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Head of Quality / Senior Quality Manager - Pharmaceutical
Job Posted: 2 days ago
Salary: £ 60,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Head of Quality / Senior Quality Manager | Pharmaceutical | Manchester
Salary: ~£60,000pa
Are you an experienced Quality leader looking for your next challenge within a growing pharmaceutical business?
I’m currently working with a well-established pharmaceutical organisation to appoint a Head of Quality / Senior Quality Manager to take ownership of the Quality function and play a key role within the site leadership team.
This is a genuinely broad Quality leadership position, suited to someone who combines strong GMP knowledge with proven people leadership and the ability to operate strategically while remaining close to the day-to-day operation.
The role
You’ll have overall responsibility for the Quality function across QA and QC, leading a team of around 15 people and ensuring the site continues to operate to the highest GMP and regulatory standards.
You’ll be responsible for:
* Leading, developing and motivating the QA & QC teams
* Setting and delivering the site’s Quality strategy
* Maintaining and continuously improving the QMS
* Ensuring ongoing GMP and regulatory compliance
* Acting as a key point of contact for internal and external Quality matters
* Leading and hosting MHRA, customer and other regulatory inspections/audits
* Overseeing deviations, investigations, CAPA and quality risk management
* Managing audits, supplier/subcontractor audits and self-inspection programmes
* Overseeing validation activities and Quality documentation
* Working closely with Operations and the wider leadership team
* Driving continuous improvement across Quality and wider site operations
* Ensuring the department delivers against agreed KPIs, objectives and budgets
The role also has a strong people-development focus, with responsibility for coaching, mentoring, performance management and developing the capability of the wider Quality team.
What we’re looking for
✅ Strong pharmaceutical GMP experience
✅ Proven experience leading and developing Quality teams
✅ Experience across QA and/or QC with the ability to lead both functions
✅ Strong QMS knowledge
✅ Experience hosting/supporting regulatory and customer audits
✅ Strong understanding of GMP compliance and regulatory requirements
✅ Excellent people management and communication skills
✅ Strong decision-making and problem-solving ability
✅ Experience with validation and quality systems
A scientific degree, ideally within pharmaceutical science or chemistry, is preferred. Experience with pharmaceutical product release would also be advantageous.
This could be an excellent next step for an experienced:
Head of Quality | Quality Director | Senior Quality Manager | QA Manager - who is ready to take broader ownership of a Quality function and have genuine influence at site leadership levelBefore You Apply
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