QC Validation & Compliance Section Head

About the job

As QC Validation & Compliance Section Head, you will lead the team that keeps our Quality Control laboratories compliant, qualified and audit-ready. You will oversee method, process and cleaning validation, equipment qualification and calibration, and laboratory self-inspection programs. You will also coach and develop your team, so that every analysis supports the safe, reliable supply of medicines to patients.

Main responsibilities

• Oversee process, method and cleaning validation activities, making sure protocols and reports meet quality standards and deadlines
• Supervise analytical method validation, analytical transfers and the implementation of validation plans
• Manage the annual qualification and calibration plan for laboratory equipment, including a semi-annual review of how well it is working
• Lead preventive maintenance and technical compliance for laboratory data systems, including user access and audit requirements
• Run monthly quality and safety self-inspections across the labs and report findings to the QC Manager
• Support quality-related investment planning, including technical specifications, supplier comparisons and equipment ordering and receipt
• Lead and develop the validation team, setting annual priorities and individual development plans, and train new analysts on good laboratory and documentation practices

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Science or a related science field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in quality control validation or compliance, ideally within a multinational company
• Solid knowledge of GMP and GLP quality practices
• Strong leadership, organization and planning skills, with a sense of urgency
• Clear communication and interpersonal skills, and good command of English
• Good computer skills and familiarity with modern instrumental analysis techniques

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