Job Description
Head of Quality Assurance
Job type: PermanentSalary: £75000 - £95000 per annum + competitiveLocation: SloughReference: RE-32536606
Head of Quality Assurance (QA, QP, GMP)- £95,000
Head of Quality Assurance (QA, QP, GMP) Role and Company Overview:
If you genuinely care about helping people living with a long-term condition, this is the role for you.
A leading pharmaceutical company are looking for a Head of Quality Assurance (QA, QP, GMP) to lead their QA team. It's the perfect opportunity for a Qualified Person looking for the next step in their career, giving you the chance to support and improve the Pharmaceutical Quality Systems in place.
The company are committed to improving the quality of life for people living with severe diseases and you'd ensure the high quality they expect, and require, is delivered.
Using your experience of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), as Head of Quality Assurance (QA, QP, GMP) you'll perform the review, certification and release of marketed products as well as review and approve deviations, change controls, and audit follow-ups: all in compliance with the duties of the QP
You'll monitor and assess the quality systems by means of audit and self-inspection, and manage any recalls of drug products, liaising with Global Quality Assurance team. Following recalls, you'll participate in corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) of product recalls and other quality related problems.
As Head of Quality Assurance (QA, QP, GMP), you'll front regulatory agency inspections, organising and coordinating pre- and post-inspection audits as required.
From a managerial point of view, you'll also support the management of sub-contracted activities and assessing the impacts on quality when deviations or change request are issued by the sub-contractor, protecting business relationships by ensuring Quality Agreements are in place
Essential:
* Experience working in Quality Assurance within the Pharmaceutical industry
* Relevant degree
* Management experience, including appraisals
* Experience of audits and regulatory inspections
* Quality Assurance/Compliance experience in quality systems
Desirable:
* Experience of vendor management
* Experience of validation and technical services
* Experience of regulatory affairs and compliance
* Experience of manufacture and testing of solid dose products (preferably on solid forms)