What are the responsibilities and job description for the Validation Lead (CSV/CSA) (Contractor) position at Recursion?
Your work will change lives. Including your own.
The Impact You’ll Make
As a Validation Lead / Validation Engineer at Recursion, you will be at the forefront of ensuring the overall quality performance and compliance throughout the organization by defining, implementing, and maintaining a risk-based computer system validation and assurance program (CSV / CSA). Your role will directly support Recursion's mission to decode biology by enabling cutting-edge research and innovation through reliable IT services. From ensuring operational excellence in systems performance to driving proactive solutions for security and compliance, you’ll play a key role in empowering teams across the company to achieve their goals.
Please note : This is a 6-month contract role.
In this role, you will :
Validation Strategy and Execution :
- Spearhead the development and execution of comprehensive, risk-based validation strategies, protocols, and activities for both on-premise and cloud-based computerized systems within a clinical stage environment.
- Ensure full adherence to GxP and FDA regulations, as well as other relevant industry standards and best practices, such as 21 CFR Part 11.
- Orchestrate and oversee a spectrum of validation activities, including but not limited to :
- Requirements gathering and documentation
- Risk assessments and mitigation strategies
- Test plan development and execution
- Traceability matrix establishment and maintenance
- Deviation and incident management
- Change control oversight
- Validation report generation and approval
Qualification & Validation Documentation :
Risk & Compliance Assessment :
Manage CSV / A Activities :
Regulatory & Audit Support :
Deviation & CAPA Management :
IT Systems & Service Management :
Cross-Functional Collaboration :
Continuous Improvement & Technical Support :
The Team You’ll Join
The IT team at Recursion is a dynamic group of specialists, engineers, and administrators dedicated to securely enabling Recursion to move fast and innovate. Collaborating across departments, the team focuses on maintaining cutting-edge systems and infrastructure while driving forward strategic projects. From managing complex cloud platforms to delivering resilient on-premises solutions, the IT team thrives on solving challenges and fostering a supportive, inclusive culture.
The Experience You’ll Need :
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The Values That We Hope You Share :
Recursion spends time and energy connecting every aspect of work to these values. They aren’t static, but regularly discussed and questioned because we make decisions rooted in those values in our day-to-day work. You can read more about our values and how we live them every day here .
More About Recursion
Recursion is a clinical stage TechBio company leading the space by decoding biology to industrialize drug discovery. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously expands one of the world’s largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine-learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained by human bias. By commanding massive experimental scale — up to millions of wet lab experiments weekly — and massive computational scale — owning and operating one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, Recursion is uniting technology, biology and chemistry to advance the future of medicine.
Recursion is headquartered inSalt Lake City, where it is a founding member of BioHive , the Utah life sciences industry collective. Recursion also has offices in London, Toronto, Montreal and the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at www.Recursion.com , or connect on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn .
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.Recursion welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies : Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
