Manager, Quality Assurance Operations (Viral Vector)

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Waltham, MA
7+ Years Experience
Biotech
The Role

ElevateBio is a technology-driven cell and gene therapy company, accelerating access to the cutting-edge technologies and expertise to change the future of medicine. Our integrated technologies model offers turnkey scale and biotechnological capabilities to power genetic medicines processes, programs, and companies to their full potential.

The Role:

ElevateBio is looking for a Viral Vector Manager, QA Operations to join their growing Quality Group at our BaseCamp facility in Waltham, MA. In this role, the Manager will be primarily responsible for providing Quality oversight over execution of clinical cell and gene therapy manufacturing for cGMP compliance through on the production floor interactions, review and approval of batch related documents, and events. This individual will manage a team of QA professionals and engage with other members within operational departments as a Quality partner by providing real-time support to achieve on-time closure of quality records and disposition. A successful candidate in this position has thorough understanding of cGMP, solves problems by applying a combination of best practices and creative solutions, proactively identifies opportunities for new initiatives, and serves as a subject matter expert within Quality related functions.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

  • Develop and coach team members for fostering a collaborative environment and enabling performance.
  • Ensure timely delivery of final product through performance of disposition activities.
  • Serve as Quality Point-of-Contact for a client program.
  • Provide on-the-floor QA oversight and support in the GMP cleanroom to ensure compliance to GMP regulations throughout the manufacturing areas.
  • Perform receipt and disposition of incoming patient apheresis material.
  • Perform issuance verification of production documents and labels, to meet production schedule.
  • Ensure products are manufactured in compliance with regulatory and GMP guidelines.
  • Ensure all product-related Deviations are initiated, investigated, and resolved.
  • Ensure that associated CAPAs are initiated and resolved.
  • Perform review of quality records including lab investigations, work orders, and change controls.
  • Ownership of quality records such as impact assessments, major deviations, CAPAs and change controls.
  • Identify compliance risks and escalate the issues to appropriate levels of management for timely resolution.

Requirements:

  • BA/BS degree with 7+ years of experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or biologics operation with 5 of those being within Quality. 
  • 2+ years of experience managing a team
  • Experience in Viral Vectors, Cellular and Gene Therapy Products is desired.
  • Working knowledge and ability to apply GMPs.
  • Strong teamwork and collaborative skills.
  • Experience with manufacturing investigations, deviations, and CAPA.
  • Experience with change control practices and strategies.
  • Strong knowledge with aseptic manufacturing processes is preferred.
  • Experience in electronic Enterprise Management systems, Quality Management Systems, Document Management Systems.



Why Join ElevateBio?

ElevateBio is a technology-driven company built to power transformative genetic medicines today and for many decades to come. The Company commercializes its enabling technologies, manufacturing capabilities, and industry-leading expertise through partnerships to accelerate development across a breadth of therapeutic approaches and modalities. The ElevateBio ecosystem combines multiple R&D technology platforms – including Life Edit, a next-generation, full-spectrum gene editing platform; comprehensive cell engineering technologies; and an expanded viral and non-viral therapeutic delivery platform – with BaseCamp®, its end-to-end genetic medicine cGMP manufacturing and process development business, to accelerate the discovery and development of advanced therapeutics.

We aim to be the dominant engine inside the world’s greatest scientific advancements harnessing human cells and genes to alter disease.

Our Mission: 
To power the creation of life-transforming cell and gene therapies, at a speed the world deserves.

Our Vision: 
We seek to be the world’s most indispensable cell and gene therapy technology company, redefining how companies operate, how products are created and how disease is treated. 

ElevateBio is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. ElevateBio will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

The Company
HQ: Waltham, MA
379 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

ElevateBio is a technology driven company powering transformative cell and gene therapies today and for many decades to come.

The company has assembled industry-leading talent, built world-class facilities, and integrated diverse technology platforms necessary for rapid innovation and commercialization of cell, gene, and regenerative therapies. The company has built an initial technology stack, including gene editing, induced pluripotent stem cells, and protein, viral, and cellular engineering. At the center of the business model is ElevateBio BaseCamp, a centralized R&D and manufacturing company that offers research and development (R&D), process development (PD), and Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) manufacturing capabilities. The company is focused on increasing long-term collaborations with industry partners while also continuing to develop its own highly innovative cell and gene therapies. ElevateBio's team of scientists, drug developers, and company builders are redefining what it means to be a technology company in the world of drug development, blurring the line between technology and healthcare.

ElevateBio is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass, with ElevateBio BaseCamp located in Waltham, Mass.

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