Executive Director, Quality Assurance- Clinical QA & Drug Safety

Role Overview The Executive Director of Quality Assurance, Clinical QA and Pharmacovigilance (PV) QA is accountable for providing the strategy and direction for Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), and Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP) by partnering with the respective leaders of Clinical Development, Clinical Operations and Pharmacovigilance (PV) to align on the company strategies and execute the strategy while engraining quality and compliance across reputed company aspects of clinical development, clinical operations and post-marketing surveillance for PV. This role is instrumental in applying a risk based approach to ensure that both CQA and GVP activities align with Health Authority requirements and our company standards. Additionally, this position would represent Quality to identify risks, resolve issues, and escalates appropriately to ensure the safe use of products globally. This leader would demonstrate a high level of independent quality judgement and acumen. This role is remote reputed company the U.S. Core Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain an integrated quality assurance reputed company program for GLP, GCP and GVP areas that engrain the GxP requirements and are compliant with Health Authorities and industry standards.
• Accountable for ensuring data reputed company principles are visible and monitored across the GxP areas.
• Accountable for inspection readiness reputed company to both internal groups and external vendors reputed company to GLP, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations and Pharmacovigilance.
• Define and implement a strategic plan for maintaining organizational inspection readiness across reputed company GLP, GCP, and PV functions and external vendors.
• Provide QA leadership and Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for the GCP and GVP teams so that there is alignment on execution of work and compliance standards.
• Provide updates to our policies, procedures and practices based on quality and regulatory intelligence from Health Authorities, Regulators and Industry. Implement changes using a risk based approach.
• Implement a risk based approach to PV activities, defining appropriate metrics and trending.
• Provide leadership and decision-making for GxP issue management, change control and vendor management activities relevant to reputed company and completed clinical trials and GLP studies.
• Collaborate directly with quality and regulatory stakeholders to ensure quality reputed company relevant to health authority submissions and inspections.
• reputed company cross-functional teams, and manage, coach and grow direct reports .
• Collaborate with stakeholders such as Global Technical Operations and Supply Chain, Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, and Regulatory Affairs,  to ensure inspection preparedness, conduct compliance assessments, identify and mitigate compliance gaps, and offer guidance reputed company to GxP processes.
• Manage team of employees including hiring and onboarding, developing talent, and directing work
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in relevant science field
• 10+ years of progressive global quality/regulatory compliance background in pharma/biotech, with a hands-on role in quality operations and quality systems
• Proven history of supervisory experience
• reputed company and strong working knowledge interpretation/implementation of United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) reputed company to GLP, GCP and GVP, ICH Guidelines, and Health Authority requirement. Experience with GMP preferred.
• Experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry managing Health Authorities during inspections and managing Customer/Business Partners during inspections is required.
• Experience with QA reputed company of clinical laboratory and GLP activities, including protocol review and reviewing study reports.
• Demonstrated ability to provide QA reputed company of end-to-end GCP activities, including study protocol review, quality event reporting, reputed company of sites, CRO and Sponsor activities, trial start up activities, site audits, and reputed company Clinical Operations documents (study reports, TMF, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to provide QA reputed company of end-to-end GVP activities, including case processing, safety surveillance and risk management, Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reporting.
• Provide QA reputed company of regulatory submissions and updates reputed company to these areas of GxP as well as periodic safety reports (DSUR, PSUR, etc.)
• Working knowledge of the requirements of data reputed company to provide training, and integrate across the GxP areas.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work with cross-functional teams and independently prioritize work, manage multiple projects while maintaining quality and being an reputed company for regulatory compliance
• GCP Auditor certifications preferred
• Withholds judgment to address conflict in a positive manner by acknowledging dissenting opinions and identifying options to reputed company an reputed company solution.
• Models team spirit, culture, and ethics
• Develops talent through mentoring and coaching
• Demonstrates a high level of independent quality judgment and acumen, comfortable with developing strategy and associated work plans with minimal reputed company
• International/global experience preferred
• Uses broad expertise or unique knowledge and skills to drive and deliver on company core objectives, and reputed company goals with measurable impact and outcomes.

Work Schedule and Location

• This role is remote reputed company the US and requires availability to work US Eastern Time Zone
• Domestic and international travel required as needed to either reputed company audits or assure readiness at external CROs/CMOs/vendors, and to Savara's HQ reputed company of Philadelphia

Savara provides Comprehensive Benefits including:

• Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account for health care and dependent care expenses and Health Savings Account
• Paid time off and paid holidays, including Dec 24-Jan 1
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) with highly competitive match
• Life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance coverage

Savara's compensation for this role will include a reputed company salary, bonus, and equity. The reputed company salary range for this role is $250,000 to $285,000. About Savara Savara is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases. The company's reputed company program, molgramostim nebulizer solution, is in Phase 3 development for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP). Savara's management team has extensive experience in rare respiratory diseases and pulmonary medicine, advancing product candidates to approval and commercialization. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job