Kura Oncology, Inc.

QA Engineer

• Develop collaborative partnerships with clinical study teams/study team leaders to maintain a current understanding of potential areas of quality risk exposure within the context of ongoing clinical studies and across clinical programs as assigned.
• Ensure compliance with clinical quality assurance activities including facilitating and managing internal and external GCP audits/audit programs, as applicable.
• Implement and support QA activities that foster an outcome of compliance and adherence to relevant laws, regulations, guidance; upholds the rights and welfare of patients; is focused on data integrity and end to end quality assurance
• Assist in identifying opportunities for process improvement initiatives, including process/program reviews to identify approaches that will prevent quality issue recurrence (e.g. issue escalation and management; and applicable corrective/preventative action programs, periodic internal audit/gap assessment).
• Assist with the development and tracking of trending and metrics of internal as well as external vendor quality issues.
• Provide related training on new regulatory requirements and industry practices.
• Lead and manage clinical inspection readiness activities for assigned programs and other key programs as applicable.
• Support Regulatory Inspections of Kura Oncology products, including supporting/facilitating back room and front room activities and supporting the drafting/reviewing of responses to regulatory authority findings, as applicable.
• Promote quality and risk management principles (e.g., quality by design, critical to quality focuses, risk assessment and risk ranking, establishment of risk thresholds and tolerance limits) when supporting innovative programs and advancing ongoing clinical programs.
• Maintain accountability for ensuring risk-based strategies are utilized when managing and mitigating quality issues and supporting clinical studies, ensuring study-specific risk management activities and strategies are utilized consistently across programs.

Associate Director, Clinical Quality Assurance