Program Quality Manager (PQM)

Position Overview

The Program Quality Manager is responsible for programs from the point of Quality Agreement signature through program closure. This role ensures FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, Holly Springs provides services in alignment with our contracted commitment to clients and our company vision/mission (strategy and compliance). This role is the primary client liaison representing FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, Holly Springs Quality. The Program Quality Manager handles and/or supports an average load of 1-3 client programs.

Company Overview

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

What You’ll Do

• Acts as a Quality liaison and project team member between the client and FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, Holly Springs.

• Supports and/or leads the planning and execution of programs in alignment with Quality Agreements (vision, mission, strategy-goals-objectives).

• Ensures that the quality agreement is organized based on segments of work and regulatory requirements including FDA, EU, and other regulatory agencies and engages impacted functional areas for inputs to ensure the quality agreement elements are complete and realistic.

• Educates the impacted organization about the key elements/deliverables of the Quality Agreement.

• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provides strategic support for client audits in partnership with the PQS team members.

• Supports or hosts client onsite visits and establishes ways of working with Partner QA.

• Participates in cross-functional Program Kickoffs (Internal & Client).

• Represents Quality on the project team.

• Organizes, leads, and facilitates Quality workstream (internal and external) and determines meeting cadence for each program.

• Provides a standard agenda and meeting summaries such as discussion points, decisions, action-risk log. Implements a Quality subteam meeting cadence which enables appropriate internal discussions and client engagement/communication.

• Assigns and tracks specific action items with functional accountabilities.

• Analyzes, tracks and reports programs quality performance through periodic Management Reviews with clients.

• Provides timely responses to clients including but not limited to communications involving deviations, change management, product disposition, and all other quality agreement deliverables.

• Works with Sr. Director PQM on client interactions, receives coaching and adjusts in agile manner to ensure success of program(s).

• Supports Quality review/verification of high-level documents, including, process control strategy, product specification, and PPQ protocols/reports.

• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Collaborative attitude with the willingness to work with global peers and cross-functional teams toward company and department goals.

• Excellent oral and written communications skills and fluency in English.

• Excellent organizational and critical thinking skills.

• Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining the quality standards.

• Strong understanding of quality principles and regulatory affairs in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder interactions.

• Knowledge of Project Management principles.

• Commitment to sustainability and innovative solutions.

• Understanding of escalation pathways, problem solving & conflict resolution.

• Ability to manage multiple assignments while meeting timelines in a GMP environment.

• Must be flexible to support 24/7 manufacturing facility and work across sites with same customers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Life Sciences or Engineering or equivalent with 5+ years of applicable industry experience, OR;

• Masters in Life Sciences or Engineering and 3+ years of applicable experience, OR;

• PhD in Life Sciences or Engineering with no prior experience.

• Experience in customer relationship management or alliance management.

• Experience in quality assurance in a GMP environment.

• Exposure to development and implementation of regulatory strategies.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required on a regular basis to:

• Ability to discern audible cues.

• Ability to ascend or descend ladders, scaffolding, ramps, etc…

• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time for up to 30 minutes.

• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time for up to 120 minutes.

• Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to 10 pounds.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

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EEO Information

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department ([email protected]).

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Job Locations US-Holly Springs, NC

Posted Date (9/3/2026 10:25 PM)

Requisition ID 2026-38693

Category Quality Assurance

Company (Portal Searching) FUJIFILM Biotechnologies