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Quality Integrator

LocationGroningen, Netherlands
Business SectorBiotechnology
Contact email
Job ref26647
Publishedabout 23 hours ago

Quality Integrator manager 

Contract: 6–9 months
Location: Netherlands / Sweden (travel required)

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Quality Integrator to support the harmonisation of quality processes across multiple regulated sites. This role plays a key part in aligning quality initiatives, resolving process differences, and unlocking efficiencies while maintaining full compliance with GMP and other regulatory standards.

Acting as a trusted advisor to senior quality leaders, the Quality Integrator drives integration strategies, supports centralisation opportunities, and ensures that site initiatives are aligned, prioritised, and executed effectively. The role operates at a strategic and operational level and requires strong stakeholder management, analytical thinking, and change leadership.

This is a senior, hands-on role suited to professionals with extensive experience in multi-site quality environments who are comfortable working across cultures and influencing without direct authority.


Key Responsibilities

  • Align and harmonize quality processes across sites, including CAPA, deviations, change control, document control, and validation

  • Identify and resolve process conflicts, overlaps, and inefficiencies

  • Provide governance and oversight for key cross-site quality initiatives

  • Advise site quality leadership on integration strategies, sequencing, and priorities

  • Identify and support centralization opportunities (standards, templates, shared services)

  • Prepare executive-level reports and dashboards on progress, risks, and benefits

  • Anticipate and mitigate compliance and integration-related risks

  • Lead change management activities to support stakeholder engagement and adoption

  • Travel regularly to sites to support workshops, alignment sessions, and on-site problem solving


Required Experience and Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline

  • 8+ years of experience in Quality roles within GMP or other highly regulated environments

  • Proven experience working across multiple sites or enterprise-level quality organization's

  • Strong knowledge of GMP / GxP quality systems

  • Experience influencing senior stakeholders and working in matrix organizations

  • Willingness to travel approximately 25–50%


Desirable Experience

  • Experience with quality process harmonization or centralization initiatives

  • Lean or Six Sigma certification (Green or Black Belt)

  • Project or program management certification (PMP, Prince2)

  • Experience with ISO standards (e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 13485)

  • Familiarity with digital quality systems (QMS, ERP, LIMS, MES)


What This Role Offers

  • A high-impact position influencing quality strategy across multiple sites

  • Exposure to senior leadership and enterprise-level decision-making

  • A dynamic, international working environment

  • The opportunity to deliver measurable improvements in quality performance and compliance