations team working a 6am to 6pm shift on a rotating 2-3-2 Panama schedule.
• Demonstrated experience with quality management systems for handling of records such as change control, product complaints, deviations, investigations, and CAPA management.
• Experience working in aseptic/sterile environments and/or in quality control operations focused on microbial controls and contamination mitigation strategies is preferred.
• Ability to research, understand, interpret, and apply internal policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Proficient computer skills with knowledge of several digital tools like MS Office, etc., and ability to learn and work with new software applications.
• Advanced ability to interpret data & results, understand complex problems with multiple variables, and articulate practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal skills and advanced ability to present technical data effectively based on target audience.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and lead peers through changing priorities.
• Ability to think strategically, meet deadlines, and support work prioritization.
• Ability to negotiate and influence to craft mutually beneficial solutions.
• Ability to motivate and foster a positive team environment.
• Exhibit strong decision-making and ability to think creatively while maintaining compliance and quality.
• Pioneering mindset and ability to create innovative solutions.
• Ability to think strategically, with an enterprise-mindset, establish deadlines and prioritize work according to the needs of the business and within budget.
• Ability to research, understand, interpret, and apply internal policies, cGMP, and quality principles.
• Establishment of strategic goals, departmental objectives, and motivating team to achieve operational tasks.
• Exhibits strong decision-making ability and analytical thinking while maintaining compliance and quality.
• Proactively finds solutions to quality and operational problems by creative thinking and innovative solutions.
• Proven ability to negotiate mutually beneficial solutions and resolve differing perspectives among stakeholders.
• Ability to understand complex problems with multiple datum/variables and articulate practical solutions.
• Excellent technical writing/verbal skills.
• Ability to effectively present technical data based on target audience.
• Demonstrated experience working with GxP electronic systems such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for electronic batch records; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) such as SAP; laboratory information management systems; or Quality Management Systems such as TrackWise or Veeva.
• Ability to lead change in a fast-paced environment with limited information and/or time-constraints.
• Experience in FDA/EMA regulations in biopharmaceuticals or cell therapy manufacturing is required.
• Experience with microbial controls, lean or six-sigma improvements, or as a technical/scientific process engineer in the biopharmaceutical industry preferred.

Compensation Overview:

Devens - MA - US: $100,480 - $121,756 The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee's work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Location: Devens, Massachusetts

Job Code: Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical

Company: Bristol Myers Squibb

Salary Range: $100,000