Pamela McGarva

Director, Product Quality @Kite Pharma

Santa Monica, CA, US
EMAILS
p•••••••@kitepharma.com
MOBILE NUMBERS
+14•••••••54

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WORK HISTORY

Jul 2019 — Present

Director, Product Quality @Kite Pharma

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Santa Monica, CA, US

Oversee the product quality lifecycle of Kite’s commercial cell therapy products and their ongoing clinical programs. Develop strategies for product and process improvements and enhanced patient experience. Lead execution and implementation of proposed changes, including regulatory filings globally. Manage a team of people who oversee the company’s global stability program, annual product quality review (APR or APQR), and product labeling, through owning standards, oversight, and execution. Own the company’s product specification program, establishing requirements and initial clinical and commercial product specifications. Drive product specification improvements during the product lifecycle based on new clinical experience and product knowledge. Lead quality strategies for analytical method changes, technology transfers, analytical comparability, product and process characterization, process validation, and continued process verification (process monitoring).

EDUCATION

1989 — 1994

University of Michigan

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

SKILLS

Product QualityPharmaceutical IndustryDeviation ManagementFdaChange ControlBiotechnologyGmpValidationDrug DevelopmentBiopharmaceuticalsTechnology TransferCapaQuality SystemProcess SimulationQuality Auditing

ABOUT PAMELA MCGARVA

Over 20 years of experience building Quality and Technical Operations strategies using science. Lead and inspire Technical Operations and Development teams, collaborating cross-functionally and globally, driving decisions and completing projects that break the status quo. Lead with empathy, authenticity, inclusivity, and positivity. Mindset of “we can find a solution.” International work/life experience in Europe (Italy and Germany) and Puerto Rico, within cell therapy, vaccines, and protein therapeutics.

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