QA Associate Director
AstraZeneca · Qingdao
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Role summary
AstraZeneca seeks a QA Associate Director to serve as principal quality assurance engineer for a new pressurized metered-dose inhaler manufacturing facility in Qingdao, China. The role involves ensuring GMP compliance across facility design, construction, validation, and operations while mentoring staff and leading quality system improvements.
What they're looking for
- Expert-level knowledge of China legislation, cGMPs, and validation practices
- Demonstrated expertise in quality systems, deviations, and change controls
- Experience with facility, equipment, and computer system validation programs
- Ability to influence stakeholders and make quality assurance decisions independently
- Leadership and mentoring experience with engineering and operations teams
- Knowledge of regulatory trends and industry best practices in pharmaceutical manufacturing
What you'll be doing
- Provide quality expertise and support for pMDI project milestones and Qingdao operations site
- Ensure GMP compliance during facility design, construction, start-up, and validation phases
- Oversee validation programs, quality management systems, deviations, and change controls
- Mentor and train QA, engineering, and operations staff on technical and GMP-related subjects
- Collaborate with engineering, IT, QC, and manufacturing to resolve technical challenges and improve processes
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