QA Manager - Sterility Assurance

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Singapore
Senior level
Pharmaceutical
At Lonza, we enable A Healthier World by supporting our healthcare customers on the path to commercialization.
The Role
The QA Manager is responsible for overseeing the Aseptic Processing Program and Environmental Monitoring within the Cell and Gene Therapy entity, ensuring compliance with US and international standards. This role requires expertise in sterility assurance, microbial control, and cleanroom management, along with reviewing policies, documentation, and supporting regulatory audits and investigations.
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Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Did you know that we are the 1st biologics contract manufacturer in Singapore? We offer you exposure to upcoming biotech and established pharmaceutical companies and to the manufacturing technology needed to produce mammalian treatments and cell therapies of tomorrow. Our global manufacturing network is recognized for its reliable, high-quality services, regulatory track record, global footprint, innovative technology platforms and extensive experience – we, in Singapore are proud to be part of this global network.

This is an exciting position responsible for QA oversight of Aseptic Processing Program, Environmental Monitoring, and Microbial Control Policies for the Cell and Gene Therapy entity. The role provides sterility assurance expertise to Operations, ensuring aseptic processing meets US and international aseptic processing requirements (FDA Sterile Product Aseptic Processing Mentorship, Eudralex Annex 1, ISO 13408, and 21CFR820).

The role will also offer planning and expertise for the development and implementation of the Microbial Control Strategy. Develop, document, and handle for production processes from incoming raw materials through final product release.

Key responsibilities:

  • Provide support and expertise to ensure that CGT and Media preparation operations and support functions for Cleanroom management, Materials Management, Aseptic practices, Environmental monitoring (EM), Sterilisation methods, and Aseptic process simulations (APS) to authoritatively deliver CT products to patients with the highest quality sterility assurance level.
  • Review policies and procedures and related completed media fill/APS documentation, Environmental Monitoring sample plans, cleanroom qualifications, environmental monitoring excursions, deviations, and sterility failures.
  • Support APS/EM deviations and investigations, CAPAs, and Complaints related to aseptic processing.
  • Review sterile filter validations, integrity testing, and procedures.
  • Assessment to business partners including production, MSAT, Engineering, QC, and QA assuring adequate facilities contamination prevention practices, supervising tools are provided to production to guarantee the best EM indicator levels.
  • Support regulatory and audits as aseptic sterility assurance subject matter expert.prov
  • Responsible for the generation of key performance indicators, GEMBA walks, regulatory compliance, and efficiency targets.
  • Understand and articulate company business strategy. Maintains a broad view of the business recognizing changes and trends in the appropriate area in which the individual operates.

Key requirements:

  • Requires an Engineering/Life Science Diploma/Degree or higher from a recognized institution. Must have significant experience in QA or QC Sterile processing and Microbial work.
  • Shown understanding of microbiological and sterility testing, media fills, environmental monitoring, clean room qualification and management, quality control endotoxin testing, and microbiological control strategy required.
  • Experience in global harmonization/efficiency projects. Collaborate with collaborators from different functions to represent the site in global forums
  • Collaboration- interactions with different functions, senior management

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

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The Company
HQ: Basel
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Year Founded: 1897

What We Do

At Lonza, we enable A Healthier World by supporting our healthcare customers on the path to commercialization. Our community of 16,000 talented employees work across a global network of more than 30 sites to deliver for our customers across the pharma, biotech and nutrition markets.

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