Job Description

Supervisor, Quality Control Analytical in Hopkinton, MA

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives.

The Quality Control Supervisor is responsible for overseeing routine and non-routine analytical chemistry assays of raw materials, in-process samples, finished APIs, and/or special projects. This role will oversee the day-to-day functions of their department and manage a team of Quality Control Analysts. This position may require work outside of normal business hours as needed.

Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

We proudly offer

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more!

Responsibilities

• Manage the Quality Control Team Performance of analytical testing for various samples and incoming, in process and final products
• Ensure that the analytical chemistry functions are completed in accordance with the Company and governmental standards of safety and quality, and that all experimental documentation is complete and timely
• Supervise a team of analysts including, but not limited to, the motivation, education, efficiency, performance management and productivity of these individuals
• Ensure that laboratory operations are conducted in a safe manner.
• Maintain compliance with regulations at all levels as well as strict adherence to standard operating procedures and cGMPs as necessary
• Organize workloads and coordinate activities in order to carry out multiple projects concurrently and in accordance with established objectives, timelines and deadlines
• Conduct investigations of OOS, Deviations, Change Control Management, and CAPAs
• Supervise and perform pharmaceutical analysis to support drug substance manufacturing

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree and a minimum of 3 years’ relevant related work experience, plus 3 years in a team leadership role, OR
• MA/MS Degree and a minimum of 1 year of relevant related work experience, plus 3 years in a team leadership role
• Chromatography: SEC-HPLC, UPLC, and related methods for purity and impurity analysis
• Electrophoretic techniques: CE-SDS, cIEF (e.g., Maurice/PA800 platforms) for protein characterization and charge/size variants
• Ligand-binding assays: ELISA (e.g., potency, HCP, residual Protein A) and/or Octet/BLI for binding and functional characterization
• Molecular methods: qPCR-based assays (e.g., residual DNA, mycoplasma)
• Biochemical assays: UV/Vis, mBCA, pH, conductivity, osmolality, and general wet chemistry techniques
• Product quality assessments: visual appearance, subvisible particles, and integrity testing

Other Qualifications

• Must pass a background check
• Must pass a drug screen
• May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening

Pay Range $97,000-$120,800/yr.

Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.

All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.

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