Quality Director

Quality Director – biopharma manufacturing, UK based, competitive salary and benefits.

With demand levels remaining high, resource constraints limiting effectiveness and high drug development costs, pharma companies continue to look for partners to innovate and pursue emerging technologies.

Working with a diverse range of innovators, including some of the best-known brands in the pharma industry, our customer is at the cutting edge of science and technology.

From formulation development to advanced analytical tools, their state-of-the art facilities help customers bridge the gap on technical and regulatory challenges, accelerate time to market and realise cGMP and eco-friendly manufacturing demands.

Now, as the organisation looks to the future, they are now looking to appoint a Quality Director.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing expertise and input in establishing an operating model that protects the organisation’s reputation, product supply and license to operate.
• Promoting and integrating quality into every aspect of the business, including Quality Assurance programmes covering GMP and GLP.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory filings and regulatory agency reporting, and the implementation of compliance site initiatives and procedures.
• To be the principle contact for inspections by regulatory agencies, Global Operations Quality and external customers.
• Managing and developing a team of Compliance and Quality professionals.

Essential Requirements:

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent) in a science/technical related subject such as Pharmacy, Biology, Chemistry, or Engineering.
• Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including management experience in a Quality or Compliance role.
• Advanced knowledge of cGMP requirements, quality systems, and pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies.
• Proven track record in driving the efficiency and effectiveness of current compliance programs and quality systems across site PETs and services groups.
• Significant experience interacting with regulators.

If you’d like to know more then please contact Tom Kirkpatrick at tom@leadcandidate.com to organise an exploratory discussion.

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