Regulatory Compliance Manager
The Regulatory Compliance Manager ensures the established Quality Management System (QMS) complies with applicable regulations, industry standards, internal, and customer requirements. This role provides leadership for compliance activities supporting aseptic manufacturing and sterile filling operations, ensuring inspection readiness and continuous improvement of quality systems. The Compliance Manager serves as the primary subject matter expert for regulatory compliance, supporting interactions with regulatory authorities and customers while promoting a culture of quality throughout the organization.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), FDA regulations (21 CFR Parts 210 and 211), EU GMP Annex 1, ICH guidelines, and other applicable global regulatory requirements.
- Maintain ongoing inspection readiness for healthcare authorities.
- Lead regulatory inspections and customer audits.
- Coordinate responses to inspection and customer audit observations, including FDA Form 483s, audit observations, and regulatory commitments.
- Monitor changes in global regulations and assess organizational impact.
- Responsible for the Internal Audit program: develop and execute the annual internal audit schedule, conduct audits, track audit findings through effective closure, and identify systemic compliance risks to recommend improvements.
- Analyze quality system trends and recommend process improvements that enhance compliance and operational efficiency.
- Provide compliance oversight for aseptic processing and sterile filling operations, ensuring compliance with contamination control strategies and cleanroom requirements.
- Participate in investigations utilizing root cause analysis methodologies.
- Promote a culture of quality and compliance: develop cGMP and compliance training programs, and mentor departments on regulatory expectations and best practices.
- Support digital quality initiatives and quality system optimization.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements
- FDA 21 CFR Parts 210 and 211
- EU GMP Guidelines (especially Annex 1)
- ICH Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10
- Auditing
- Root cause methodologies/CAPA
- Data Integrity (ALCOA+)
- Cleanroom classifications (ISO 14644)
- Contamination Control Strategy
- Process and Cleaning Validation
- Media Fill Programs
- Strong understanding of QMS requirements
- Strong critical thinking skills and capable of applying critical thinking to risk-based decisions
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, microbiology, chemistry, biology, engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of pharmaceutical (or similar) industry working experience.
- Minimum 4 years in Quality Assurance or Compliance management.
- Minimum 3 years supporting sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing and aseptic filling operations.
- Experience leading regulatory inspections and/or customer audits.
- Experience leading internal audits.
- Experience working with eQMS systems.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to travel between and within facilities to visit staff, operations, and projects, as needed.
- Ability to sit, stand, climb stairs, and climb ladders to mezzanines (when necessary).
- Ability to lift up to 40 pounds on occasion.
- Ability to use PPE (safety shoes, goggles, respirators, gloves, etc. when necessary).
Pay
The pay range for this role is $103,100 - $185,600. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Company-paid holidays (subject to change yearly)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Employee stock purchase plan