Quality Assurance Senior Specialist

Thousand Oaks, CA

Description:
Senior Specialist QA
Remote any time zone OK

Does the thought of building an entirely new digital quality management system, excite you.
Do you love to design and streamline processes within a hard-working team.
If you have a passion for streamlined, user-friendly Quality Management System enabled by digital and want to be part of mission to serve patients – every patient every time – then check out this exciting new opportunity.
Be part of the Digital Quality Management System, a transformation that will encompass the process redesign, simplification, and sustainment within a new technology ecosystem of advanced analytics and system integrations.
When completed, the Digital Quality Management System will be a cornerstone for the Quality End-to-End Transformation delivering a streamline and modernized Quality Management System to handle the increases in product volume and complexity across the enterprise (R&D, Operations, and GCO).
In this vital role you will support the quality management system team to provide proactive compliance oversight to processes, functional areas and partner groups within the Corporate Quality Management System organization. Under general supervision, provide tactical support activities to Quality Management System Lead.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Manage the collaboration on the process improvement, transfer and sustainment of QMS processes, across Operations and R&D, to the Digital QMS platform for health and control processes.
Leads Digital QMS audit & inspection readiness, deviations and change control activities
Manage Organizational Change Management (OCM) activities and Training deliverables that support the Digital QMS Maintain knowledge of current systems, tools, standard methodologies, and terminology and ensure adherence to GxP (GMP, GDP, GCP, GLP & GPvP) and other applicable regulations
Manages and provides oversight of documents / records within the Quality Management System
Oversight of process key performance indicators and metrics
Manages external contractors providing services to the Digital QMS
Working across teams managing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong Knowledge and experience in Medical Device Quality System Regulations and Medical Device Standards
Ability to converse technically with mechanical, electronic, software, and quality engineers Previous experience managing implementation of Quality Management System Requirements, Product Standards / Regulatory Requirements (e.g. FDA CFRs for Biologics and Medical Devices, FDA Combination Product Regulation, ISO:13845, EU Medical Device Directive, EN 60601and IEC/EN 62304)
Experience supporting pre-clinical, clinical research, and/or pharmacovigilance activities Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Experience with risk-based Supplier Quality Management process.
Management of Global Inspection and Audit programs
Proficient working on multiple projects in a deadline driven environment
Strong decision making and organization skills with the ability to prioritize multiple business priorities.
Experience in project management, process improvement and quality system management
Effective verbal and written communication skills (writing and presentations) in English

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of experience or Master degree and 6 years of experience or Bachelor degree and 8 years of experience or Associate degree and 10 years of experience or high school diploma / GED and 12 years of experience

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

Experience in supplier quality management
Audit and inspection management
Ability to work across multiple groups and stakeholders- experience with strong collaboration.

Pay Rate- between $36 - $40/Hr. on W2 based on experience.

"This posting is for Contingent Worker, not an FTE"