Consultant Validation Manager

at  Cognizant Technology Solutions

ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S.,
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JOB DESCRIPTION

We are currently looking for a talented person to take on the role of Validation Manager to asses, design and lead
The Validation Manager is responsible for setting strategy and policies, and oversight of the Validation Department and programs and related activities including: Qualification and re-qualification of facilities, utilities, equipment, computerized systems, cleaning, disinfection, process validation, requalification …
A strong focus is on sterility assurance (validation of steam/dry heat/gamma/EO sterilization, media fill, smoke testing,…).The scope includes all regulated areas of manufacturing.

In this role, your responsibilities will be as follows

• Manage staff and workload of the validation team. Provide coaching, training and mentoring for routine and complex activities.
• Asses and define the roadmap.
• Development and implementation of strategy and policies related to validation. Development and oversight of the execution of validation related documents throughout the system, including development of a comprehensive validation master plan covering equipment, utilities, sterilization, cleaning, aseptic processing, cleanroom qualification, computerized systemvalidation, …
• Support change control, investigations, and MBR’s and SOP’s updates. Determine levels of importance or risk to be assigned to elements under review to ensure validation efforts are directed at the systems which have the potential to impact product quality, efficacy, and data integrity using a variety of tools.
• Represent the validation group and defend policies, program, and validation documentation during audits, regulatory inspections. Present a coherent and clear picture of validation effort to any reviewer or auditor, providing confidence in the installed system, process, facility or procedure. Provide validation expertise for issue resolutions to support deviations or CAPA’s and audit findings.
• Develop and co-approve cGMP documents including, but not limited to, Master Validation Plans, SOPs, protocols and forms to improve validation efficiencies.
• Is knowledgeable and complies with all pertinent safety policies, rules and regulations.
• Ensure that all team members comply with safety rules and regulations.
• Maintenance of quality systems and cGMP compliance for the business by ensuring that all team members comply with processes, procedures and instructions for all activities in which the team participates.Requires collaboration with cross functional team members, must be able to balance normal stress to meet deadlines for various validation projects

• Manage staff and workload of the validation team. Provide coaching, training and mentoring for routine and complex activities.
• Asses and define the roadmap.
• Development and implementation of strategy and policies related to validation. Development and oversight of the execution of validation related documents throughout the system, including development of a comprehensive validation master plan covering equipment, utilities, sterilization, cleaning, aseptic processing, cleanroom qualification, computerized systemvalidation, …
• Support change control, investigations, and MBR’s and SOP’s updates. Determine levels of importance or risk to be assigned to elements under review to ensure validation efforts are directed at the systems which have the potential to impact product quality, efficacy, and data integrity using a variety of tools.
• Represent the validation group and defend policies, program, and validation documentation during audits, regulatory inspections. Present a coherent and clear picture of validation effort to any reviewer or auditor, providing confidence in the installed system, process, facility or procedure. Provide validation expertise for issue resolutions to support deviations or CAPA’s and audit findings.
• Develop and co-approve cGMP documents including, but not limited to, Master Validation Plans, SOPs, protocols and forms to improve validation efficiencies.
• Is knowledgeable and complies with all pertinent safety policies, rules and regulations.
• Ensure that all team members comply with safety rules and regulations.
• Maintenance of quality systems and cGMP compliance for the business by ensuring that all team members comply with processes, procedures and instructions for all activities in which the team participates.Requires collaboration with cross functional team members, must be able to balance normal stress to meet deadlines for various validation project