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This individual will serve as an integral consultant with exposure to multiple facets of business operations. The Senior Consultant, Quality will be responsible for helping to set strategic direction and operational oversight of the quality function addressing all aspects of GXP compliance.This consultant ensures all internal processes and external partnerships strictly adhere to global regulatory standards, including FDA, EMA, and ICH guidelines.
This role can be up to 10 hours per week to start.
Elicio (ELTX) is a growing organization based out of the Seaport area of Boston, Massachusetts with additional staff functioning in a virtual based environment from the Greater Boston area and throughout the United States.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Strategic Leadership:Develop and execute a comprehensive quality and compliance vision that aligns with the company’s clinical and commercial objectives.
- Quality Management System (QMS):Design, implement, and maintain a robust QMS—including document control, change management, and CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) systems—that scales with the company's growth.
- GxP Compliance Oversight:Ensure full compliance across all GxP areas, including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).
- Regulatory Interaction:Serve as the primary liaison for regulatory health authorities during inspections and audits; lead the strategy for inspection readiness.
- External Partner Management:Oversee quality at external vendors, including contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) and clinical research organizations (CROs), ensuring consistent quality standards and negotiating quality agreements.
- Product Disposition:Hold ultimate accountability for the review and release (disposition) of raw materials, intermediates, and final drug products for both clinical trials and commercial sale.
- Culture & Talent:Build and mentor a high-performing quality organization while championing a "Quality First" culture across all departments.
Education & Professional Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or technical discipline (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy) is required. An advanced degree (MS, PhD, or MBA) is strongly preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive leadership in quality within the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
- Deep knowledge of global regulatory frameworks (FDA 21 CFR Part 11, 210/211, and ISO standards) and experience in biologics or small molecule manufacturing, and parenteral products. Experience with peptide-based vaccines is a plus.
- Proven track record of managing outsourced operations successfully leading organizations through regulatory inspections and commercial product launches.
- Must thrive in a fast-paced innovative start-up environment.
- Exceptional communication and negotiation skills for interacting with executive teams and regulatory agencies.
- Strong risk management and analytical problem-solving abilities.
- Strategic thinking with a "hands-on" approach to building quality organizations and quality systems.
Working Model
Weekly hours: This role can be up to 10 hours per week to start. It may increase or decrease over time.
Working Conditions: Busy home office/office/laboratory environment with frequent deadlines and interruptions.
Travel: Travel may be required to the Company’s headquarters a few times per year, if necessary.
Physical Requirements: Subject to periods of sitting or standing, vision is required to monitor data.
Work Location: Hybrid preference but will consider remote
About Elicio Therapeutics
Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELTX) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing a pipeline of novel lymph node-targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of some of the most aggressive cancers. By combining expertise in immunology and immunotherapy, Elicio is harnessing the natural power of the immune system with the AMP technology, which allows for therapeutic payloads to be delivered directly to the lymph nodes, with the goal of enhancing the immune system’s cancer-fighting capabilities. By targeting cancer immunotherapies to the core of the immune response, AMP aims to optimize the lymph nodes’ natural ability to educate, activate and amplify cancer-specific T cells, which are essential for recognizing and eliminating tumor cells. Engineered to synchronize immunity in these highly potent sites, AMP is built to enhance the magnitude, potency, quality and durability of the immune response to drive antitumor activity. The Company’s R&D pipeline includes off-the-shelf therapeutic cancer vaccines ELI-002, (targeting mKRAS-driven cancers) as well as ELI-007 and ELI-008 (targeting BRAF-driven cancers and p53 hotspot mutations, respectively). For more information, please visit www.elicio.com.
