QC Team Lead

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.; Ireland; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. in Cork invites applications for a QC Team Lead, overseeing a dedicated QC group in a fast-paced 24/7 setting. You will drive testing, investigations, and continuous improvement, ensuring quality and compliance across in-process and raw material testing.

A strong leadership background in pharma QC and a Bachelor degree are required. Day role on-site, with responsibilities to hire, develop, and coordinate with QC leads and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a technical discipline with strong QC knowledge.
• Proven leadership experience in a pharmaceutical QA/QC setting.
• Strong knowledge of GMP/GxP and quality metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high performing QC team to meet deliverables and QA/QC metrics.
• Coach and develop team members; drive professional growth.
• Lead discussions on personnel development and performance reviews.
• Ensure cross-functional collaboration and overall QC laboratory performance.
• Oversee hiring and performance management within the team.
• Maintain strong internal/external relationships across the site.
• Review and approve SOPs, protocols, and reports.
• Ensure compliance with GXP, safety, and environmental standards.
• Investigate out-of-spec results and deviations in the QMS.
• Support cross-functional activities and site plans.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

GxP knowledge

Quality testing

Education

Bachelor of Science in chemistry/biology

Tools

LIMS

Job description

Who We Are

BioMarin is a leading rare disease biotechnology company focused on genetically defined conditions.

Guided by our purpose to develop medicines that make a profound impact on people’s lives, our global teams have delivered a portfolio of therapies since our founding in 1997. Our revolutionary treatments for conditions like achondroplasia (the most common form of dwarfism), PKU (phenylketonuria), CLN2, a form of Batten disease, and a number of forms of MPS (mucopolysaccharidosis) offer new possibilities for patients and families who previously had few, if any, available options. More recently, with the close of the Amicus acquisition, our portfolio has expanded to include therapies for Fabry disease and Pompe disease, expanding our ability to reach more people living with rare genetic conditions.

Our success comes from our unwavering commitment to excellence, our deep understanding of patient needs, our scientific expertise, and our world-class manufacturing capabilities. At the heart of BioMarin is a dedicated team of the brightest minds in the industry working together to deliver innovative therapies to patients and families around the world.

About Technical Operations

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

QC Team Lead

Shanbally, Ringaskiddy, Cork

Day role - Monday to Friday (onsite)

Closing Date: 28th August 2026

The QC lead reports to the QC manager and is responsible for leading a team in order to meet deliverables. These include testing of samples to meet QC metrics and commitments. Together with the QC Manager, this role is responsible for ensuring the area architecture and vision is in place to meet the needs of BioMarin.

This role sits in the QC In-Process and Raw Material group. Part of the QC In-Process and Raw Material team operates on a 4 shift 24/7 basis. This role is a days (Mon-Friday) role but will have direct report who operate on 4 cycle shift. This is a face paced team with a high volume of work to be completed in tight timelines.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead a high performing QC team to ensure consistent delivery to customers and provide technical expertise and decision making for all aspects of testing and out of specification investigations.


• Coach and develop individuals within the team.


• Responsible for leading development discussions with individuals within the team in areas of professionalism and personnel development


• Responsible for overall performance of the team in areas of technical delivery and inter-team and inter-department collaboration


• Responsible for the hiring and the performance management of the team


• Collaboration with QC leads/managers to ensure the overall running of the QC Laboratory


• Develop and maintain positive internal and external relationships across the site.


• Redline, Author, Draft, Review and Approve documents such as standard operating procedures, protocols, reports etc.


• Ensure the team is compliant to GXP and safety and environmental standards


• Conduct and document out of specification / out of trend result investigations and deviations in the quality management system.


• Participate and ensure support for cross-functional teams


• Provide QC support for site plans, protocol executions and summary reports


• Develop and Demonstrate an active approach to safety, industrial hygiene, environmental and regulatory compliance


• Lead and implement initiatives that add value to the QC and site operations


• Other duties as assigned.

Education Required

• Bachelor of Sciences degree, or higher, in a technical discipline (chemical or biological sciences, physical, engineering) is minimally required.

Experience Required

• Team leadership and people management experience is strongly preferred, Ideally 3+ years of experience.


• 5 + years of experience in pharma or biopharma industry at a minimum.


• Good project management skills


• Experience in presenting to senior management


• Lead from front attitude


• Thorough knowledge of regulatory guidelines and directives for QC in pharmaceuticals.


• Data orientated with good risk management understanding

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Ireland Safety Responsibility

Support the organisation’s commitment to environmental protection, injury prevention, and continual improvement of EHS management systems. Actively contribute to a safe and environmentally responsible workplace by identifying hazards, reporting incidents and participating in EHS initiatives and training.

Support the organisation’s commitment to environmental protection, injury prevention, and continual improvement of EHS management systems. Actively contribute to a safe and environmentally responsible workplace by identifying hazards, reporting incidents and participating in EHS initiatives and training.