Kindeva Drug Delivery

Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

Kindeva Drug Delivery  •  Brentwood, MO (Onsite)  •  11 days ago
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Job Description

Our Work Matters
At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.
The Impact You Will Make
​​The Senior QA Specialist provides strategic quality oversight and leads projects that enhance compliance and operational efficiency. This role manages investigations, change control, and product release while driving continuous improvement initiatives. The Senior QA Specialist collaborates across functions to influence quality systems and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements.

Role Responsibilities
• Lead and approve complex document reviews to ensure manufacturing and testing processes comply with approved batch/testing records, SOPs, and cGMP standards.
• Provide strategic QA oversight and guidance for manufacturing and testing activities, including shop floor support, inspection readiness walk-throughs, line clearance, in-process checks, deviation and laboratory investigations, change management, SOP revisions, and batch documentation review.
• Independently identify, resolve, and influence corrective actions for non-conformances in manufacturing operations; drive systemic improvements to prevent recurrence.
• Perform timely reviews and exercise judgment in determining batch acceptability and product disposition for high-impact decisions.
• Operate effectively in a team environment and collaborate cross-functionally to lead quality initiatives, applying advanced judgment under short timelines while maintaining compliance and quality standards.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret departmental data to identify trends and recommend improvements that enhance quality systems.
• Lead training, mentoring and process improvement efforts for Quality Assurance colleagues to build organizational capability.
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in aseptic techniques and behaviors required in aseptic processing areas.
• Apply deep knowledge of manufacturing operations and quality procedures to influence compliance strategies and process optimization.
• Communicate issues identified during batch production or record reviews promptly to management, demonstrating accountability and ownership of quality outcomes.
• Review and approve SOPs, Forms, Logbooks, and Master Batch Records for accuracy and regulatory alignment.
• Participate in internal GMP audits and represent QA as a subject matter expert during customer and regulatory audits.
• Support review and approval of SOPs and Master Batch Records to maintain compliance standards.
• Perform ERP transactions as applicable to ensure accurate documentation and system integrity.
• Must be willing to work weekends and holidays as needed to support business initiatives
• Lead identification, management, and execution of projects associated with the Quality Unit to drive continuous improvement and compliance excellence.
• Other tasks assigned by management requiring application of advanced professional judgment and leadership in quality systems.

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelors degree in Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Engineering, or other science-related discipline or a minimum of 5 years experience in the Pharmaceutical or related industry
• Experience in Batch Record Review/Audit/Disposition
• The ideal candidate will possess a combination of relevant education, aseptic training and manufacturing/quality experience.
• Knowledge of cGMPs (USFDA, Health Canada, PIC/S and/or Eudralex).
• Demonstrated decision making ability related to Incident Investigation, Corrective and Preventive Actions with emphasis on overall quality, site priorities, results and achievements
• Demonstrated capability in project management
• Works in a team environment within own team and interdepartmental teams.
• Must work under short timelines while maintaining quality work.
• Must have effective written and oral communication skills.
• Collects, researches, analyzes, and presents data information skillfully.
• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Certification preferred.
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Position requires vision acuity testing and onsite attendance – this position cannot be performed on a remote or telecommute basis on a temporary, short- or long-term basis.
• The candidate must be able to complete aseptic gowning qualification and work in a Grade A/B classified area.
• It is required to sit, stand and occasionally lift items (up to ~25 pounds), performing the duties of this position.
• Must have the ability to simultaneously multi-task across multiple capabilities and functions and handle multiple competing priorities and requirements, including performing site and functional responsibilities, responding to frequent e-mail and phone communications, and attending multiple meetings and conference calls. Note that these activities may not be time bound to core hours or presence at the site.
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Kindeva Drug Delivery

About Kindeva Drug Delivery

Kindeva is a purpose-fueled, people-centric CDMO dedicated to advancing your project, your ambitions, and our industry. With a legacy of innovation and deep expertise in complex drug development, we serve as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

For us, fast-tracking healthier tomorrows starts with industry-leading finished-dose expertise. From early-stage formulation to full-scale commercial production, we optimize every step to help bring life-changing therapies to patients faster.

Built on a rich heritage of regulatory diligence and blockbuster devices, our expertise sharpens, optimizes, and maximizes your project—combining best-in-class facilities with specialist capabilities in injectable, inhalation, and dermal delivery, to ensure exceptional-by-design solutions throughout.

Strategically minded and dedicated to your lasting legacy, we provide value beyond manufacturing, turning your long-term possibilities into achievable milestones.

Because every patient deserves tomorrow.

For more information about how we can transform tomorrows together, please visit www.kindevadd.com.

Industry
Chemicals & Materials
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Woodbury, Minnesota
Year Founded
2020
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