QA Manager, QP

Orion Pharma; Turku; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Pharma is seeking a QA Manager, QP (Qualified Person) for the Turku plant to ensure quality assurance in gel and ointment production. The role involves batch approvals, deviation assessments, and QA document control in a primarily on-site setting with hybrid remote options.

You will collaborate with production, QA, and lifecycle management, contributing to product quality reviews and ongoing process improvements in a Nordic pharmaceutical environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy or equivalent with suitability for QP.
• GMP basics knowledge required.
• Fluent Finnish and English language skills.
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or QA/QC is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Approve batches for sale as a Qualified Person (QP).
• Assess deviations and changes; lead quality assurance activities in the area.
• Perform product quality reviews and document approvals.
• Participate in quality meetings and operational development.
• Collaborate with production, QA, and lifecycle management teams.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Negotiation

Proactive

Curious

Accountability

Education

Master's degree in pharmacy

Industrial pharmacy specialization

Job description

We are looking for a QA Manager, QP (Qualified Person) for quality assurance in Gel and Ointment production at Orion’s Turku plant for permanent job.
Your role and responsibilities

As a QP, your tasks will include approving batches for sale and assessing deviations and changes. You will be responsible for quality assurance activities in your area, such as product quality reviews and document approvals, and you will participate in quality meetings and operation development. You will work closely with production, quality control, and product lifecycle management organizations. Your workplace is located at Orion’s Turku plant. The job mainly requires on-site work, but you can work part of the time remotely according to our hybrid model.

What you can expect from us

We offer you a position at the heart of Orion’s operations, as ensuring the quality, reliability, and safety of our products and operations is one of the cornerstones of our activities. Your role will be diverse and challenging, and you will have the opportunity to develop yourself as an expert in the quality aspects of industrial drug manufacturing.

At Orion, your work creates true impact and well‑being for our customers, patients and society at large. Our culture of friendliness, respect, mutual appreciation and diversity creates a safe working environment where you can strive for excellence. We offer a wealth of career paths and development opportunities that support the development of innovative solutions and improving the quality of life.

We require you to have a master's degree in pharmacy or another suitable higher education degree (e.g., a degree in pharmacy supplemented with specialization studies in industrial pharmacy) and good readiness to achieve QP qualification through work experience. Experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in drug production or quality assurance or quality control tasks, is an advantage. Knowledge of different parts of the supply chain is also considered an advantage.

The position requires knowledge of GMP basics. You get along well with different people, are convincing, have negotiation skills, and are proactive. You are curious, willing to learn new things, and take responsibility as part of the whole. You can manage your work and have excellent teamwork skills. Quality, reliability, and safety are important values to you. Successful performance in the position requires good proficiency in Finnish and English.

For more information about the position, please contact Anne‑Mari Virtanen, Head of QA Team, QP, tel. [phone] (available on Tuesday August 18, between 15:30-16:30, Friday August 21, between 9-10 and Monday August 24, between 15-16).

Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment. We will also carry out a security clearance prior to the employment for the selected person.

Your new team

Quality management (QM)is responsible for ensuring the quality of materials, products and operations, as well as maintaining and developing the quality system and monitoring the regulatory environment. Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety unit is responsible for the global pharmacovigilance system of Orion Corporation and for the continuous safety surveillance, regulatory reporting and safety risk management activities of human and veterinary medicinal and non‑medicinal products.

The QMfunction consists of about 350 experts who work in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality System, Method Development and the Pharmacovigilance & Drug safety unit. We are located in Espoo, Turku, Salo and Kuopio plants, in addition to the Quality Assurance team in India reporting dotted‑line to QM.

The Quality Assurance Department for production employs approximately 60 people. The Gel and Ointment team within this department comprises QPs and QA Pharmacists whose responsibilities include quality assurance activities related to the manufacture and packaging of non‑sterile gel, ointment, and solution products at the Turku site.

About Us

Orion Pharma is a globally operating Nordic pharmaceutical company – a builder of well‑being for over a hundred years.

We’re home to more than 4,000 Orionees around the world, and we’re proud to be known as a responsible employer and a great place to work. At Orion Pharma, people are truly valued and trusted, encouraged to grow, and supported by a culture where every voice is heard. We appreciate each other, strive for excellence, and build the future.

Together we develop, manufacture, and market human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Our extensive portfolio includes proprietary and generic medicines as well as consumer health products. The core therapy areas of our pharmaceutical R&D are oncology and pain. Proprietary products developed by Orion Pharma are used to treat cancer, neurological diseases, respiratory diseases, and more.

We offer careers with a clear purpose: empowering people to live their lives to the fullest.