Key responsibilities of the QC Head include:
- Oversee the daily QC site operations, providing leadership for all aspects of QC
- Lead the QC lab design and set up
- Introduce new technologies & continuously improve operational excellence
- Continuously improve QC quality systems/documents, enhance QC data quality, and deliver high quality results
- Ensure QC staff receive appropriate GMP training and maintain compliance and high quality standards
- Recruit, train and retain a high performance team to ensure best quality services
- Maintain department operating costs within budget
- As a site leadership team member, actively work with other members to resolve the site issues and enhance the site quality/efficiency and collaboration across departments
Key requirements of the QC Head include:
- Qualification as a pharmacist, chemist, biologist, engineer or comparable education
- 10-15 years of relevant professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Strong experience of working
- Working knowledge and understanding of current regulations and industry trends for biologics product development, manufacture and testing
- Experience in a CRO or CDMO environment preferable
- Very good spoken and written English, German additionally strongly preferred
