Operational Quality Assurance Manager - Switzerland

Our client, a major Pharmaceutical company based in Switzerland is searching for a Operation Quality Assurance Manager to support the Development Project Teams with adequate quality and compliance guidance.In this role you will be responsible for:

- Guide development teams in quality and compliance decision making to drive sustainable quality and compliance excellence
- Provide leadership and guidance during the development and execution of corrective and preventive actions
- Coordinate and review CAPAs to audits to ensure adequate root cause analysis and systemic solutions
- Lead formal investigations of issues as they arise, ensuring timely escalation to line management if critical observations are not resolved in due course
- Identify ways to continuously improve quality and compliance with regulations and company standards, policies and procedures through partnership with Development Line Functions and Development QA groups
- Closely cooperate with the Development QA Quality Systems Excellence, Auditing and Compliance Excellence groups to ensure consistency of quality and compliance activities and effective communication

The right candidate MUST have the following experience and education:

- Degree or PhD in Life Sciences, Pharmacy or Medicines
- Ten (10) plus years of experience in clinical development and the pharmaceutical industry preferably with at least 3 years in Quality Assurance/Compliance roles.
- Thorough and extensive knowledge of inter-national GCP regulations including FDA/EU GCP, ICH, pharmacovigilance, new drug regulations, other key HA guidance's, and current industry practice
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills/computer skills
- Excellent problem solving and decision making skills. Skilled at conflict resolution/negotiation.
- Capable of working independently as well as part of a cross-functional team demonstrating the ability to influence and create alignment across multiple functional areas.
- Flexibility to react to changing priorities in a dynamic business environment

Please note that you must be eligible in Switzerland in order to be considered for this role.

If you match the above requirements and are currently looking for a new challenge in a fantastic organisation, please apply now!