About the Amphiphile Platform
Elicio Therapeutics’ proprietary Amphiphile (“AMP”) platform delivers investigational immunotherapeutics directly to the “brain center” of the immune system – the lymph nodes. Elicio believes this site-specific delivery of disease-specific antigens, adjuvants and other immunomodulators may efficiently educate, activate, and amplify critical immune cells, potentially resulting in induction and persistence of potent adaptive immunity required to treat many diseases. In preclinical models, Elicio has observed lymph node-specific engagement driving therapeutic immune responses of increased magnitude, function and durability. Elicio believes our AMP lymph node-targeted approach will produce superior clinical benefits compared to immunotherapies that do not engage the lymph nodes based upon preclinical studies. Elicio’s AMP platform, originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has broad potential in the cancer space to advance a number of development initiatives through internal activities, in-licensing arrangements or development collaborations and partnerships. The AMP platform has been shown to deliver immunotherapeutics directly to the lymph nodes by latching on to the protein albumin, found in the bloodstream, as it travels to lymphatic tissue. In preclinical models, Elicio has observed lymph node-specific engagement driving immune responses of increased magnitude, function and durability.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in vice president of quality jobs.
- 10 or more years of progressive quality management experience in a regulated industry
- Demonstrated ownership of a quality management system under ISO 9001, ISO 13485, or equivalent standard
- Experience leading FDA inspections, third-party audits, or regulatory submissions
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, or a related technical discipline
- Proficiency with CAPA systems, root cause analysis methodologies, and statistical process control
- Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Manager of Quality, or Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Tips for Your Vice President of Quality Job Search
Quantify quality outcomes on your resume
Hiring teams for vice president of quality roles expect numbers tied to defect reduction, audit pass rates, and cost of poor quality. Replace vague statements about managing quality programs with specific before-and-after results from initiatives you led.
Highlight your regulatory and standards expertise
Whether your background is ISO 9001, FDA 21 CFR Part 820, IATF 16949, or AS9100, name the specific frameworks you've owned. Listings at this level almost always filter for candidates with direct accountability under a named standard, not general quality oversight.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists vice president of quality openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target companies at a quality inflection point
Organizations hiring a vice president of quality are often scaling, entering a regulated market, or recovering from a consent decree or major audit failure. Tailoring your cover letter to that inflection point signals you understand the actual problem they're hiring to solve.
Prepare a cross-functional leadership narrative
Interviewers at this level probe how you've influenced operations, supply chain, and engineering without direct authority. Have two or three concrete examples ready that show how you drove quality outcomes through departments you didn't own.
Negotiate scope before discussing compensation
In VP-level quality conversations, clarify P&L ownership, reporting structure, and whether the quality management system is built or inherited before the compensation discussion. The scope gap between listings can be significant, and your leverage depends on what the role actually controls.
Vice President of Quality Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most vice president of qualitys?
Citi, Medline Industries, and Cotiviti are hiring the most vice president of qualitys right now, with openings concentrated in New York, California, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Manufacturing and life sciences companies account for a large share of active postings at this level.
How many vice president of quality jobs are remote?
About 90% of vice president of quality openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully remote arrangements are less common at this level than in other VP functions. Roles focused on quality systems strategy, supplier quality, or compliance program leadership tend to offer more location flexibility than those requiring regular on-site audit or production oversight.
How do you become a vice president of quality?
Most vice presidents of quality advance through a series of quality engineering, quality manager, and director-level roles in a regulated industry. Building direct ownership of a quality management system, leading successful regulatory audits, and demonstrating cross-functional influence over operations and supply chain are the typical steps that make a candidate competitive for VP-level searches.
Can you get hired as a vice president of quality without VP-level experience?
Some candidates move into VP roles directly from a director title if they can show they've functionally operated at that scope, owning an enterprise quality system, managing a team of quality managers, and presenting to executive leadership or regulatory bodies. Smaller companies and private equity-backed manufacturers are often more open to this profile than large publicly traded organizations with structured leveling.
What does the vice president of quality interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter or HR screen, followed by a panel interview with the CHRO or COO and functional peers in operations, regulatory, and supply chain. Final-stage candidates are usually asked to present a quality strategy or walk through a past audit or remediation they led, and reference checks focus on leadership style and regulatory outcomes.
Where can I find and apply to vice president of quality jobs?
You can find and apply to vice president of quality jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your industry background and regulatory experience, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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