Manager, External Quality Control

AbCellera is an energetic, and rapidly growing tech company with an amazing team that searches, decodes, and analyzes natural immune systems to find antibodies that its partners can develop into drugs to prevent and treat disease. Working at the interface of computation, engineering, and biology, AbCellera is rebuilding the front-end process of how drugs are discovered with a discovery platform that integrates modern technologies from engineering, microfluidics, single-cell analysis, high-throughput genomics, machine learning, and hyper-scale data science. With over 400 AbCellerites and growing, we’re expanding our capabilities to include CMC development and GMP manufacturing of antibodies to bring therapies from idea to patients, faster.
The Manager, External Quality Control will conduct Quality oversight during all the product development steps including cell line development, toxicology batch manufacturing, analytical method verification/qualification, and clinical DS batch manufacturing and testing.
We’re offering a generous compensation package including an equity stake in AbCellera’s success. Our future facility will be nestled in the heart of Vancouver, Canada - we’ll support you and your family in every way we can to relocate if you haven't had the joy of living in this beautiful area!
We’d love to hear from you if

• You are strongly self-motivated and are able to identify project needs and follow that up with building and implementing solutions
• You are an outstanding communicator with external partners and a teammate.
• You are enthusiastic about applying your expertise in external quality assurance
• You are passionate about working with dynamic new teams and capabilities that accomplish ambitious goals

How You Might Spend Your Days

• Working with key groups such as, Procurement, Operations, QC, Supply Chain, and Process Development, for the Selection, Qualification and Management of Contract Laboratories
• You will be accountable for the Contract Laboratories quality management activities including Deviations, Change Management or Complaints
• Defining, monitoring and reporting quality performance metrics
• Maintaining current knowledge of applicable Quality & Regulatory requirements and evolving trends and supporting the Contract Laboratories to meet these standards
• Representing Quality Assurance for Analytical and Technical transfers
• Negotiating and maintain Quality Agreements between AbCellera and Contract Laboratories
• Maintaining site readiness for Health Authority regulatory inspections & for AbCellera /partners/ 3rd parties audits
• You will be responsible for reporting the Health Authority inspections and audit outcomes and ensure implementation of associated action plans
• Performing quality risk assessments, develop mitigation plans and follow up on implementation
• Ensuring implementation at the Contract Laboratories of a compliant Data management process and other AbCellera quality initiatives
• Supporting CMC Regulatory submissions
• Participating in on-site regulatory inspections and audits
• Overseeing all the QC subcontracted activities, such as Cell Banking preparation, Reference Standard, Reference Samples and Reference Material management, Manufacturing and testing operations

Required Qualifications And Experience

• Good ability to assess vendor quality core processes ensuring compliance with relevant guidelines and procedures
• 5+ years of Quality Control experience in a GxP regulated environment such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or life sciences
• Strong comprehension of current pharmaceutical regulations and guidances (FDA/Health Canada/EU/ICH) and regulatory expectations for assigned function
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in a relevant discipline and 8+ years of GxP industry experience within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or life sciences
• Strong experience with various software/databases such as, but not limited to, ERP, MES, eQMS and LIMS
• A thorough understanding of drug substance development process and monoclonal antibody manufacturing processes and testing
• Results oriented, and able to effectively execute on projects with minimal supervision
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to adjust to both technical and non-technical audiences

About AbCellera
At AbCellera, we find the next generation of therapeutic antibodies. To succeed, we have created innovative solutions at every step - custom antigen preparation and immunizations, microfluidics, high-throughput imaging, genomics, computation, machine learning and laboratory automation - leaving no stone unturned and revolutionizing how scientists can explore natural antibody diversity and the scale at which they can do it. You’ll join a diverse and multi-disciplinary team of biologists, biochemists, engineers, bioinformaticians, computer scientists and physicists - all working together to bring better therapies to patients. This is life-changing research and you could be a part of it.
We’re a growing company with state-of-the-art discovery tools and the drive to be the best in the industry. This isn’t just about having the best technology. We know we need a world-class team of innovators working together to solve the toughest problems. We look for people with drive and energy. Idealists. People we love and people we trust. This may be unconventional, but it is the key to our success. We’re looking for someone like you to support and organize our efforts along the way.