Provide operational QA support for investigational medicinal products (IMPs), focusing on documentation review, quality system execution, and coordination with CMOs, ensuring timely, compliant, and inspection-ready QA operations.
Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the QA Specialist role will make an impact:
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy or related discipline
- 1-3 years of experience in QA, QC, or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
- Practical knowledge of (c)GMP/GDP principles
- Hands-on experience reviewing GMP documentation (e.g., batch records, deviations, change controls)
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
- High attention to detail and a structured, process-driven mindset
- Ability to identify issues, propose solutions, and elevate appropriately
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English (German and/or French are a plus)
- Preferred:
- Experience with electronic quality systems (eDMS such as Veeva Vault)
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP)
- Experience working with CMOs or external partners
- Experience in clinical supply or IMP handling
About Your Skills & Experience
For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:
- Batch documentation & release support
- Perform completeness checks of batch documentation for investigational medicinal products (IMPs)
- Conduct first-pass review of executed batch records from CMOs for GMP compliance
- Identify, document, and elevate discrepancies and support their resolution
- Prepare and compile batch documentation packages to support QA release
- eDMS and ERP support
- Support document management activities in eDMS (e.g., upload, routing, version control)
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of QA-relevant records in ERP systems (e.g., batch status, material and batch data)
- Maintain trackers for batch documentation, quality events, and actions, ensuring transparency on status and timelines
- Ensure documentation and records are always maintained in an inspection-ready state
- Quality events support
- Support intake, logging, and tracking of quality events (e.g., temperature excursions, deviations, complaints) and change controls
- Perform initial completeness and consistency checks of investigations from CMOs
- Proactively follow up with internal stakeholders and support coordination of requests to CMOs via established communication channels to ensure timely progression and closure
- Escalate delays, quality concerns, or risks to senior QA
- Support maintenance and periodic review of Quality Agreements with CMOs
- Collect and consolidate CMO quality metrics (e.g., deviations, complaints, on-time performance)
- Support preparation of quality KPI reports and trend overviews