QA Manager | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | Quality Assurance Leadership
Looking for your next leadership adventure in Pharma? This QA Manager role could be for you!
Do you have experience leading teams, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvement in a pharmaceutical environment? Are you someone who enjoys solving complex challenges, mentoring talented professionals, and making processes run more smoothly and efficiently? If so, this is a strategic opportunity to make a real impact, you’ll be guiding a team of QA Project Managers, collaborating across departments, and helping shape quality assurance practices that truly make a difference.
Position: QA Manager – Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Location: Visp, Switzerland
Department: Quality Assurance
Why you’ll love this role:
- Lead a talented team of QA Project Managers across tech transfer, process validation, and regulatory compliance.
- Act as the escalation point, mentor your team, and drive continuous improvement.
- Take part hands-on as a QA Project Manager on client projects when needed.
- Shape superior customer service models and ensure top-notch quality deliverables.
What we’re looking for:
- BSc or MSc in Science, Biotechnology, or a related discipline
- 10–15 years of advanced-level Quality Assurance experience
- 10–15 years managing direct reports
- Strong knowledge of QA principles, regulatory compliance, and quality systems
- Demonstrated leadership, mentorship, and team development skills
- Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities
Your daily responsibilities will include:
- Provide daily oversight, tactical, and strategic leadership to QA Project Managers.
- Ensure quality deliverables, including sterility assurance assessments, are met for tech transfer, process validation, and material assessments.
- Address and resolve issues related to tech transfer, deviations, change controls, and regulatory compliance.
- Manage and track Key Performance Indicator metrics for internal and external customers.
- Support staff in achieving QA objectives, perform key functions, and provide task overflow support.
- Train, mentor, and develop QA Project Managers in quality principles.
- Lead identification, defense, and resolution of quality issues, ensuring proper documentation.
- Act as QA Project Manager on client projects when required.
- Partner with internal customers on Change Controls, Deviations, CAPAs, and Investigations.
- Support higher-risk change controls and deviations across MSAT, Engineering, QC, Validation, SC, and Manufacturing.
- Attend meetings prepared to identify and address quality requirements.
- Prepare deviation trending reports and provide recommendations to senior management.
- Support regulatory and customer audits as needed.
Interested?
Send your CV to Lily Ormrod at l.ormrod@panda-int.com or call +31 20 20 44 502.