Total 5 Director/C-Level Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Oxford / remote, Oxfordshire, OX4 4GA

• Implements and sustains a comprehensive quality assurance and patient safety programs.
• Leads, develops and manages strategies for measurement aligned with external and internal benchmarks and standards of quality, patient safety, patient experience and risk management.
• Aligns activities, policies, process guidance and analysis (measurement, review, examination) with accreditation standards for quality, patient safety, patient experience, and risk management defined by TJC and AAAHC and industry recognized best practices from reputable sources.
• Develops work plans and performance evaluation criteria; ensures subordinates achieve Agency goals. Provides management direction and leadership under the general direction of the Office Director. Provides leadership, guidance, and direction for the IHS programs supporting and ensuring quality assurance, compliance, patient safety, and risk management. Formulates budget requests and develops related supporting justification narratives to meet program objectives of ensuring consistently high quality in all IHS clinical operations.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work; Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees; Evaluate work performance of subordinates; Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees, and refers group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager; Interviews candidates for positions in the unit; recommends appointment, promotion, or reassignment; Hears and resolves complaints from employees, refers group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager; Effects minor disciplinary measure of warnings and reprimands, and recommends other action in more serious cases; Identifies
  developmental and training needs of employees, provides or arranges for needed development and training; Finds ways to improve

Your new company
Hays have been exclusively retained by an extremely well-funded biotech driving breakthrough innovations in the space of gene therapy.They have developed an innovative new technology that allows them to deliver gene therapies in a novel way to patients with rare diseases and are currently going into their initial clinical trial to validate its use. Alongside this they have multiple other programmes approaching the clinic and several more in development, giving them a very strong pipeline.The company prides itself on innovation and collaborative work and has a very experienced senior leadership & technical team coupled with a C-suite with a truly impressive track record.
They are looking to add a Director / Senior Director of Process and Compliance to help them move the company's Clinical Technologies forward and are offering an excellent package plus significant remote working flexibility and the chance to make a real impact.


Your new role
This is a permanent position, working closely with the CEO, VP Biometrics and other senior stakeholders to ensure clinical (and potentially other, earlier discovery) technologies remain compliant with regulatory requirements as well as driving innovation within this space, eg through the adoption of new processes/technologies/software, etc.The company is ideally looking for candidates to spend some time in office, but the exact amount is open for discussion dependent on candidate location and other factors.
Major responsibilities will include a mix of (but aren't limited to):

• Establish the implementation roadmap for all clinical technologies that enable clinical trial management and data collection mechanisms
• Develop, manage and implement processes for clinical technology adoption and management, eg software solutions
• Drive new technology solutions for site visits, clinical monitoring, risk management and provide clinical operations colleagues with innovative ways to make a broader impact on the lives of the patients in our studies
• Oversee / manage projects to integrate and implement new technologies within clinical data capture or similar
• Manage the creation of new - and optimisation of existing - quality management processes
• Liaise with colleagues, eg within IT, Clinical Operations, Biometrics, QA & Regulatory Affairs, to ensure clinical trial activities are properly integrated / aligned to protocols
• Manage, implement, and develop solutions in site start-up, study recruitment/conduct, and data capture processes across multiple clinical technology programmes
• Act as a technical expert and leader within the business
• Drive best practice within the business

What you'll need to succeed
As well as strong communication skills for dealing with collaborators, stakeholders and vendors/CROs, you should have:

• A BSc (or equivalent experience) in a discipline such as computer science, biometrics, statistics, IT, or a life sciences discipline such as chemistry, biochemistry or biology
• Experience of the clinical drug development environment including experience in clinical software development and application deployment is essential, whether from a QA/CSV standpoint, or the data management/clinical operations side
• Deep expertise of regulatory requirements and industry standards relevant to clinical research, ensuring compliance throughout all stages of clinical trials
• Proven ability to design and/or develop technology solutions deployed in clinical trials - such as CTMS or other relevant technologies

Familiarity with navigating the clinical trial lifecycle and adhering to 21-CFR Part 11 regulations and validation processes

• Well-versed in the utilisation of common tools and technologies within clinical trials, including TMF, CTMS, DCT, and eSource, EDC, etc
• The ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and effectively prioritise between competing requirements

Experience of rare disease / small cohort trials would be an advantage, but is not necessary for this role.


What you'll get in return
You'll get the chance to make a significant impact on the company's clinical development and R&D/discovery projects, taking on project leadership for a number of different aspects, driving the adoption of new protocols and processes to make their operations as innovative and effective as possible whilst maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.The company are very flexible on salary bands and package depending on the skills of the person coming in and you will be a key member of a highly experienced team, with direct access to the C-suite leadership.


What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call me on 0203 465 0057.If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career, especially as there are a number of other bioinformatics, data science and statistics positions available.

