Senior Lab Coordination Lead — GMP & QC Ops

Valneva Austria GmbH; Wien; On-site; EUR 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexitime

Lunch vouchers

Wellbeing benefits

Office massages

Job summary

Valneva is seeking a Senior Manager Lab Coordination (m/f/d) to join its Quality Control team. You will plan, coordinate and execute lab coordination activities for the GMP laboratory and lead a small team of 3 with support of Head of Quality Control. Responsibilities include ensuring GMP readiness of equipment and systems, qualification/validation activities, and collaboration on CAPEX planning.

Fluent in English; German preferred. Minimum annual salary is EUR 60,000.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in Life Science or another relevant scientific field; at least 5 years in life science/pharma in a GxP-regulated environment (ideally vaccines)
• Experience with QC Lab operations in GxP regulated life science or pharmaceutical industry subject to FDA and other global regulatory authority inspections is preferred
• Experience with Equipment / Analytical Instruments Qualifications is preferred
• Good knowledge of relevant GxP legislation for EU, US and other global highly-regulated markets
• Good organizational, documentation management and teamwork skills
• Open-minded and innovative / creative team-player
• Fluent in English; German is preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordination of day-to-day Lab activities, hands-on with the team
• Responsible for operational readiness and GMP compliance of laboratory equipment, computerized systems and lab infrastructure
• Responsible for qualification, validation, maintenance and lifecycle activities for analytical and storage equipment and relevant QC systems
• Validation Officer for equipment and computerized systems and management of related quality events and documentation
• Responsible for qualification, availability and inventory management of key reagents, reference substances, controls, chemicals and laboratory consumables
• Coordination of daily activities and priorities of the Lab Coordination team (3 employees)
• Collaboration on operational and technical CAPEX planning

Skills

Team leadership

Lab coordination

Documentation management

GxP knowledge

Education

Academic degree in Life Science or relevant scientific field

Job description

Valneva is seeking a Senior Manager Lab Coordination (m/f/d) to join its Quality Control team. You will plan, coordinate and execute lab coordination activities for the GMP laboratory and lead a small team of 3 with support of Head of Quality Control. Responsibilities include ensuring GMP readiness of equipment and systems, qualification/validation activities, and collaboration on CAPEX planning.

Fluent in English; German preferred. Minimum annual salary is EUR 60,000.