QA Technical Senior Associate
About this opportunity
Career Category
Quality
Job Description
Job Description
The QA Technical Senior Associate supports Quality Assurance initiatives across the Quality Operations Network with a primary focus on Technical Writing, Document Management, and Business Performance. This role is responsible for executing key QA documentation processes, system coordination, and project-related administrative functions to ensure compliance with Quality Management System (QMS) expectations and operational efficiency. The position will be responsible for tasks including the key responsibilities documented below and other technical quality-related job functions.
This candidate will primarily work during regular working hours (9 am – 6 PM local time) to enable the business in delivering Amgen’s mission to serve patients and may lead a shift-based team that provides coverage in support of the Amgen network across multiple time zones. The candidate may need to work outside of his/her routine workday to support business needs and will be responsible for determining the same for their staff. The individual will be required to work from our office located in Hyderabad India (Amgen India-AIN). The candidate will also lead the remote support from AIN to Amgen sites across multiple time zones globally.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Writing and Document Management
Manage requests for site licenses and country-specific reports, such as regulatory memo requests.
Draft and manage workflows for QA-owned procedures, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Appendices (APPX).
Conduct periodic document reviews and support authoring and workflow coordination as required.
Provide document system support using tools such as DocuSign and Kneat.
Business Performance
Create and maintain Smartsheet trackers and dashboards to support quality and business operations.
Provide project coordination and administrative support for activities including invoicing, expense reporting, audit logistics, poster/presentation compilation, and travel arrangements.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in a GMP or regulated environment with exposure to quality documentation systems and tools.
Strong attention to detail with demonstrated capability in document drafting and editing.
Proficiency in document and project management systems such as DocuSign, Kneat, and Smartsheet.
Effective organizational and time management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional coordination.
Ability to follow established procedures and work independently within defined parameters.
Core Competencies
Technical Writing and Document Control
System and Workflow Coordination
Business Operations and Project Support
Cross-Functional Communication and Collaboration
Organizational Agility
Detail-Oriented Execution
Basic Qualifications and Experience
Master’s degree with 3-6 years of Pharma and Biotech commercial or clinical manufacturing Quality experience.
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 136 comparable Senior Quality roles across 36 biopharma companies.
Salary context
34 of 136 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 136 comparable roles
+ 15 more countries
Seniority mix
136 of 136 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 136 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.