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New · posted Oct 14

Pfizer · Pharmaceuticals

Senior Quality Assurance Compliance Specialist

  • Rochester, MI
  • On-site
  • Full-time
  • Senior & Principal
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Deadline

Closes Oct 21, 2026 · 8 days left

The role

Use Your Power for Purpose

Pfizer is driven by an unwavering commitment to delivering safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is both flexible and innovative, always putting the patient first. Your contributions will be vital and will have a direct impact on patient care, ensuring we deliver on our promise of quality and safety.

What You Will Achieve

In this role, you will:

    • Evaluate corrective and preventive action (CAPA) responses to internal and external audit observations for adequacy, effectiveness, and timely completion.
    • Ensure Quality Assurance policies, procedures, and quality system records remain current and compliant with applicable regulatory requirements, corporate quality requirements, and site procedures.
    • Prepare for and support regulatory inspections, internal audits, supplier audits, and quality assessments, ensuring timely development, implementation, and closure of resulting action plans.
    • Manage, investigate, and document customer quality complaints for commercial drug products within the global complaints management system, ensuring thorough root cause analysis, timely investigations, and appropriate quality decisions.
    • Collaborate with internal stakeholders, manufacturing sites, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and quality partners to ensure complaint investigations and quality records are completed in accordance with established procedures and regulatory expectations.
    • Support the Supplier Quality Management Program through supplier qualification, monitoring, performance trending, issue escalation, supplier corrective action management, and quality risk assessments, as applicable.
    • Assist with technical investigations involving product, process, component, and equipment-related quality issues, providing quality oversight and support for testing activities and protocol execution.
    • Collect, analyze, interpret, and trend quality and operational data using appropriate statistical and risk-based methodologies to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and risk mitigation.
    • Review quality system documentation and performance metrics, conduct trend analysis, and identify emerging issues requiring corrective or preventive action.
    • Promote and ensure compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), applicable regulatory requirements, data integrity principles, and company procedures.
    • Support quality investigations, deviation management, change management, effectiveness verification activities, and continuous improvement initiatives across site quality systems.
    • Prepare reports, presentations, and quality metrics to communicate findings, risks, recommendations, and quality system performance to management and stakeholders..

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

  • High school diploma (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience or associate’s degree with 6+ years of experience or BA/BS with 2+ years of experience or MBA/MS with any years of relevant experience
  • Demonstrated skills in conducting and documenting quality investigations related to pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing processes
  • Strong understanding of Quality System functions, manufacturing and packaging processes, validations, engineering drawings, and basic statistical processes
  • Ability to apply mathematical concepts, particularly statistics and probability, to Quality Engineering tasks
  • Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and Statistical Software
  • Experience in preparing and participating in audits and inspections

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

  • Background in handling complaints and utilizing electronic lab systems
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Experience in mentoring and training colleagues
  • Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity. Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.  If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

What you need

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

light lifting, ability to sit and/or walk for prolonged periods of time.


Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Last Date To Apply: October 20, 2026

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $82,700.00 to $137,900.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 10.0% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.

U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.

Pay and benefits

$82,700 – $137,900 a year

Employer provided
How this compares
  • 401(k) with Pfizer matching contributions

  • 10%

    Annual performance bonus (10% target)

  • Paid vacation, holiday and personal days

  • Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave

  • Medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage

  • Relocation assistance may be available

Where you'll work

Rochester, MIOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.  This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

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Job intelligence

The context around this role

Live data · October 14, 2026

Salary intelligence

How the pay compares

This role's midpoint is 11% below the US median for Quality Assurance roles at this level.

This roleEmployer provided

$82,700 to $137,900 a year

Senior & Principal roles in Michigan11 roles publishing pay

Middle half $104,000 to $119,000, median $119,000

Senior & Principal roles in the US221 roles publishing pay

Middle half $105,500 to $142,000, median $124,500
Annual base pay
Annual base payLowMedianHigh
This role$82,700—$137,900
Michigan$104,000$119,000$119,000
All US$105,500$124,500$142,000

This role: Pfizer's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Assurance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 14, 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Career trajectory

Where this role sits in Quality Assurance

The general path across 598 open Quality Assurance roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Pfizer's own promotion track.

  1. One step back

    Associate & Specialist

    Often: Quality Engineer · Intern

    $80K median156 open
  2. This role

    Senior & Principal

    Often: Quality Engineer · Supplier Quality Engineer

    $125K median269 open
  3. Next step

    Manager

    Often: Manager, Quality Assurance · QA Supervisor

    $156K median92 open
  4. Later

    Director

    Often: Associate Director · Associate Director, GMP Operational Quality

    $211K median69 open
  5. Later

    VP & Executive

    Often: AVP · Executive Director Quality, Cell & Gene Therapy

    $293K median12 open

Skills DNA

What this role leans on

How many of the posting's 26 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.

GMP and compliance: 3 linesLab testing and methods: 2 linesDocumentation and SOPs: 4 linesInvestigations and CAPA: 3 linesValidation and qualification: 2 linesQuality systems and risk: 3 linesData and digital systems: 2 linesCollaboration and leadership: 6 linesGMPLab testingDocumentationInvestigationsValidationQuality systemsData systemsTeamwork
  • Collaboration and leadership6
  • Documentation and SOPs4
  • GMP and compliance3
  • Investigations and CAPA3
  • Quality systems and risk3
  • Lab testing and methods2
  • Validation and qualification2
  • Data and digital systems2

Company hiring pulse

Pfizer on Regulatory Jobs

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Open roles
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Distinct roles
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Locations

By discipline

  • Quality2 67%
  • Compliance & Safety1 33%

By level

  • Senior & Principal2 67%
  • Associate & Specialist1 33%
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