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Head of Apheresis

Austin, TX · On-site

Head of Apheresis Department: Specialty Programs Employment Type: Full Time Location: Austin, TX ... risk control strategy, blood establishment computer software (BECS) validation, donor eligibility ...

Intertek

Head of Design

Austin, TX · Remote

$153K - $188K/yr

Head of Design - Remote Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the ... We partner with enterprises across regulated and high-risk industries to ensure competence ...

Aspyr Media, Inc.

Head of Production

Austin, TX · On-site

Reporting directly to the VP of Operations, the Head of Production carries the crucial ... Risk Management: Identify, manage, and mitigate operational and project risks, ensuring smooth ...

Hadrian Automation

Head of Qualification

Austin, TX · On-site

$150K - $220K/yr

Hadrian is seeking a Head of Qualification to own and scale how parts get qualified for production ... Strong decision-making in ambiguous, high-risk, customer-facing situations, with excellent ...

SecurityScorecard

Head of Engineering

Austin, TX · On-site +1

Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by ... About the Role We're looking for a Head of Engineering (Director to VP level) to lead several ...

SecurityScorecard

Head of Engineering

Austin, TX

Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by ... About the Role We're looking for a Head of Engineering (Director to VP level) to lead several ...

Aspyr Media, Inc.

Head of Production

Austin, TX · On-site

Reporting directly to the VP of Operations, the Head of Production carries the crucial ... Risk Management: Identify, manage, and mitigate operational and project risks, ensuring smooth ...

Reflex

Head of Engineering

Austin, TX

$178K - $230K/yr

The Role Reflex is hiring a Head of Engineering to own the technical strategy, delivery execution ... System Health & Risk Management: Own the technical debt backlog and incident response protocols.

RWE

Head of Facilities

Austin, TX

Exempt The Head of Facilities will lead the company's facilities function and serve as a strategic ... Risk and compliance judgment, including awareness of life safety, business continuity, regulatory ...

RWE

Head of Facilities

Austin, TX · On-site

Exempt The Head of Facilities will lead the company's facilities function and serve as a strategic ... Risk and compliance judgment, including awareness of life safety, business continuity, regulatory ...

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Head of Apheresis

Austin, TX · On-site

We're hiring our first Head of Apheresis to design, license, and launch our apheresis platelet ... risk control strategy, blood establishment computer software (BECS) validation, donor eligibility ...

Fliff

Director of Compliance

Austin, TX · On-site

Ability to collaborate effectively with risk management functions, specifically a Head of Risk, to segment and conquer complex compliance and operational hazards * Strong analytical and project ...

Fliff

Director of Compliance

Austin, TX · Remote

Ability to collaborate effectively with risk management functions, specifically a Head of Risk, to segment and conquer complex compliance and operational hazards * Strong analytical and project ...

Fliff

Director of Compliance

Austin, TX

Ability to collaborate effectively with risk management functions, specifically a Head of Risk, to segment and conquer complex compliance and operational hazards * Strong analytical and project ...

Fliff

Director of Compliance

Austin, TX · On-site +1

Ability to collaborate effectively with risk management functions, specifically a Head of Risk, to segment and conquer complex compliance and operational hazards * Strong analytical and project ...

HUB

Head of Billing Operations

Austin, TX · Hybrid

$85K - $110K/yr

Head of Billing Operations Compensation: $85,000-$110,000.00 salary + 6% yearly discretionary ... a broad array of property, casualty, risk management, life and health, employee benefits ...