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The Director of Compliance will be responsible for oversight of all quality assurance operations related to the ORR Call Center and execution of project deliverables. The position will act as a member of the leadership team to recommend technological solutions to building awareness, knowledge, and skill; project manage training and reporting deliverables, and will report to the Project Director for the Call Center. 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Oversee and manage the following: 
• Design and operate quality control measures for call center and program oversight.  
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness in execution of all training, QA, and reporting project deliverables.  
• Provide direct oversight of all work streams related to training, QA, and reporting project deliverables. 
• Work closely with the call center staff, ORR (client) and client’s stakeholders in the execution of deliverables and services.  
• Ensure timely and accurate communication with client to ensure transparency and communication of medium and long-term project activities, outstanding issues, and risk mitigation. 
• Enforce uniform development and quality standards and ensure accuracy of project deliverables. 
• Develop monthly reports using available data 
• Directly supervise all subject matter experts in the development of training, FRA/SWB Supervisor and the QA Manager 
• Analyze data collection instruments, tools, and systems to ensure effectiveness and determine when necessary to update or expand systems to provide robust data to the client.  
• Work with clients and SMEs to perform needs assessments to identify critical knowledge, skills, and behaviors; produce gap analyses; and recommend appropriate learning strategies for call center employees 
• Assure all annual and monthly reports are of high quality and delivered according to contract deliverable schedule 

Basic Qualifications:  

• Masters in social services: a Bachelor’s in the same field can be substituted for the MS/MA if accompanied by a minimum of 8 years of training development work in the field of refugee resettlement 
• 3-5 years managing projects or equivalent of project management such as managing multiple aspects of deliverables, deadlines, and partner relationships  
• Minimum of 5 years experience in determining quality of services 
• Minimum of 5 years experience working with a federal client relationship  
• Active Tier 2 security clearance per contract requirements

Preferred Skills/Experience:  

• Experience conducting detailed training and/or job/task analyses  
• Experience developing both soft-skills and technical training  
• Experience with Office of Refugee Resettlement 
• Experience in a Quality Assurance or Continuous Quality Assurance position 
• Experience interacting with and advising clients  

Professional Skills:  

• Strong project management skills 
• Strong oral and written communication skills  
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision making capabilities  
• Strong attention to detail  
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment  
• Ability to work well both individually and in a team environment  
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks while demonstrating the initiative to complete projects with minimum supervision  
• Ability to work with all levels of internal staff, as well as outside clients and vendors  
• Ability to be flexible to handle multiple priorities and to work limited overtime as necessary  
• Ability to travel up to 25%  
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Project) and MS SharePoint  

ICF offers an excellent benefits package, an award-winning talent development program, and fosters a highly skilled, energized and empowered workforce. 

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This is a key role within the Global Quality function, driving a high-performance culture and setting the standard for Quality Excellence. We are seeking a transformative thinker and diligent executor to help improve the operational execution of Complaints & Post Market Surveillance.

The Senior Director, Quality (Complaint Handling/PMS) will be accountable for the global complaint handling and post market surveillance process for the entire business, inclusive of all business units.  You will partner with the business for timely execution of complaint investigations to enable robust feedback from our customers.  You will develop and lead a team that reviews, processes and analyzes complaints data into practical business terms to ensure proper prioritization of initiatives to improve the customer experience and deliver on our forever caring promise.  This strategic partner will collaborate with the commercial organization to ensure all channels for reporting complaints are efficient and integrated, providing them with real-time complaints progress & feedback. 

Your Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Define global strategy for complaint handling and post market surveillance across Convatec. 
• Turn complex complaints data/information into practical analytics to facilitate business decisions. 
• Lead, mentor, coach, and develop complaint handling and post market surveillance teams.
• Partner with business unit (BU) leaders with an emphasis in manufacturing site collaboration in BU specific complaint analysis, ensuring the right focus/actions are placed in the main areas of opportunity/concern.
• Establish clear roles & responsibilities when liaising with legal, medical, quality, regulatory, operations, engineering, and other functions in the complaint handling and post market surveillance processes.
• Own  dashboard of performance related to complaint handling and post market surveillance activities.
• Develop strategy that drives improvements in the customer experience and facilitates how customer complaints are collected throughout the world.
• Harmonize & connects global processes for efficiency.
• Define strategy with commercial on how we gather & analyze feedback from social platforms and other media streams.
• Acts as the main point of contact for complaint handling - including complaint processing, investigation, and timely closure.
• Integrate data analytics into established power BI dashboards to enable one source of truth.
• Partner with R&D (Technology & Innovation) to ensure design related complaints have a clear funnel for investigations. 
• Integrate technology into repetitive tasks, to optimize speed of processing and focus on clarity of analytics for signals & corresponding actions.
• Drive continuous improvement in corresponding processes & tools.
• Identify, hire, train, develop and maintain qualified Quality personnel to support the Quality plans, objectives and goals.

