Sr. Associate Quality Assurance

Pfizer Pfizer · Pharma · Vizag, India

Senior Associate Quality Assurance role at Pfizer focused on ensuring the quality and compliance of clinical and commercial drug batches. Responsibilities include reviewing batches, conducting statistical process control, approving investigations and change controls, managing projects, and ensuring adherence to GxP and cGMP standards.

What you'd actually do

  1. Evaluate and review clinical and commercial drug batches to ensure compliance with established specifications.
  2. Conduct rigorous sampling and statistical process control procedures to identify deviations from standards.
  3. Approve investigations and change control activities to maintain compliance with configuration management policies.
  4. Contribute to moderately complex projects, managing time effectively and developing short-term work plans.
  5. Independently assess Change Control activities for potential Quality and Operational Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) impacts.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Sciences/ Pharmacy with Minimum 6 to 8 years in Pharma/ Biotech or Master's Degree in Sciences/ Pharmacy with Minimum 5 to 7 years in Pharma/ Biotech
  • Change Management process
  • Risk assessments principles and tools
  • Validation of manufacturing equipment’s
  • Drug Product Process validations
  • Regulatory requirements

Nice to have

  • Strong Interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all levels within the organization.
  • Compliance driven approach , knowledge on cGMP and regulations.
  • Knowledge in validation principles and practices related to the Equipment & Utility Qualifications, Water system, HVAC system.
  • Understanding of Drawings and layouts of manufacturing area, air flow, material flow, personal flow, building management system for real-time monitoring of manufacturing areas.
  • Fundamental knowledge on manufacturing activities like dispensing, solution preparation , filling, terminal sterilization, visual inspection, labelling and packing.
  • Understanding of design and engineering aspects, basic knowledge of equipment construction, working principle and maintenance of equipment.
  • Knowledge of various Quality tools required for investigations
  • Technical Writing- Ability to create documentation that is accurate, complete, unambiguous, and as concise as possible aimed to be understood by any level of organization.
  • Knowledge in Change control assessment
  • Interpersonal Skills: Effective communication with all staff from different levels and builds constructive and effective relationship.
  • Managerial Skills: Persistent approach to resolving issues, Effective situation handling capabilities, strong time management skills.
  • Written communication: Ability to write well-Structured technical reports.
  • Holds people accountable: Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; Monitors process, progress and results
  • Acts Decisively: Makes decision m a timely manner based on available information.
  • Grows Self: Identify Individual development needs and create a plan and work towards achieving those objectives
  • Grows others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments.
  • Self-accountable & Proactive approach.
  • Critical thinking and Compliance mindset.

What the JD emphasized

  • cGMP
  • GxP
  • Regulatory requirements
  • Compliance driven approach
  • Critical thinking and Compliance mindset