Quality Manager, Biotech Job at Vmrd, inc, Pullman, WA

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  • Vmrd, inc
  • Pullman, WA

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description


Company: VMRD, Inc., Pullman, WA

Job Title: Quality Manager

Type: FT, Exempt

Department: Quality

Job Summary:

The Quality Manager serves as both a technical expert and strategic leader for the Pullman site's quality operations. This role combines active work in the Quality Control (QC) laboratory with oversight of Quality Assurance (QA), QC, and Regulatory activities. The Quality Manager ensures all products and processes meet rigorous standards for quality, compliance, and continuous improvement in alignment with company and regulatory expectations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Quality Control (QC)

  • Efficiently and accurately perform product testing (such as ELISA, AGID, IFA, & LFD), including proper documentation
  • Create and maintain QC documents such as COAs, SOPs, worksheets
  • Contribute to the understanding and interpretation of results at critical production control points
  • Develop and implement, in collaboration with key stakeholders, quality control specifications, testing methods, and sampling plans for raw materials, in-process materials, and finished goods
  • Provide technical, statistical, and quality control expertise to personnel within the company
  • Coordinate and prioritize with other departments to ensure timely completion of work outputs

Quality Assurance (QA)

  • Oversee QA activities; Provide necessary support to ensure all activities are completed accurately and on-time

Regulatory- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory bodies

Partners cross-functionally to drive product quality, risk management, and audit readiness

Champion change to push process improvements across the organization

Managerial

  • As a managerial role, interview, hire, and train new staff; assign work or projects; provide constructive and ongoing feedback and coaching for development; manage staff in accordance with department needs, company policies, practices, and initiatives

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Mutual respect and regard for others
  • Completes work with accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail; ability to prioritize effectively
  • Solid analytical and problem-solving abilities; Written and verbal communication competency
  • Exhibits constancy and reliability; produces dependable work results
  • Ability to work independently and an excellent collaborator in a team environment
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and adaptability to other software

Desired Qualifications and Experiences:

  • 5+ years of progressive leadership experience with manufacturing and/or quality roles in a regulated industry
  • Experience reading and interpreting IFA results.
  • Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015; GLP; and QMS software tools

Education, Licenses and Certifications:

  • Bachelor's degree required, in the sciences preferred
  • Quality certifications from ASQ or equivalent preferred

Physical Requirements for the Job:

  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Pay Range Data:

The pay range for this position is $92k - $110k annually. Our pay ranges are determined by job responsibility and regional benchmarks. The wage listed is just one component of VMRD's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include bonuses.

Full-Time Benefits

  • Paid Vacation: Accrued monthly; Starting at 8hrs/month or 12 days per year based on length of service
  • Paid Holidays: 8 regular holidays
  • Paid Sick Leave for illness or qualified event in accordance with WA Paid Sick Leave
  • Health insurance: Medical, Dental, Rx & Vision; Paid 80% of premium for employee & family
  • HealthiestYou Teladoc with access to free medical and mental health services
  • Health Savings Account with employer contributions
  • Paid Air Ambulance Membership
  • 401k: A 100% match of employee contribution up to 6% of salary
  • Paid Life Insurance Policy, AD&D and LTD

About Us:

VMRD (Veterinary Medical Research and Development) researches, develops and manufactures veterinary diagnostic test kits and related reagents for distribution in nearly eighty countries. VMRD's Testing Services division, performs specialized testing of raw materials, cells and seeds for the presence of adventitious agents according to regulatory guidelines for the global veterinary and pharmaceutical industries. VMRD delivers best in class products and services, making a positive impact on animal welfare through diagnostic laboratories, animal producers, veterinary vaccine manufacturers, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and veterinarians globally.

VMRD's mission is to provide high quality products, services and support to our customers, and to provide a harmonious and rewarding work environment for our employees. As a family centric company, we appreciate work life balance and strive to follow the Golden Rule.

VMRD's corporate office overlooks the rolling farmlands of Pullman, Washington, a town renowned for having a national top one hundred public school system as well as two local universities (WSU and UI). Located about ninety minutes south of Spokane, our vibrant local communities are engaged, safe and offer a multitude of amenities and recreational activities. Come enjoy a quality life and the scenic landscapes of the Palouse.

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