Braveheart Bio

Director, Quality

Braveheart Bio

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $180,000 - $230,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Serve as a quality leader for Braveheart Bio and will be responsible for manufacturing quality oversight, and inspection readiness for our late-stage clinical program in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
  • Execute the manufacturing quality oversight framework for investigational and commercial product to support global Phase 3 execution and to prepare for future regulatory submissions and commercialization activities
  • Partner closely with Manufacturing, Regulatory, partners, and CDMOs to ensure best-in-class quality oversight across all programs
  • Build a small team as the company grows
  • Demonstrate end-to-end oversight of outsourced GMP activities across CDMOs, CMOs, and contract laboratories
  • Monitor vendors and ensure compliance with Quality Agreements
  • Use risk-based approaches to prioritize oversight activities
  • Manage the quality transition from clinical to commercial manufacturing
  • Align GMP systems with regulatory commitments and post-approval requirements
  • Maintain focus on sustained state of control
  • Build and sustain a continuous inspection readiness culture
  • Lead teams through mock inspections and document readiness
  • Ensure rapid, thorough, and strategic responses to inspection findings
  • Work closely with CMC teams to embed quality expectations into the product development lifecycle
  • Participate in project team meetings and cross-functional planning activities to ensure quality considerations are integrated into decision-making
  • Provide ad hoc quality support across broader GxP activities as business needs evolve
  • Support quality systems activities as needed
  • Support enterprise quality system activities as needed
  • Contribute to cross-functional quality initiatives, inspections, and issue resolution

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related discipline; advanced degree preferred
  • 12+ years of GxP quality experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry, including deep experience in GMP and GDP oversight and global product development; GCP, GLP, GVP a plus
  • Strong knowledge of global GMP regulations and regulatory expectations for late-stage clinical programs and commercialization
  • Proven success executing manufacturing and supply chain quality oversight in a small or emerging biotech environment, including outsourced and virtual manufacturing models
  • Experience collaborating with vendors and CDMOs, supporting inspection readiness and regulatory interactions
  • Demonstrated experience with quality oversight of analytical method validation and process validation (PPQ)
  • Has deep understanding of global regulatory inspection expectations
  • Skilled in inspection management and communication (clear, concise, controlled responses)
  • Demonstrated experience providing hands-on functional leadership, with the ability to set clear direction aligned to corporate strategy, regulatory requirements, and program objectives
  • Ability to assess risk, solve complex problems, and implement practical, scalable quality solutions
  • Demonstrated experience supporting global Phase 1 through commercial products, including interaction with QPs
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative, team-oriented approach
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and remain comfortable with change and ambiguity
  • Flexible, proactive, and hands-on mindset with a roll-up-your-sleeves, can-do attitude.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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