Validation Manager Abbott Healthcare Viet Nam

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Job Summary:

Report to: Head of Quality

Working Location: VSIP 1, 35 Tu Do Boulevard, Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park

- Leading the validation activities at site level to achieve the regulatory requirements (PIC/S, EU GMP)

- Coordinate and Strengthen the Validation team which contributed from different functions at Site to fulfill all validation and qualification tasks and requirements

- Optimizing the validation/ qualification activities to achieve the sustainability in the validation/ qualification system to support for the business in future.

Core Job Responsibilities

- Core job responsibilities for Validation management within organization

- Supervisory/ Management Responsibilities cross-functional collaboration on site projects related qualification/ validation

- Position Accountability/ Scope Accountable for annual validation budget forecasting, implementation and monitoring.

- Perform other validation jobs which assigned by Quality Head, including but not limited

- Creating strategy for Validation management and implementation within organization

- Development project plan and management and participate in all areas of a project: Deliver project status reporting, KPI uploads as necessary

- Knowledge and implement about PIC/S EU-GMP, WHO GMP, US FDA guidelines

- Develop and planning Validation Strategy, schedule

- Follow up and support other function to compliance with guideline and regulations from ICH, ISO, ISPE, GMP

- Leading risk management process for Validation and Qualification scope

- Develop, maintain, and manage relationships with functions and run project as a coordinator

- Drive, measure and analyze performance against key project metrics

- Develop and focus on planning strategy and management

- Managing project progress and adapt work as required

- Develop validation plans and risk management plans

- Familiar with using data to produce reports on content performance

- Coordinate and Strengthen the Validation team which contributed from different functions at Site to fulfill all validation and qualification tasks and requirements

- Review and approve plan of equipment/ facility/ utility qualification, cleaning validation, analytical method validation, computerize system validation (except validation master plan approved by line manager)

- Review and approve the risk assessment for the qualification/ validation/ requalification/ revalidation (except critical/ high risk approved by line manager)

- Review and approve all the documents related to the equipment/ facility/ utility qualification/ requalification (URS, FRS, DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ) (except the final qualification report approved by line manager)

- Review and approve all the documents related to cleaning validation, analytical method validation, computerize system validation of Production/ Engineering/ Warehouse/ Quality control department (except the final qualification report approved by line manager)

- Ensure cross-functional collaboration on site projects related qualification/ validation

- Lead the establishment of performance project scorecard

- Lead and define project management

- Experience working with international partners tools

- Collaboration with regional/ divisional SME to improve the validation knowledge at site, training the validation team from departments about the professional knowledge and audit readiness for validation

- Accountable for annual validation budget forecasting, implementation and monitoring.

- Accountable for join as a core team member to Site Strategy Project

- To involve in the FAT for new equipment/ instrument/ utilities and system if applicable

- Support to prepare the PQ protocol for production equipment (if required)

- Support to prepare the PV protocol (if required)

- To provide all required support for validation/ qualification (if required)

- Update procedure relate equipment/ facility/ utility qualification (procedure of equipment, facility and utility qualification; moist heat sterilization process design and validation…)

• University (Chemistry or Pharmacy)

• There’s a knowledge about validation, qualification of factory, equipment, machinery, API, excipients, manufacturing procedure, cleaning procedure, computerized system...

• Understanding the systematic process of WHO-GMP, PIC/S -GMP, EU-GMP, in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Experienced in validation/qualification. More than 5 years of experience in Pharmaceutical industry or Medical devices

• To master concepts, requirements and ways of validation/qualification.

• Ability to use MS office

• Ability to use English

• Time management, organize working

• Demonstrated ability to build the trusting relationships with management and other business stakeholders.

• Ability to initiate and drive organizational change in complex matrix environment, lead others through change, effectively manage resistance, and ensure organization engagement, influence and drive/ facilitate change across the organization

• Team work and project management skill, communication skills, enable people to result

• Leadership skills