Alumis is hiring a Clinical Quality Assurance Director, reporting to the SVP, of Quality and Regulatory. The role will work closely with the Quality, Development, and Study Execution Teams to provide Clinical Quality support for all ongoing clinical studies. This involves working closely with Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Clinical Supply Chain, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal, and other teams across Alumis.

The Clinical QA Director is responsible to ensure quality is embedded throughout the lifecycle of all the ongoing clinical programs through oversight, assessment and monitoring, risk assessment tools and risk mitigations. The Director will be responsible to establish Key Performance Indicators and Metrics to trend and track on the health of the clinical trials.  The role is responsible to provide the operational quality support and guidance for the development teams and support the SVP of Quality and Regulatory in building the Alumis Quality organization strategy and vision.

This position requires expertise in Good Clinical Practices and relevant US and EU regulations. The successful candidate will drive, promote, and embed a culture of ethics, integrity, and proactive quality management.  The candidate will provide guidance and leadership to ensure that the quality function maintains the standards expected by global regulatory authorities. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish, maintain and enhance GCP QA programs, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure ongoing clinical programs are in compliance with applicable health authority regulations and guidelines.
• Act as the primary GCP QA subject matter expert and point of contact for all GCP/CSV related matters and issues for the assigned program, project or study.
• Establish the study specific audit plan ensuring successful execution and audit findings close out including CAPA management and oversight.
• Establish and manage the Quality Risk Management program.
• Represent Quality on project teams, Health Authority Inspections, service providers and CROs operational meetings, and QA to QA meetings.
• Support Quality Review meetings content and material. Prepare and manage Quality KPI and metrics.
• Provide quality oversight and review of key Clinical and IND/NDA enabling documents.
• Perform reviews of clinical trial documentation for data integrity and compliance with Good Clinical Practice guidance and regulations. Conduct root cause analysis for recurring issues.
• Partner in implementation of inspection readiness plans and activities. Act as the primary liaison with Development and Compliance team in execution of inspection and audit readiness plans including for internal/external and business partners audits.
• Support clinical service provider selection and qualification activities and develop periodic compliance/metric reports.
  
  

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors or advanced degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of Clinical Quality Assurance experience.
• Strong understanding of small molecule products with direct experience in solid oral dosage forms.

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Extensive knowledge of FDA regulations and practices, ICH guidance, and strong knowledge of global health authority regulations and practices.
• Hands-on experience in drug life cycle management.
• A successful track record of working with service providers and CROs.
• Ability to make timely and sound quality decisions when faced with complex clinical, compliance, technical and regulatory considerations. Highly skilled in the ability to work with ambiguity and complexity.
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems; experience in implementing and managing quality systems in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Collaborative, analytical and interpretative skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, to set priorities to meet timelines, to motivate and influence others. Prior management experience is required.
• Previous experience in successfully leading assigned activities within cross-functional teams.
• Some travel required.

The salary range for this position is $190,000 USD to $240,000  USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

This position is located in South San Francisco, CA and employees are expected to be onsite Tuesday-Thursday. Lab personnel, however, are generally onsite 4-5 days/week.  At this time we are not considering remote applicants.

Alumis Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Alumis compensation packages include generous stock option grants for all employees as well as an annual bonus program.  

Other benefits include:

• Health insurance premiums paid at 90% for employee, 80% for dependents
• Free access to Genentech Bus & Ferry Share program
• $100 monthly cell phone stipend
• Unlimited PTO for Exempt employees
• Free onsite gym and a kitchen stocked with yummy snacks and drinks!

We are a hard-working, collaborative team on a mission to transform patient’s lives-- and we aspire to elevate, challenge and nurture one another along the way.