The Ideal Candidate should bring the following qualities to the role:

• Minimum of B.S., or equivalent, in a scientific/technical discipline is required.  Advanced degree (M.S., M.B.A, Ph.D. or equivalent) preferred.
• Experience working in an international environment in a global position is required.
• Certifications in Quality Management Systems preferred.
• (5-7) years in the medical device and/or pharmaceutical industry.
• Five to seven (5-7) years’ experience in a leadership role.
• Practical experience and global mastery in global quality standards and regulations governing medical products.
• Outstanding communication skills (both written and spoken), to all layers of the organization, including executive level.
• Emotional Intelligence/cultural awareness (interacting globally).
• Ability to think in a clear, decisive manner, remaining calm under stressful and challenging conditions.
• Ability to efficiently work through quality, organization and business issues with a focus on solutions and proactive contingency planning in support of the customer and business objectives.
• Ability to apply budgetary analysis principles and effective allocation of internal/external resources.
• Strong understanding of risk management principles and ability to apply these principles in day-to-day quality management activities, compliance issues, and business challenges.
• Commercially astute and customer focused.

Working Conditions:

• Fulltime position

Travel:

• Role is remote-based with preference to location in the United Kingdom
• Travel is expected to be approximately 25% with projected international travel

Language Skills Required:

• Speaking: English
• Writing/Reading:  English

Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You’ll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You’ll be encouraged and supported to make things happen too.  It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it’ll be worth it.

This is stepping up to a challenge.

This is work that’ll move you.

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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

DIRECTOR, CLINICAL QUALITY THERAPEUTIC AREA LEAD

Live

What you will do

Job Description

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will report to the Associate Vice President, Clinical & Research Quality (CRQ) and be responsible for a team of 5-10 colleagues. The Director, Clinical Quality Therapeutic Area Lead provides proactive end to end quality oversight strategies for the development and implementation of a customized risk-based quality assurance strategy for the clinical development program.

Director, Clinical Quality Therapeutic Area Lead will manage end to end Quality Oversight within one of three Therapeutic Areas (TAs): Oncology/Biosimilars, Immunology & Rare Diseases, and General Medicine. The TA Lead is responsible for implementing a risk-based quality strategy that advances quality by design principles for the full clinical trial lifecycle (protocol development, database lock, and regulatory submissions/ approvals).

You will be a vital role who develops deep knowledge of the TA’s clinical trials and provides oversight and quality management of critical data and processes for global and local study teams and all clinical trial sites who participate in Amgen sponsored trials.

Responsibilities

• Review clinical trial protocols ensuring simplification, application of lessons learned, and identification of critical data and processes
• Provide quality oversight for the Risk Assessment Categorization Tool (RACT) for each trial to ensure the proper identification, prioritization, and mitigation of risks to critical data and processes and patient safety, welfare and rights
• Provide oversight for the development and implementation of Quality Plans
• Establish Regional expertise to ensure quality and compliance to local regulations
• Support TA-specific data integrity, including technologies for data collection and measurement (e.g., biomarker usage and imaging methods)
• Develop TA-specific Quality Assurance plans that are risk based and efficient. This includes TA specific audit plans, and the execution of audits (investigator site audits, affiliate audits, and study level audits)
• Support Clinical Trial Teams for all quality management activities, including Deviations/CAPAs, Inspection Readiness activities, and Inspection Management, and Serious Breaches/ Privacy Issues
• Actively seek and implement innovative and proactive quality oversight methodologies (e.g., risk-methods using AI and Natural Language Processing, and other advanced data analytics methods)

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The individual we seek has technological literacy and leadership skills, and has these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or other relevant experience

Or

Master’s degree and 8 years of Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or other relevant experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or other relevant experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have a minimum of 4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation of resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of managerial experience directly leading people in a multi-tiered organization and an ability to build a high performing team.
• 5 years or more experience in Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or other relevant areas of the pharmaceutical/biotech industry where risk-based quality and quality by design are a core responsibility.
• Oversight and implementation of Quality Management Systems and experience managing quality in electronic QMS such as Veeva or Track wise. (including oversight of CAPAs, deviations, etc.)
• Thorough understanding and deep knowledge of Clinical Development activities / Clinical Trials and Global Regulations.
• Knowledge of the Regulatory Submission and Inspection Management procedures.
• Quality Oversight of Clinical Trials, including clinical trial protocol development, execution, and submissions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong business writing abilities and active listening.
• Ability to transform business and stakeholder feedback into clear, efficient processes using a straightforward language and format.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and decision-making abilities.

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Apply now

for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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