Job Description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

The Role

BMS Cruiserath Biologics is seeking to recruit a Manager, QC Instrumentation Team Lead on a permanent basis to join our QC Shared Services Team in Dublin. Reporting to the Cruiserath Biologics Laboratory QC Shared Services (QCAS) Senior Manager, the Manager, QC Instrumentation Team Lead will be responsible for managing and providing technical support to the QC Instrumentation team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide an instrumentation service to the QC Laboratories that ensures all analytical equipment is qualified and can support QC operations.

Specifically, this role is to:

• Ensure all instruments are available for operational use in the laboratory and that they are calibrated and qualified.
• Manage projects for new laboratory equipment installation and qualification.
• Generate, review and/or approve analytical instrumentation equipment qualification, calibration and repair documentation, where required
• Lead QC instrumentation groups change controls and investigations.
• Maintain a high standard of GMP compliance with specific ownership of the compliance status of analytical instrumentation.
• Ensure analytical equipment procedures are aligned with corporate and regulatory procedures.
• Manage the laboratory instrumentation lifecycle programmes. Specifically ensuring that all maintenance, calibrations, and periodic review schedules are fit for purpose.
• Maintain a safe working environment within laboratories for both BMS staff and external vendors.
• Take ownership of topics as appropriate during regulatory inspections.
• Participate in troubleshooting complex analytical and instrumentation issues.
• Assess instrument capability for new product or method introductions.

Other responsibilities include:

• Take ownership of topics as appropriate during regulatory inspections
• Participate in troubleshooting complex analytical and instrumentation issues.
• Participate in laboratory investigations as requested by the QC laboratory.
• Lead operational excellence initiatives to enhance the Biological Laboratories operations and work practices.
• Provide support to Network QC Systems teams and laboratory systems projects for electronic laboratory systems.
• Assess instrument capability for new product or method introductions.

People Management:

• Write performance evaluations; provide feedback, coaching and training to QCSS personnel and develop a strong team to support the site.
• Take responsibility for hiring, coaching and development of staff, management of aggressive timelines and budget responsibilities.
• Provide strategic planning and direct laboratory personnel to achieve operational goals.
• Provide firsthand leadership and communication of business critical information to the QCAS group

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required:

• BS. degree in scientific area with a minimum of 5 years experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, with experience in instrumentation management in a cGMP laboratory environment.
• Previous People Management experience is an advantage.
• Experience in dealing with regulatory inspections is an advantage
• Must be familiar with US and EU cGMP regulations and guidance regarding laboratory instrumentation.
• Must demonstrate a problem solving ability, as well as the ability to prioritize objectives from multiple projects.
• Excellent communication and the ability to contribute to and lead in a team based collaborative environment is essential.

Why you should apply

• You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases
• You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees.
• You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including an annual bonus, pension contribution, family medical allowance, 27 days of annual leave, life assurance and on-site gym

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How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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