Manager, Labeling Operations
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Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Manage commercial pharmaceutical labeling projects from initiation through implementation.
- Coordinate labeling activities across Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Packaging Engineering, and external vendors.
- Lead artwork development, review, approval, and implementation activities.
- Manage project timelines, risks, priorities, and deliverables to ensure on-time execution.
- Review and approve artwork proofs, printer proofs, and packaging components for accuracy and compliance.
- Maintain labeling documentation, specifications, change controls, and related controlled records.
- Identify and resolve labeling, artwork, and implementation issues.
- Support labeling systems, workflows, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Basic Qualifications
- BS/BA with 6+ years of relevant experience, or MS with 4+ years of relevant experience.
- Direct experience managing commercial pharmaceutical labeling projects.
- Experience with artwork development, artwork approval workflows, and labeling implementation.
- Experience reviewing printer proofs and packaging artwork.
- Strong understanding of commercial printing, packaging, and artwork production processes.
- Knowledge of GMP requirements and pharmaceutical labeling regulations.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and external suppliers.
- Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.
- Experience with document management, change control, and labeling systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting biologics, cell therapy, or specialty pharmaceutical products.
- Experience with Veeva Vault, GPLM, SmartSheet, or similar systems.
- PMP certification or formal project management training.
- Background in graphic arts, print production, packaging, or artwork management.
- Experience supporting global labeling operations.
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma.
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