# Technical Manager, QA

Pay 40-60/hr *depending on exp SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: Responsible for owning and continuously improving one or more global Supplier Quality Management (SQM) processes. As Business Process Owner (BPO), they are accountable for the overall efficiency/effectiveness of the Supplier Change Notification (SCN) process and Approved Supplier List (ASL) process. The Technical Manager will be accountable for developing, executing associated processes, programs, and initiatives to ensure overall supplier performance for GMP Material Suppliers to support Drug Substance and Drug Product manufacturing. They will contribute to the implementation of a risk-based approach to the management of SCNs and lead efforts for periodic review and updates. They will establish the governance structure and controls to ensure the SCN and ASL processes are consistently applied across the supply base, ensure the health of the SQM process is continuously evaluated, and drive continuous improvement. Cross functional collaboration with external and internal partners and stakeholders across different sites and functions is key for success in this role. This includes collaboration with Supply Chain, Compliance, Global So

- **Id**: 3853715
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-pharma-technical-manager-qa>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Novato, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T02:48:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3994
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biotechnology

## Company

- **Id**: 4467183
- **Name**: Planet Pharma
- **Domain**: planet-pharma.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/planet-pharma>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 11
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **GMP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T05:02:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 38
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.379
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:3, agency, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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