Quality Assurance Operations Head (all genders)

at  Merck Group

Work Your Magic with us!
Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That’s why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.
United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
Your role:
As Quality Assurance Head, you are responsible for the QA oversight on production activities, QC activities and supply activities, ensuring the release of the raw materials before production and the release of the monoclonal antibodies (mAbi) for clinical trials, in accordance with program timelines.
The site being in a start-up phase, your role is also to roll out a quality culture on site, educating people, fostering collaboration and innovation and driving continuous improvement.
Your main stakeholders are operational teams (production, QC, supply) but also Clinical Program teams and Product Quality Lead, working in a matrix environment.
Manager of a team of 4 people, you drive the definition and implementation of quality operations processes in a transparent and inclusive way, showing flexibility and agility.
We are looking for a dynamic individual who can inspire and drive a culture of quality excellence within our team. This function reports to the Quality Site Head

Who you are:

• Scientific education (master preferred or equivalent profile of experience) in biology, chemistry, engineering or other
• Experienced in Pharmaceutical Industry and biotech processes (5 to 10 y) and in QA with excellent knowledge of cGMP (2-5y)
• Experienced in People management (>3y)
• Fluent in English and French
• Agile in a fast-changing environment and resilient
• Pragmatic with risk-based approach.
• Collaborative and team player
• Decision maker

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!

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