Senior QA Manager (d/f/m)

Job Description

Senior QA Manager (d/f/m), Kundl, Tyrol, Austria

2023 will potentially see Sandoz become a standalone organization! Already a global market leader in Generics and Biosimilar medicine, this is an exciting, once-in-a-career opportunity to set our own path forward as an independent, purpose-driven organization, and as the founders of a new Sandoz, this is a time of immense opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally!

Together we will shape the future of Sandoz... are you ready to make a difference?

This position ensures all aspects of manufacturing, testing, release and distribution for key biologics and/or sterile pharmaceutical products at strategic external supplier sites comply with international standards of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), regulatory requirements, the Sandoz Quality Manual, and the applicable Quality Agreements.

Your key responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Provides direction and formulates strategies to maintain and improve the external supplier quality oversight. Establishes and maintains quality relationship with strategic suppliers.
• Acts as Single Point of Contact / SPOC for all quality related activities at assigned external suppliers.
• Supplier qualification: Ensures a valid Quality Agreement in line with the requirements of the Sandoz global template is in place and continuously amended to the business needs.
• Routine monitoring: Assesses quality trends and drives continuous improvement including stability reports and annual product quality reviews.
• Incident management: Manages all quality issues (complaints, deviations, OOX).
• Change controls: Ensures that change requests, either from the external supplier or from Sandoz, are managed appropriately from receipt, through to the implementation and closure.
• Manufacturing process and analytical methods transfers: Ensures QA Oversight during commercial product transfers

Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Minimum Requirements

What you'll bring to the role:

Essential:
• Bachelor or higher in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology or anoth-er related science
• Fluent in speaking / writing in English
• Min 8 years of experience in in the pharmaceutical industry. Min 5 years of experience in the manufacturing of sterile pharmaceuticals. Expert knowledge in aseptic/sterile pharmaceutical processes and manufacturing of biologics.
• Min 5 years of experience in operational quality assurance. Ex-pert knowledge of cGMP requirements for major regulated mar-kets (EU, US). Advanced experience with FDA, EMEA and other Health Authorities. Expert in risk management. Advanced under-standing of project management.
• Expert in communication and advanced negations skills. Advanced decision-making skills.
• Basic leadership skills.

Why Sandoz?

Almost 500 million patients were touched by Sandoz generic and biosimilar medicines in 2022 and while we're proud of this, we know there is more we could do to continue to help pioneer access to medicines for people around the world.

We are at a pivotal moment in our history giving us the freedom to invest in our future so we can continue to help millions of people access affordable high-quality medicines. Together we will shape the future of Sandoz, building an organization from the ground up and in return, experience an ambitious environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

Imagine what you could do here at Sandoz!

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development options as well as worldwide career opportunities. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is € 73,112.90/year (on a full time basis). The actual salary will be significantly higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies. We are open for part-time and job sharing models and support flexible and remote working where possible.

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