Director, Head of Quality Management System CDx
Listed on 2026-08-07
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Syst Immune is a leading and well-funded clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in Redmond, WA and Princeton, NJ. It specializes in developing innovative cancer treatments using its established drug development platforms, focusing on bi-specific, multi-specific antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Syst Immune has multiple assets in various stages of clinical trials for solid tumor and hematologic indications. Alongside ongoing clinical trials. Syst Immune has a robust preclinical pipeline of potential cancer therapeutics in the discover and IND-enabling stages, representing cutting-edge biologics development.
We offer an opportunity for you to learn and grow while making significant contributions to the company's success.
is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously improving the Quality Management System for IHC-based Companion Diagnostics (CDx) across development, validation, manufacturing, regulatory submission, and post-market lifecycle.
This role ensures full compliance with GMP requirements and US FDA 21 CFR 820 (Quality System Regulation), and alignment with ISO 13485 and ISO 14971. A critical responsibility of this role is to lead and govern the transition of IHC assays from RUO/LDT to regulated IVD CDx products, ensuring inspection readiness and regulatory success.
The Director serves as the quality authority and management representative for CDx programs and is the primary interface for FDA inspections, audits, and regulatory interactions.
Key Responsibilities- QMS Strategy & Governance
- Establish, maintain, and continuously improve a GMP-compliant QMS supporting IHC CDx development and commercialization.
- Ensure full compliance with:
- US FDA 21 CFR 820 (QSR)
- GMP requirements for IVD/CDx
- ISO 13485 (Medical Device QMS)
- ISO 14971 (Risk Management)
- Serve as Management Representative with authority to ensure QMS effectiveness and compliance.
- Define quality strategy aligned with business objectives, regulatory timelines, and CDx program milestones.
- RUO / LDT → IVD CDx Transition Leadership
- Lead quality oversight for assay lifecycle transition, including:
- RUO → LDT → regulated IVD CDx
- Define and govern:
- Design control initiation points
- Bridging strategies between development-phase assays and commercial IVD kits
- Traceability between analytical validation, clinical performance, and labeling
- Ensure quality documentation supports:
- Assay locking and design freeze
- Transfer from development labs to manufacturing
- Regulatory submissions and post-approval changes
- Lead quality oversight for assay lifecycle transition, including:
- Design Control & Risk Management
- Own and oversee design control processes for IHC CDx kits, including:
- Design inputs and user needs
- Design outputs and specifications
- Design verification and validation
- Design reviews and design transfer
- Ensure ISO 14971 risk management is fully integrated, including:
- Risk management plans
- Hazard analysis and risk control measures
- Residual risk evaluation and benefit-risk justification
- Ensure full traceability between risks, controls, verification, and labeling.
- Own and oversee design control processes for IHC CDx kits, including:
- Document Control & SOP Management
- Establish and maintain document control systems for:
- SOPs, work instructions, forms, and records
- Ensure documents are inspection-ready, version-controlled, and compliant with 21 CFR 820.
- Drive SOP harmonization across R&D, pathology, manufacturing, and clinical operations.
- Establish and maintain document control systems for:
- Supplier Quality & External Oversight
- Establish and oversee supplier quality management, including:
- Antibody and reagent suppliers
- IHC platform vendors
- Contract manufacturers
- CROs and central laboratories
- Lead supplier qualification, audits, quality agreements, and ongoing performance monitoring.
- Establish and oversee supplier quality management, including:
- CAPA, Change Control & Continuous Improvement
- Lead and approve:
- Nonconformance management
- Deviations and investigations
- Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
- Change control activities
- Monitor quality metrics and trends to drive continuous improvement and risk reduction.
- Lead and approve:
- FDA Inspection & Audit Readiness (Explicit Responsibility)
- Serve as the primary quality contact for:
- FDA inspections
- Pre-approval inspections (PAI)
- ISO audits and partner audits
- Ensure continuous inspection readiness, including:
- Training of staff on…
- Serve as the primary quality contact for:
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