Director responsible for establishing and executing strategy for GCP, GVP, & GLP compliance oversight. Driving continuous improvement and ensuring compliance with global regulations in London.
Responsibilities
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.
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