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Quality Control Specialist II
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 🇺🇸 Morrisville
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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The US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description Summary #LI-Onsite Location: Morrisville, North Carolina The QC Specialist II is a highly skilled laboratory professional who will support the start-up and growth of Novartis' Small Molecules Quality Control laboratory in Morrisville, North Carolina. This role serves as a technical subject matter expert for complex analytical techniques and instrumentation while supporting analytical testing, investigations, method transfer, validation, and data review activities within a GMP-regulated environment. Working within a growing site organization, the QC Specialist II will support the transfer, qualification, validation, and lifecycle management of analytical methods used to test pharmaceutical raw materials, in-process materials, finished products, and stability samples. The role will also provide technical leadership in troubleshooting, analytical investigations, equipment qualification, and training activities while partnering across Quality, Manufacturing, MS&T, Engineering, and Validation teams. This is an exciting opportunity to help build the technical capabilities, laboratory systems, and quality infrastructure required to support the continued growth of the Morrisville manufacturing site. Job Description Key Responsibilities • Serve as a subject matter expert for complex analytical techniques and instrumentation, including HPLC, UPLC, GC, LC-MS, ICP spectroscopy, dissolution, spectroscopy, and physicochemical testing. • Perform and troubleshoot chromatographic and wet-chemistry testing of raw materials, in-process materials, finished products, and stability samples in compliance with GLP and cGMP requirements. • Manage analytical method transfers, validation, troubleshooting, risk mitigation, and lifecycle-management activities to support the Morrisville Quality Control laboratory. • Lead and support OOS and deviation investigations, including root-cause analysis, CAPA definition, issue resolution, and KPI/KQI trending. • Review and approve chromatographic and non-chromatographic data and analytical tests, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and readiness for analytical release. • Provide expert support for laboratory equipment and system qualification and validation, including user requirements specifications, functional specifications, IQ/OQ/PQ activities, calibration, maintenance, and qualification-plan preparation. • Develop and deliver site training for Empower CDS, complex analytical technologies, laboratory processes, and applicable quality requirements. • Ensure activities comply with GxP, ALCOA+ data-integrity principles, regulatory requirements, and Novartis policies while collaborating across QA, QC, MS&T, Engineering, Operations, and other site functions. Essential Requirements • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related scientific discipline, with working experience in technical drug development, manufacturing, analytics, or quality within a cGMP-regulated environment. • Hands-on experience with HPLC, GC, UPLC, and/or LC-MS analysis, including experience with analytical method validation and transfer; experience with LabWare LIMS and Empower CDS is preferred. • Proven experience in analytical method development, validation, transfer, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management. • Strong technical knowledge of complex analytical techniques, such as HPLC, UPLC, GC, ICP, dissolution, LC-MS, spectroscopy, and physicochemical testing. • Good understanding of GxP, ALCOA+ data-integrity principles, ICH Q2, ICH Q10, ICH Q14, and relevant FDA, EMA, and other regulatory expectations. • Broad knowledge of cGMP requirements and experience working within technical drug development, manufacturing, analytical, or quality operations. De