QA Manager, QP

Orion Pharma; Turku; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Pharma in Turku, Finland, is seeking a QA Manager, QP for on-site quality assurance in gel and ointment production. This permanent role offers hybrid work options.

You will approve batches for sale, assess deviations, and drive QA activities, including document approvals, product quality reviews, and participation in quality meetings. Collaboration with production, QC and lifecycle teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in pharmacy or suitable higher education; QP qualification via experience preferred.
• Knowledge of GMP basics and quality assurance practices.
• Proficiency in Finnish and English, with strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Approve batches for sale as QP and assess deviations and changes.
• Oversee QA activities in gel and ointment production; document approvals and reviews.
• Participate in quality meetings and operation development; collaborate with production, QC and product lifecycle teams.
• Work primarily on-site at Orion’s Turku plant with hybrid remote options under the model.

Skills

GMP knowledge

Quality assurance

Finnish language

English language

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Pharmacy

Job description

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.

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.

Please visit our website to find further information about our values and Orion as an employer https://www.orion.fi/en/careers/orion-as-an-employer/ .

What are we looking for?

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.

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 QM function 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.