Manager, Quality
At our company, we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. We're at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. Join our team and contribute to our mission of making a difference in global health.
About the role
You'll provide guidance and supervision to hourly Microbiology technicians, ensuring all testing and support activities are completed efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Motivate, train, and resolve problems for your team while maintaining a compliant and safe environment.
- Administer personnel policies in accordance with the local bargaining agreement.
- Manage critical testing and/or assaying of validation, raw material, process intermediates, and finished product samples.
- Supervise hourly employees in their testing duties, including scheduling work assignments based on priorities.
- Promote teamwork and foster open communication.
- Keep our SOPs, Process Specific Training Modules, and Test Methods up to date.
- Train personnel to ensure all employees are competent and qualified to perform their duties.
- Ensure lab work is conducted accurately and timely.
- Critically evaluate data and recommend acceptance or rejection of samples to ensure quality.
- Maintain thorough records, develop productivity improvement plans, and manage inventory of supplies.
- Support deviation investigations, handle out-of-trend results, and manage test failures associated with product manufacture, release testing, and stability testing.
- Investigate safety and environmental incidents and near misses to improve our work environment.
- Continuously improve laboratory quality and assays using lean principles.
- Play an integral role in supporting regulatory inspections and training Laboratory Operations managers and/or technicians.
Requirements
- You hold a Bachelor's degree in Biology, Microbiology, Virology, Biochemistry, or a related field.
- You bring at least three years of post-degree laboratory, manufacturing, or quality control experience.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to thrive in team settings.
- Good interpersonal and supervisory skills, making you a natural leader.
- Demonstrated ability or aptitude for continuous learning and analytical problem-solving.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with biological assays and/or biochemistry-based assays.
- Knowledge of cGMP regulations.
- An advanced degree.
Skills
- Aseptic Handling
- Assay
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- cGMP Regulations
- Decision Making
- GMP Laboratory
- Inventory Monitoring
- Laboratory Analysis
- Laboratory Instrumentation
- Laboratory Management
- Laboratory Operations
- Laboratory Protocols
- Laboratory Safety
- Laboratory Supervision
- Laboratory Techniques
- Laboratory Testing
- Manufacturing Quality Control
- Microbiology
- People Leadership
- Pharmaceutical Quality Control (QC)
- Product Testing
- Professional Integrity
- Quality Assurance Processes
Pay
The salary range for this role is $96,200.00 - $151,400.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
Schedule
- First shift (Day)
- 10% travel requirements