About the role

  • Provide overall strategic oversight for global GCP, GVP, & GLP QA activities, ensuring collaborative and compliant implementation of initiatives with all internal and external partners.
  • Act as a senior strategic partner to Clinical Development, Pharmacovigilance, and Non-Clinical leadership.
  • Lead and provide technical direction for all Health Authority inspections (GCP, GVP, GLP), including preparation, hosting, and ensuring robust and timely responses to any findings.
  • Develop and execute the risk-based GCP/GVP/GLP audit strategy for all internal processes, investigator sites, and external service providers, and oversee the execution of the comprehensive audit program.
  • Drive continuous improvement by leveraging QMS data, monitoring KPIs, and analysing risk.
  • Oversee the CAPA process to ensure effective solutions and maintain all GCP/GVP/GLP QA processes, standards, and the associated compliance training program.
  • Implement risk-based quality approaches for clinical development programs and provide ongoing quality risk monitoring.
  • Monitor major regulatory updates and industry trends, benchmarking through professional consortia and networking to identify and lead necessary change management opportunities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field.
  • Minimum 10 years of pharmaceutical/biotechnology drug development experience, with at least 10 years in GCP, GVP, and GLP QA compliance.
  • Expert-level knowledge in leading Health Authority inspections (GCP, GVP, GLP) and managing global, risk-based audit programs.
  • In-depth, applied knowledge of applicable GCP, GLP, and GVP regulations and ICH guidelines.
  • Proven track record of strong people management and the ability to build and develop a high-performing team.
  • Outstanding communication, presentation, and influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to hold senior leaders accountable and navigate complex problems.
  • Strong risk management expertise, including issue identification, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  • Working knowledge of all Clinical Development phases and processes.

Job title

Director, GCP, QA

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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