Senior Team Leader

Accord Healthcare; North Tawton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Accord Healthcare is seeking a QC Analytical Support Senior Team Leader to lead the Analytical Support function and drive analytical excellence across site operations. You will report to the Head of QC and oversee method lifecycle management, including development, validation, transfer and verification, while ensuring regulatory compliance and supporting product introductions and technology transfers.

You will lead a high-performing team, collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing and Regulatory

Qualifications

• Significant GMP QC laboratory experience in a pharmaceutical setting.
• Extensive pharmaceutical analytical testing experience across multiple techniques (HPLC, GC, Dissolution, UV, FTIR, TLC, Titrations, Particle Size).
• Strong development, validation, transfer and lifecycle management of analytical methods.
• Solid understanding of ICH guidelines and global regulatory expectations.
• Experience leading investigations, deviations, change controls and CAPAs.
• Proven people leadership and team management experience.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections and audits.
• Proficiency in MS Office and laboratory data management systems.
• Desirable: leadership qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the QC Analytical Support team.
• Set departmental objectives aligned with site and business priorities.
• Manage performance with regular meetings, objectives and development plans.
• Foster accountability, inclusion, engagement and continuous improvement.
• Ensure resource planning and prioritisation to meet requirements.
• Provide leadership in analytical chemistry, method lifecycle management.
• Lead investigations related to OOS/OOT, deviations and lab results.
• Drive root cause analysis and CAPA implementation.
• Oversee method transfers, technology transfers and new product introductions.
• Manage method lifecycle activities from development to routine use.
• Review/approve validation, transfer and verification protocols and reports.
• Coordinate pharmacopoeial requirements implementation.
• Support adoption of new analytical technologies and automation.
• Ensure GMP, data integrity, SOPs and regulatory expectations.
• Support regulatory submissions and market expansion activities.
• Review/approve quality docs (specifications, change controls, risk assessments).
• Act as SME during regulatory inspections and customer audits.
• Promote health, safety and environmental compliance.

Skills

GMP QC laboratory experience

Analytical testing experience

Analytical method development

Method validation

Method transfer & lifecycle management

ICH guidelines & pharmacopoeial know‑h

LAB investigations, deviations & CAPAs

People leadership & team management

Project management & organisation

Communication & stakeholder management

Regulatory inspections & audits

Microsoft Office & lab data management

Education

Degree in Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Sciences

Equivalent industry experience in pharma

Tools

HPLC

GC

Dissolution

UV Spectroscopy

FTIR

TLC

Titrations

Particle Size Analysis

Job description

Role Details

• QC Analytical Support Senior Team Leader
• Location: Barnstaple, Devon
• Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
• Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30
• Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated QC Analytical Support Senior Team Leader to lead our Analytical Support function, providing scientific, technical and regulatory expertise across Quality Control and wider site operations.

Reporting to the Head of QC, this is a key leadership role responsible for driving analytical excellence, supporting product lifecycle activities, ensuring regulatory compliance, and developing a high-performing team.

Leading a team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for analytical method lifecycle management, including method development, validation, transfer, verification and continuous improvement.

You will work closely with Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs and Technical teams to support product introductions, market expansions, technology transfers, laboratory investigations, cleaning validation activities and implementation of new analytical technologies.

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on product quality, regulatory compliance and business performance while developing and leading a team of analytical professionals.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the QC Analytical Support team.
• Establish clear departmental objectives aligned with site and business priorities.
• Manage performance through regular one-to-one meetings, objective setting and development planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, engagement and continuous improvement.
• Ensure effective resource planning and prioritisation to meet business requirements.
• Provide expert leadership in analytical chemistry, method development, validation and troubleshooting.
• Lead and support investigations relating to OOS, OOT, deviations and atypical laboratory results.
• Drive complex root cause investigations and implementation of effective CAPAs.
• Oversee analytical support for product transfers, technology transfers and new product introductions.
• Manage analytical method lifecycle activities from development through routine use.
• Review and approve validation, transfer and verification protocols and reports.
• Coordinate implementation of new pharmacopoeial requirements.
• Support the introduction and adoption of innovative analytical technologies and methodologies.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, Data Integrity requirements, company procedures and regulatory expectations.
• Support regulatory submissions, product registrations and market expansion activities.
• Review and approve quality documentation, including specifications, change controls, risk assessments, deviations and CAPAs.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert during regulatory inspections and customer audits.
• Promote compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.

The Person

You will be a technically strong analytical scientist with proven leadership experience and a passion for developing people and improving laboratory performance.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant experience within a GMP pharmaceutical Quality Control laboratory environment.
• Extensive experience in pharmaceutical analytical testing with experience in several of the following techniques: HPLC, GC, Dissolution, UV Spectroscopy, FTIR, TLC, Titrations, and Particle Size Analysis
• Strong experience in analytical method development, validation, transfer and lifecycle management.
• Thorough understanding of ICH guidelines, pharmacopoeial requirements and global regulatory expectations.
• Experience managing laboratory investigations, deviations, change controls and CAPAs.
• Proven people leadership and team management experience.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections and audits.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and laboratory data management systems.

Desirable Experience

• Experience implementing new analytical technologies and laboratory automation solutions.
• Experience supporting product launches, regulatory submissions and technology transfers.
• Knowledge of solid dose and suppository manufacturing processes.
• Previous management experience in a similar role.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related scientific discipline.
• Equivalent industry experience within a relevant pharmaceutical environment will also be considered.

Desirable

• Additional leadership or management qualifications.

The Rewards

In return, we offer a competitive salary and rewards package. Not to mention the opportunity to genuinely make a difference in a new and dynamic role within a progressive and expanding business, at an exciting time of growing international reach.

A Bit About Us

Accord Healthcare Europe is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in Europe. Accord has one of the largest market footprints of any European generic and biosimilars companies selling generic medicines in over 80 countries around the world. This global footprint enables us to deliver vital, affordable medicines to national health systems supporting healthcare professionals to transform patient lives worldwide. The approach of Accord is agile and inventive, always seeking to improve products and patients' access to them. Accord are driven to think differently and deliver more for the benefit of patients worldwide.

To continue our growth, we're looking for the best and brightest technical minds and forward-thinking business professionals. Keeping our people at the heart of all we do, we offer rewarding opportunities for those looking for continued personal and professional growth, investing in training and development tailored to each individual's focus. So, if you're looking for an inclusive company to take your career to the next level, you're certainly in the right place; come and join us to make it better.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.