VP, Laboratory Testing and Biotherapies Quality Services

Job Description

At Vitalant, our mission is to save and improve lives through blood donation, transplantation, cellular therapies, research, and innovation. As the VP, Laboratory Testing and Biotherapies Quality Services, you will play a critical leadership role in advancing that mission by providing enterprise-wide strategic oversight for quality and operational excellence across laboratory testing, clinical apheresis, cell processing, and biomanufacturing operations.

This executive leader is responsible for strengthening Vitalant’s enterprise quality system, ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements, and partnering with organizational leaders to drive performance, mitigate risk, support growth, and enhance patient and customer outcomes. The role also leads and develops high-performing quality teams while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and service excellence aligned with Vitalant’s RITE values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, and Excellence.

Compensation

Compensation: $208,270.40 - $260,000.00

Work Shift

This hybrid position is based in Scottsdale, AZ and requires working onsite three days per week and from a home office two days per week.

Benefits

Our comprehensive total rewards support you, your family, and your future with:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K + 5% company match
• Tuition assistance up to $5k per year
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance
• Free short-and-long-term disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee Resource Groups
• Recognition and perks

Requirements

• KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, life sciences, laboratory science, quality management, business administration, or a related field required. Equivalent combination of education and relevant senior-level experience may be considered.
• Master’s or advanced degree in business, healthcare administration, quality management, laboratory science, life sciences, or a related field preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of quality systems, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, risk management, and operational compliance within FDA-regulated, laboratory, transfusion medicine, clinical apheresis, cell therapy, biomanufacturing, or related healthcare environments required.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, local, accreditation, and industry standards, including FDA, CLIA, FACT, ASHI, CAP, The Joint Commission, AABB, and other applicable regulatory or accrediting bodies required.
• Knowledge of enterprise quality governance, audit programs, corrective and preventive action, inspection readiness, quality metrics, data analytics, and continuous improvement methodologies required.
• Knowledge of technology-enabled quality systems, laboratory information systems, computerized system validation, software implementation, and system life cycle methodology preferred.

• LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
• Certification in quality, regulatory affairs, project management, or process improvement preferred, such as Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Regulatory Affairs Quality (RAQ) certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent credential.
• Professional certification or licensure in a relevant clinical, laboratory, transfusion medicine, histocompatibility, cell therapy, biotherapies, or healthcare discipline preferred, such as Medical Laboratory Scientist/Medical Technologist, Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB), Certified Histocompatibility Specialist (CHS), Certified Advanced Biotherapies Professional (CABP), Registered Nurse (RN), or equivalent credential.
• Maintenance of applicable professional certification, licensure, or continuing education requirements, where held, is expected.

• Experience
• Ten years of related experience in a regulated industry required. To include: Six years of operational or quality leadership experience in an FDA regulated organization. Two years of experience in quality, regulatory, and/or auditing leadership role at the director level or higher with an FDA regulated organization. Five years of experience in clinical leadership role (laboratory, nursing, etc.) preferred. Previous experience supporting a multi-location environment preferred.

Skills/Abilities

• Must possess the skills and abilities to successfully perform all assigned duties and responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to provide enterprise leadership, set strategic direction, and influence executive and operational decision-making across complex, regulated environments.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and execute a variable workload and multiple enterprise priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and work effectively with executive leadership, operational leaders, quality partners, regulatory agencies, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Educated ability to provide clear guidance and actionable recommendations on complex regulatory, quality, compliance, and financial data.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, coach, and motivate leaders and professionals; establish accountability; and foster collaboration, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Must possess sound judgment, decisiveness, integrity, discretion, and the ability to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive organizational, regulatory, employee, customer, and business information.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, change, and competing priorities while maintaining focus on compliance, quality, service, and organizational outcomes.
• Proficient technology skills, including the ability to use business, quality, and data systems to support decision-making, reporting, and operational oversight.