Senior Manager, Clinical Quality Assurance

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals

Senior Manager overseeing GCP activities related to clinical trials at Deciphera. Ensuring quality and compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • Waltham • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $138,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Google Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Draft, review or revise Clinical QA SOPs to assess consistency and compliance with regulatory requirements/internal standards.
Attend cross-functional team meetings and provide guidance to clinical operations staff based on interpretation of current regulations to ensure best practices including risk-based management.
Work closely with Clinical Operations to ensure/coordinate appropriate and complete resolution of findings/non-compliant issues, quality investigations, etc. in a timely manner, including approval of corrective action and preventative action (CAPA) plans, as necessary.
Provide Quality Control (QC) review of clinical protocols, amendments, Informed Consent Forms, Clinical Study Reports and other clinical trial related documents.
Assist and advise with training QA and clinical staff as necessary for GCP.
Identify potential systemic gaps and coordinate with the appropriate stakeholder to ensure timely remediation.
As appropriate, escalate issues of critical non-compliance and/or lack of urgency in remediation to senior management via the Quality Board.
Perform program specific root cause analysis of compliance issues and provide the appropriate metrics for tracking and trending for the overall QA reporting requirements to functional and senior management.
Conduct and/or assist in internal audits (systems, processes, vendors, computer system validation).
Interact with contract auditors in the scheduling process, kick-off meetings with auditors and internal groups, assist in the drafting of audit plans, confirmation letters and agendas, etc.
Identify the need for, conduct and/or assist in external audits (includes, but is not limited to, investigator sites, central IRBs, CROs and clinical labs).
Oversee the audit response process for the Investigator Site and Contract Research Organization (CRO) audits/inspections and ensure acceptability of actions to address findings through the CAPA process.
Assist with inspection readiness, and regulatory inspections as needed.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of direct GCP pharmaceutical/biotechnology experience with Bachelors degree or equivalent.
Solid understanding and application of GCP, GLP and ICH requirements, especially ICH E6R3.
A well organized, self-motivated and independent work style with the ability to initiate and follow through on assignments.
Excellent interpersonal skills with knowledge of basic negotiation, influencing and conflict management to assure effective interactions within and across departments.
The ability to simultaneously handle multiple project issues while dealing with time demands, incomplete information, or unexpected events.
Broad experience in product development, clinical operations, regulatory compliance and GCP auditing.
Willingness to travel up to 25% both domestic and international.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and annual bonus.
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, and more.
Generous parental leave and family planning benefits.
Outstanding culture and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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Hard Skills & Tools

GCPGLPICHCAPAQuality Controlclinical protocolsroot cause analysisinternal auditsexternal auditsregulatory inspections

Soft Skills

self-motivatedorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillsnegotiationinfluencingconflict managementability to handle multiple projectsinitiativefollow-throughtimely remediation