QA Manager Drug substance

Hobson Prior are looking for a QA Manager Drug Substance to join a growing biopharmaceutical company in Switzerland who focus on discovering, developing and bringing more, pioneering medicines to patients.

Job Responsibilities:

• Deliver GMP/GDP quality assurance expertise during development and later during commercialization of the organisation's products.
• Complete GMP onsite audits at Contract Manufacturing Organizations.
• Prepare GMP/GDP Agreements in collaboration with CMOs and the CMC team.
• Write, review, and/or approve internal SOPs and other GMP/GDP related documentation.
• Ensure that medicinal products are designed, developed, manufactured and controlled according to quality standards.
• Establish a quality risk management approach in projects based on ICH Q9 concepts to ensure that quality is understood and managed by all stakeholders throughout the product life cycle.
• Manage all required activities to support release of active ingredients, investigational medicinal products including approval of master process documentation, batch record review, resolution of investigations, and assessment of change controls.
• For assigned projects, provide guidance on the resolution of complaints, testing issues, discrepancies and Out of Specifications, investigations and Corrective and Preventive Actions as needed.
• Support review and optimization of the company's pharmaceutical quality system by establishing and preparing review of relevant Key Performance Indicators.
• Notify management of potential quality and regulatory issues.

Key Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with competing priorities.
• Entrepreneurial mind set combined with cost consciousness.

Requirements:

• Advanced University degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry or alternative technical/science university degree.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in different positions like pharmaceutical or chemical development, quality control, analytical development, chemical or pharmaceutical production or similar operational positions in the pharmaceutical industry.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in quality assurance activities specific to drug substance.
• Excellent knowledge of GMPs and regulatory environments, ability to interpret and implement quality standards.
• Experience in SAP required.

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