Director, Intelligence Compliance & Quality Integration Management

Director, Intelligence Compliance & Quality Integration Management United Kingdom - Uxbridge Quality Regular

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW:

In this role you will have two primary accountabilities with focus on health and evolution of the Gilead R&D Quality Management System (QMS):
1) drive intelligence change management activities, i.e. implementation of new legislation to ensure proactive compliance, and
2) serve as R&D Quality integration lead to facilitate effective integration with Gilead’s R&D QMS or enable QMS documentation to support collaborations. R&D Quality strategic objectives are focused on building and improving core capabilities and services related to Gilead’s QMS. These activities will span GLP, GCP, GVP requirements as well as core elements of our QMS such as Audits, Inspections, Vendor Quality, Reporting and Analytics, Documentation and Training, as well as supporting QMS systems and tools.

Integration will focus on effectively transitioning external assets into the Gilead R&D QMS or enabling cross-company QMS interactions. You will play a role in development and maintenance of an intelligence change management system and framework and an integration framework and processes. As part of this role, you will interface with and work with various teams including but not limited to Clinical Development functions, Legal, Information Technology, Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing teams.

EXAMPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

GxP Regulatory Compliance Intelligence:

• Support development and execution of a compliance (GxP) intelligence change management program and operating framework.
• Mine, analyze, evaluate and escalate potential risks associated with emerging intelligence.
• Lead the assigned R&D groups / locations in impact assessment and implementation planning for changes to regulations or other requirements and associated continuous improvement initiatives, including delivering the project goals on time and on-budget, while ensuring compliance.
• Evaluate SOPs, other procedures, data and reporting of assigned R&D groups / locations to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance, R&D quality and fit-for-purpose to both Gilead business needs and changing regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to a GxP external engagement program and knowledge management hub to monitor and track Development’s engagement with external groups and conferences as well as encouraging and facilitating presentations and creating a collective voice for Gilead GxP compliance.
• Serve as point of contact and R&D Quality voice on external consortiums or compliance working groups.
• Lead continuous improvement activities on R&D inspection management processes, procedures, practices and tools.
• Analyze inspection data, external industry intelligence and data (e.g. Redica), and regulations to assess Gilead gaps and opportunities and then build out project plans to help inform our inspection readiness and preparation activities and tools.
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