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Sr Compliance Specialist

ThermoFisher Scientific

Ridgefield, NJJob$28.78–43.16/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$28.78–43.16/hr
Location
Ridgefield, NJ
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Sr Compliance Specialist supports quality systems for investigational drugs, biologics, and medical devices, helping maintain operations in a state of control and meet industry, regulatory, and customer requirements. The role maintains quality processes, audits departments, oversees vendor qualifications and supplier issues, supports facility audit readiness, and works with site and network teams on process improvement.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementProblem SolvingWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationEnglishIndependent WorkCollaborationRelationship Building

Qualifications

Advanced Degree+2 or Bachelor's+5 YearsBachelor's in Chemistry, Biology, or Related Scientific Discipline2+ Years Experience5+ Years Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:

Assists in establishing current quality systems as they pertain to current industry, regulatory and customer requirements for investigational new drugs, biologics and/or medical devices and maintaining operations in a state of control. Also assists the QA Director in maintaining the established systems.

  • Maintains Change Control, Deviation, Out of Specification, Corrective and Preventative Action, Complaint and investigation report system and follow-up actions.

  • Establishes Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), performs routine maintenance of SOPs, including periodic reviews to assure alignment of systems with regulatory requirements and global requirements. Provides training when required to assure retention.

  • Audits departments for compliance to the quality systems, generating audit reports, identifying trends, and establishing performance of the quality system

  • Provides quality oversight of vendor qualifications, i.e. questionnaires, quality agreements, vendor audit schedule etc.

  • Assists in maintaining compliance status of the facility and audit readiness.

  • Implements quality compliance and corrective action training.

  • Trains new employees and junior team members on TFS procedures and cGMP regulations.

  • Works independently on projects as Quality Assurance Representative with no supervision.

  • Maintains current knowledge of ICH requirements to assure compliance of Quality systems.

  • Responsible for ensuring that all APQR’s are properly generated, reviewed, and submitted.

  • Partnerwith site (Logistics and Quality Assurance) and network resources to provide oversight of supplier management and site-specific supplier quality issues.

  • Participate in cross-functional teams on process control, improvement, and optimization projects; participate in other continuous improvement projects to enhance client satisfaction.

  • Other assignments and tasks as required.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Advanced Degree plus 2 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Biology, or related scientific discipline plus 5 years of experience.

  • Excellent project management and problem-solving abilities

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a matrix environment

  • Proven track record of building relationships with suppliers and interdepartmental groups

Compensation and Benefits

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in New Jersey is $28.78–$43.16.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

  • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,107 open Quality Assurance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$28.78–43.16/hr
  • New Jersey median$27–31/hr26 hourly ranges
  • US median$26–31/hr841 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $35.97/hr, is 28% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($28/hr) — in the top quarter of Quality Assurance hourly ranges in New Jersey.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 149 open Quality Assurance jobs in New Jersey and 5,107 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Jersey
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Quality Assurance postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,907 postings).
Education
1,757 of the 5,107 open Quality Assurance jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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