Site Name: Singapore - Tuas
Posted Date: Oct 16 2024

Purpose:

• To provide QA compliance oversight over IT and Technical Services (as assigned)

Responsibilities:

1. Ensure site validation activities are compliant with Site procedures, regulatory requirements, and c GMP expectations

• Author and maintain the quality system SOPs for validation.
• Define validation approach that is technically sound and are compliant.
• Author Validation Plans and Reports, including Continuous Validation Plan
• Review and approve validation deliverables
• Provide solutions to achieve validation requirements
• Collaborate with Operations to define the validation schedule and support the timely completion of activities as per schedule
• Drive efficiency, improvement and robustness in site validation systems and processes
• Be the link with Global Validation for technical information, and standards roll out
• Assess impact to validation and validation status during change management, and define appropriate validation requirements and approach to maintain validated status of systems
• Assess impact to validation for incidents/deviations and ensure appropriate CAPAs are in-place to resolve issues and prevent recurrence
• Perform Periodic Review and prepare the review report for systems and processes
• Oversee Periodic requalification and Continued process verification to maintain the validated status of systems and processes
• Conduct GSK internal audits and front as SME in external regulatory inspections
• Provide support for all activities related to GPS (e.g. Tiers, Gemba, DMAIC etc) for continuous improvement

2. Provide QA Oversight to IT operations in areas of:

• QA consultation to review and approve SOPs
• Review and approve changes, deviations and CAPAs

3. Provide QA compliance oversight to Technical Services

• Interact with TS personnel in day-to-day operations to ensure c GMP compliance
• Be the QA approver for TS activities including but not limited to:
• LSOPs, Deviation/Event, CAPAs, Change Controls,
• Quality Tag-Outs
• Calibration & maintenance programmes
• Pest control reports

4. Interface with Internal & External stakeholders

• Effective interfaces with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective communication with and cascades from Global functions

5. EHS

• Comply with company requirements on EHS

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

Professional

• At least University basic degree in a Science or Engineering discipline
  
• At least 2 years' experience in pharmaceutical industry or related regulatory fields
  
• At least 5 years for Senior QA Validation Specialist role
  

Technical

• A good understanding of c GMP regulatory and legal requirements as applied to quality assurance and validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing
  
• Good understanding of regulatory inspection requirement
  
• A good working knowledge of validation, preferably with hands-on experience
  
• Computer skills in MS Office and familiar with web-based e-learning resources
  
• Potential or developing project management skills
  

Business

• Ability to apply optimal quality assurance standards to promote a business edge
  
• Ability to facilitate business activities compatible to international regulatory environment
  
• Ability to communicate effectively within site organization and across network
  
• Potential or developing planning and organizational skills
  

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