This week I spoke with Jacob Patterson, VP quality for a clinical stage biotech in Rhode Island.

Jacob, by his own admission, has had to continuously adapt, learn and be flexible in his approach to quality leadership. We had a great conversation about what skills the quality industry will demand in the next 10-20 years. We spoke about what Jacob thinks quality professionals should be doing now, from both a technical skills and a leadership perspective to help grow their career, develop succession, and become a great quality assurance leader in the future. We covered the below in detail:

• Working in a smaller biotech compared to larger organizations
• What makes a high performing quality function today?
• How times have changed and why quality isn't known as the police any more
• How speed, agility and data analysis are the skills quality professionals need to be learning now
• Data integrity and analysis, and it's significance
• How the industry can develop more quality leaders
• Managing people and how to deal with difficult employees
• Defining the ROI of quality and getting quality a better seat at the table
• What to look for in your people when building a team

Thank you to Jacob for giving us his insights into the world of quality assurance and it's future. Jacob is honest about his assessment of the current landscape of quality assurance and what he believes, the skills that QA professionals should be working on now, to build a successful career for the future.

Hope you enjoy the show!