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Once the facility is underway, The Commercial QC Chemist II supports the Quality Control laboratory’s ongoing commercial product testing activities in support of cGMP practices, product quality, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction. This position performs and provides technical expertise for commercial pharmaceutical testing, including finished facility testing, product release, stability, in-process control, raw material, and other analytical testing as assigned. The Commercial QC Chemist II serves as a technical resource for assigned analytical instrumentation, methods, and laboratory processes. The role supports analytical data integrity, laboratory investigations, method implementation, equipment qualification, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nSupervisory Responsibilities\nMay supervise QC laboratory staff continually or on a project basis.\nMay assist with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and training new staff.\nMay oversee the daily workflow, testing priorities, and execution of assigned commercial QC activities.\nMay provide technical guidance, coaching, and support to QC Chemists I and other laboratory personnel.\nMay assist QC management with workload planning, resource allocation, and meeting commercial testing timelines.\nDuties & Responsibilities\nPerform routine and non-routine analytical testing of commercial pharmaceutical products, including facility testing, finished product release, stability, in-process control, raw material, and other QC testing as assigned.\nDemonstrate intermediate expertise with applicable analytical equipment and techniques, including HPLC, GC, dissolution, Karl Fischer, XRPD, mDSC, UV-vis, FTIR, and other laboratory technologies as qualified.\nExecute approved analytical methods, compendial procedures, and laboratory SOPs in accordance with cGMP requirements, specifications, and established testing timelines.\nEnsure analytical data, calculations, laboratory records, and supporting documentation comply with Good Documentation Practices (GDocP), data integrity principles, and applicable regulatory expectations.\nTechnical Data Review: Perform technical review of analytical data, calculations, and supporting documentation for commercial testing, as assigned and within established qualification and authorization.\nServe as a technical resource for laboratory investigations, including OOS, OOT, deviations, incidents, and unexpected analytical results, in collaboration with QC management and Quality Assurance.\nAssist with root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, and implementation 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opportunities to improve laboratory efficiency, testing accuracy, turnaround times, equipment utilization, and right-first-time execution.\nAssist with internal and external audits, regulatory inspections, and preparation of supporting laboratory documentation and records.\nRequired Skills & Abilities\nDemonstrates intermediate expertise with analytical equipment and techniques applicable to commercial pharmaceutical testing, including HPLC, GC, dissolution, Karl Fischer, XRPD, mDSC, UV-vis, FTIR, or other relevant technologies.\nStrong understanding of cGMP laboratory practices, Good Documentation Practices (GDocP), data integrity, and applicable regulatory expectations.\nDemonstrated ability to execute analytical methods and interpret analytical data accurately and effectively.\nStrong analytical, mathematical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.\nDemonstrated ability to support OOS, OOT, deviation, and other laboratory investigations.\nExcellent verbal and written 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