Specialist, Quality Operations – Testing

Reports to: Director, Quality Operations

Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA (hybrid)

Company Overview:

Braeburn is dedicated to delivering solutions for people living with the serious consequences of opioid use disorder. At Braeburn, we challenge the status quo and champion transformation of the management of opioid use disorder (OUD) by partnering with the community to create a world where every person with OUD gets the best possible care and opportunity to reach their full potential. Our shared commitment to innovation on behalf of patients enables us to help people with OUD begin and sustain recovery.

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Position Summary:

The Specialist, Quality Operations – Testing is responsible for quality assurance (QA) review of product testing activities at Contract Service Providers (CSPs) involved in current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) for Braeburn’s marketed and pipeline products. This individual will perform quality and compliance review of raw and in-process material, drug substance, and finished drug product testing, covering a broad range of analytical and microbial methodologies, while ensuring the adherence to applicable regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Specific Duties:

• Perform QA review of product testing and activities under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) operations for Braeburn’s clinical and commercial products
• Ensure all CSPs (e.g., Contract Development Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs), Suppliers, Contract Testing Laboratories (CTLs), Distributors) meet quality expectations and GMP standards through manufacturing, testing, and batch release
• Author Braeburn GMP documentation such as, but not limited to, standard operating procedures (SOPs), change controls, specifications, stability protocols and reports, Certificates of Analysis (COAs)
• Review and approve CTL activities, such as, but not limited to, release testing, stability storage and testing, and method development, validation, transfer, and verification protocols and execution
• Review and approve Certificates of Analysis (COA), Stability Reports, and Method Reports generated by CTLs against raw data and/or specifications
• Write and/or perform quality assessments and approval of product related deviations, complaints, and out-of-specification/out-of-trend investigations conducted internally and/or by CSPs, ensuring root cause(s) is appropriately identified, impact is adequately assessed, and robust CAPA is applied
• Maintain the Braeburn stability program and perform trend analysis
• Assist in quality review of regulatory filings and annual product reviews
• Participate in quality audits of CTLs and other vendors, as needed
• Participate in inspection readiness for QA topics, and assist and participate during regulatory inspections and internal audits
• Other job responsibilities as required

Skills:

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail with the ability to perform critical review of various types of documents
• Organized, flexible, and easily adaptable to changing conditions
• Ability to work well in high pressure situations to meet deadlines
• Ability to work in a hybrid (office and remote) setting with 5 – 10% of travel for audits and site visits at CSPs and/or other vendors, as needed

Education / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with focus in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, or related field
• 1+ years’ experience in cGMP environment within relevant functions with degree, or 3+ years’ experience in cGMP environment within relevant functions without a degree.
• Knowledge of cGMP regulations
• Experience with analytical techniques such as chromatography (e.g., High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC)) and spectroscopy (e.g., Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), Ultraviolet-visible (UV)), etc., and analyses such as assay, related substances and impurities, in-vitro release, etc. covering a broad range of dosage forms
• Experience with microbial testing techniques and analyses for sterile dosage forms such as sterility, endotoxins, container closure integrity, etc.

Braeburn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military/veteran status, age, disability, or any other category/characteristic protected by law (collectively, "Protected Categories"). In fact, we encourage all underrepresented backgrounds to apply for any open job positions with the company.