CQV Manager
🇧🇪 CQV Manager - Belgium (Portfolio Oversight Role)
Location: Geel, Belgium
Position Type: Full-time
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced CQV (Commissioning, Qualification & Validation) Manager to oversee a portfolio of small to medium-scale projects within a leading pharmaceutical site in Geel. This role focuses on new process equipment with limited scope, ensuring compliance and operational readiness while supporting global engineering and customer-side stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Portfolio Oversight: Manage multiple CQV projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with client expectations.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary liaison between global CQV leadership, engineering teams, and customer representatives.
- Solutions-Oriented Leadership: Provide strategic guidance and troubleshooting across multiple sites to ensure smooth execution.
- Compliance & Documentation: Ensure all CQV activities meet regulatory standards and internal quality requirements.
- Reporting: Deliver clear, concise progress updates to global CQV leadership and client-side teams.
Reporting & Scope
- Reports directly to Global CQV Leadership.
- Supports customer-side stakeholders and global engineering teams.
- Operates across multiple sites with a focus on smaller-scale CQV projects.
Candidate Profile
- Experience: Proven track record in CQV management, ideally within pharmaceutical or biotech environments.
- Project Scale: Skilled in handling small to medium-sized CQV portfolios.
- Coordination Skills: Strong ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Global Mindset: Comfortable working across diverse teams and geographies.
- Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with process equipment qualification and validation principles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field.
- Minimum 5+ years in CQV roles, with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity.
- Knowledge of EU GMP and regulatory compliance standards.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Dutch speaking will be a bonus
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