Associate Director, Validation

At Wyeth, we discover, develop, manufacture and market innovative medicines that are leading the way to a healthier world. In a career at Wyeth, you will be an important part of a leading research and manufacturing organization. We currently have an opening in our Validation Department for an Associate Director, Validation at our Pearl River, NY facility (located on the Rockland County, NY/Bergen County, NJ border).As an Associate Director of Validation, you will provide oversight and guidance to validation personnel performing validation related activities within the Vaccines Fill/Finish PPU. You will act as an SME for the development of departmental policies and procedures and during regulatory inspections. You must organize and direct cross-functional interaction with manufacturing, engineering, quality control, development and regulatory personnel for validation optimization and completion as well as maintenance of the validated state in support of cGMPs. You will provide leadership including: set project priorities to meet customer needs, allocate resources, define timelines and tract projects, provide guidance on requirements to assure plant operations are in a validated state, facilitate the development of consensus among the validation, manufacturing, regulatory, and QA groups on validation study requirements and results.You must have a BS degree in a scientific or engineering discipline. An advanced degree is preferred. You must have 10+ years of experience in validation or engineering in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. You must have exceptional interpersonal, managerial and negotiating skills, be highly self-motivated, well organized, and be able to develop alternative solutions to validation issues. You must have outstanding verbal and written communication skills. You must also have a thorough understanding of biological manufacturing, engineering and quality control principles GMP. A thorough knowledge of facilities, production equipment, and regulatory guidelines is also required.Wyeth offers competitive compensation and benefits programs including stock
options, child-care subsidies, flex-time, business casual attire,
educational assistance and professional development programs. Please
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