Director, Quality Engineering

About Site

Catalent’s St. Petersburg facility is a leading center for advanced oral and sterile dose form development and manufacturing. The site offers state-of-the-art capabilities for clinical and commercial supply, supporting a wide range of pharmaceutical products. With a strong focus on quality and innovation, the facility provides an environment where teams collaborate to deliver life-changing therapies to patients worldwide. This location combines technical expertise with a commitment to excellence, making it an ideal setting for professionals who want to contribute to meaningful work in a dynamic and highly regulated industry.

Position Summary

We have an opportunity for a Director, Quality Engineering to join our team and lead strategic GMP initiatives in a fast-paced, highly regulated pharmaceutical CDMO environment. This role ensures product quality, patient safety, and regulatory compliance by embedding a proactive, risk-based quality mindset across the site. You will partner with cross-functional teams and lead a group of quality engineers and validation specialists to support process validation, equipment qualification, and data integrity. This is a key leadership position that drives quality oversight throughout the product lifecycle while fostering a high-performance culture.

Shift: Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
100% Onsite

The Role

• Lead the development and execution of GMP quality engineering strategies aligned with regulatory expectations and business objectives.
• Provide quality engineering oversight for manufacturing activities, technology transfer, scale-up, equipment qualification, cleaning validation, process validation, and commercial production to ensure GMP compliance.
• Apply Quality Risk Management principles in quality engineering activities.
• Oversee enhancement and maintenance of the site’s change control system, including validation master planning, lifecycle validation approaches, and periodic review.
• Support deviation investigations and corrective and preventive actions related to equipment, process, and automation.
• Strengthen data integrity controls in electronic systems and ensure compliance for computerized systems validation and 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11 principles.
• Develop and implement risk-based monitoring and metrics to assess change control system performance and effectiveness.
• Drive digitalization and automation initiatives related to quality engineering processes and metrics.
• Lead and mentor a team of quality engineers and validation specialists; build capabilities through training and coaching.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis to improve product quality and operational efficiency.

The Candidate

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Biomedical, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial) or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in a quality role within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Deep technical expertise in GMP-compliant manufacturing environments.
• Thorough understanding of global regulatory requirements and standards (FDA, EMA, MHRA, PMDA).
• Experience leading quality transformation initiatives that deliver regulatory confidence and operational excellence.
• Strong background in drug product manufacturing, preferably oral solid dosage forms.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with ability to write concise technical documentation.
• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent‑sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.

Preferred Skills & Background

• Master's degree.
• Experience with PowerBi, CoPilot Studio, Agentic AI.
• Experience in softgel technology.
• Experience in ISO 13485 and FDA 21 CFR Part 820.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
• Prior experience with BMRAM and Trackwise.
• Solid dosage or small molecule experience preferred; other dosage forms with relevant experience acceptable.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• 208 hours PTO plus 8 paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage options.
• Generous 401(k) match.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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