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Position: Senior Manager Cleaning Validation

Location: Devens, MA

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic oversight and management of the cleaning validation program, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Develop, write, and execute cleaning validation protocols, reports, and risk assessments.
• Establish acceptance criteria and sampling plans for cleaning verification and validation.
• Delegate tasks and coordinate the execution of cleaning studies, ensuring timely and effective completion.
• Optimize and update cleaning validation strategies and procedures to reflect current industry standards and regulatory expectations.
• Perform swab and rinse sampling, cleanability, degradation and sampling recovery studies reviewing analytical results against acceptance limits.
• Support investigations related to cleaning failures, deviations, and non-conformances.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, and Laboratory teams to ensure validated state of cleaning processes.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines (FDA, EMA, cGMP, ICH) and internal SOPs.
• Participate in audits and inspections, providing subject matter expertise in cleaning validation.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry best practices and regulatory expectations for cleaning validation.
• Lead and support projects involving new product introductions, equipment changes, or process improvements related to cleaning.
• Author and revise Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to cleaning validation and verification activities.
• Regular collaboration with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, QC Laboratory, Engineering, and Validation teams.
• May interact with regulatory inspectors, third-party laboratories, consultants, and equipment/cleaning agent vendors.
• Based in a GMP-regulated manufacturing or laboratory environment.
• May require working in cleanrooms and controlled environments with appropriate gowning and PPE.
• Occasional requirement to work evenings, weekends, or during production shutdowns to support validation activities.
• Some travel may be required to support multi-site projects or audits.
• Determines appropriate cleaning validation approaches based on regulatory requirements, risk assessments, and product/equipment needs.
• Exercises judgment in troubleshooting cleaning validation failures and recommending corrective actions.
• Provides input into and makes decisions related to new equipment, cleaning agents, or cleaning procedures.
• Ensures decisions balance compliance, product safety, and operational efficiency.
• This position is largely self-directed, receiving high-level goals from incumbent’s supervisor. This position exercises considerable latitude in execution of responsibilities and tasks. The incumbent must make decisions independently and demonstrate flexibility to balance shifting priorities while handling large increases in workload.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in cleaning validation, process validation, or a related GMP environment (pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device industry).
• Hands-on experience executing validation protocols, supporting routine lifecycle maintenance, and responding to compliance requirements.
• Strong knowledge of cGMP, FDA, EMA, and ICH cleaning validation requirements.
• Experience with analytical methods such as HPLC, TOC, or microbiological techniques is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and optimize cleaning validation programs.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to execute, delegate tasks and oversee execution of cleaning studies.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a cross-functional team.

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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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