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Head of Apheresis

Join Parachute

Austin, TX • On-site

Full-time

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6.4

Company rating: 6.4 out of 10

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Job description

Head of Apheresis
Department: Specialty Programs
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Austin, TX
Description
oin Parachute operates a national, software-enabled biologics platform with 55 plasma and blood collection centers across 20 states, serving over 500k donors. That footprint is the foundation for a clinical apheresis programs serving the hospital transfusion market.
We are focusing on apheresis platelets to start.
We're hiring our first Head of Apheresis to design, license, and launch our apheresis platelet program across the network - and to build the manufacturing-quality-regulatory engine that every transfusion product after it will run on.
You will own the product from blank page to first licensed unit: product and process design, the SOP library, the quality system, equipment selection and validation, the bacterial risk control strategy, blood establishment computer software (BECS) validation, donor eligibility, ISBT 128 labeling, and the Biologics License Application itself.
Key Responsibilities
Year 1 (License & Launch)
  • Define the apheresis platelet product strategy: collection platform (Trima Accel / Amicus), single/double/triple yield targets, leukoreduction, and the bacterial risk control strategy - pathogen reduction (e.g., INTERCEPT), large-volume delayed sampling, or secondary rapid testing - and the 5- vs. 7-day dating decision that flows from it.
  • Author the SOP library, quality manual, and validation master plan to 21 CFR Part 606 (cGMP for blood) and AABB Quality System Essentials - document control, training and competency, CAPA, deviation management, and biological product deviation reporting (606.171 / eBPDR).
  • Own the licensure pathway end to end: blood establishment registration (FDA Form 2830), the BLA (Form FDA 356h) to CBER / OBRR, and the strategy for licensed vs. unlicensed product and interstate distribution. Defend the application and answer to FDA.
  • Lead equipment, reagent, and process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) across the collection and component-manufacturing chain.
  • Partner with the software team to validate our software for platelet component management - donor deferral interlocks, test-result release logic, ISBT 128 labeling, and Circular of Information compliance.
  • Stand up donor eligibility and qualification per 21 CFR Part 630, the infectious-disease testing plan (NAT/serology) and lab interfaces, and the release/quarantine framework.
  • Drive to a successful Pre-License Inspection (FDA Team Biologics) and First Licensed Unit Released within 9-12 months of start.
  • Hire and onboard a Quality/Regulatory lead and an Operations/Manufacturing PM.

Year 2+ (Scale)
  • Roll apheresis platelets across the center network; own per-unit economics, yield, and the metric that makes or breaks a platelet program - outdate rate.
  • Expand the product menu: whole blood (including low-titer O whole blood for trauma), leukoreduced red cells, and, where the case is there, cold-stored platelets, irradiated and CMV-negative inventory.
  • File and clear the supplements that growth requires - prior approval supplements (PAS) for new products and new sites - and keep the license current.
  • Build hospital and transfusion-service distribution: supply agreements, cold-chain logistics, and the hemovigilance feedback loop.
  • Own the FDA inspection lifecycle, the AABB accreditation cycle, and CLIA/CAP for any in-house testing; lead lookback, recall, and market-withdrawal processes.
  • Build the operating model and SOP architecture that lets a new center or a new product launch in weeks, not quarters.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  • 8+ years in blood-component or biologics manufacturing, quality, or regulatory at a blood center, blood bank, or licensed biologics establishment.
  • Led or supported the launch or licensure of at least one blood component or biologic product line through the FDA - author the quality system, own the inspection, get the product released.
  • Working command of 21 CFR Parts 606, 610, 630, and 640, the BLA/licensure framework under 600/601, ISBT 128, and AABB Standards.
  • Hands-on apheresis platelet operations - Trima Accel and/or Amicus - and direct experience with at least one bacterial risk control strategy (pathogen reduction, LVDS, or rapid testing).
  • Has authored an SOP library and built/run a QMS to 606 + AABB QSEs, including CAPA, deviation, validation, and biological product deviation reporting.-
  • Pathogen reduction implementation (e.g., Cerus INTERCEPT) from validation through routine release.
  • Donor-center collection operations experience, not only the transfusion-service side of the house.
  • Start-up or scale-up operating experience: building the system, not inheriting it.
  • Cold-stored platelet variance, 7-day dating implementation, or HLA/HPA-matched platelet programs.

What You Are Not
  • A hospital transfusion-service / blood-bank manager who has only issued products, never manufactured and licensed them. Different skill set.
  • regulatory affairs writer without operations scars. Reg affairs files the submission; this role runs the floor that the submission describes.
  • A consultant who advised on a BLA but never owned a deviation, an outdate rate, or a 483.
  • collections operator without the quality and regulatory depth to actually get a product licensed.

How We Work
Lean and execution-oriented. We hire operators, not headcount-buyers.
Direct communication and short feedback loops. If something is broken, you fix it, then write the SOP - not the other way around.
Regulatory rigor with start-up speed. We will not cut corners on cGMP or donor safety, and we will not let process theater slow us down.
You will have meaningful budget authority and the autonomy to make tradeoffs. You will also be accountable for outcomes - licensed units released, sites live, outdate rate - not activity.

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