Senior Specialist - Smart QC & QC Projects

Bristol Myers Squibb UK & Ireland; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension contribution

Family health insurance

On-site gym

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior Specialist for Smart QC & QC Projects in Ireland. The role focuses on supporting QC operations, trend analysis, and continuous improvement within a collaborative, quality-driven environment.

The candidate will handle cross-functional projects, contribute to process optimisations, and help ensure compliance with SOPs and regulatory expectations. A degree in science and 2+ years in pharma labs are required.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science or related field, third level qualification.
• Min 2 years in pharmaceutical/healthcare lab or similar technical function.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to influence decisions.
• Knowledge of laboratory operations and CoA processes.
• Experience with Smart QC and project scoping/tracking desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support QC with Smart QC operation, queries, tickets, and run-the-business tasks.
• Carry out QC trend assessments and support APQR activities.
• Contribute to QC Projects portfolio and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist process improvements for right-first-time and investigations.
• Manage self-assigned projects with planning, tracking and communication.

Skills

QC operations

Communication skills

Project management

Lean/continuous improvement

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science

Tools

Smart QC

Job description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the QC teams with operation of Smart QC which includes, addressing queries and support tickets, method builds, improvement projects and general run the business tasks.
• Support QC trending activities by conducting trend assessments in collaboration with relevant Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), ensuring outcomes are clearly documented and actioned. Support APQR activities.
• Support the QC teams with continuous improvement projects as part of the QC Projects team portfolio.
• Support process improvements for investigation reduction and right first time in the QC teams.
• Support Lean labs and automated scheduling tool process improvements.
• Project management of projects assigned to self, including planning, tracking, communication and escalations where needed.
• Strategically plan and implement procedures and systems to maximise operating efficiency through the use of Operational Excellence tools.
• Support of operational training activities to support efficiency and compliance across QC e.g support onboarding, delivering training and other training related requests.
• Support of tech transfers managed by the QC Projects team, where needed.
• Perform activities to support Drug Substance release e.g. tracking, data collation, where needed.
• Compliance with Standard Operating Procedures and Registered Specifications.
• Ensure any laboratory process improvements align with the BMS Safety culture.
• Approval of SOPs, Training documents etc., where required.
• Participate in regulatory agency inspections as required.

Qualifications & Experience

• Third level qualification (Degree) in Science or related discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a pharmaceutical / healthcare laboratory or related technical function.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience of working with teams and influencing decisions.
• A strong knowledge of laboratory operation, in particular training and testing requirements from receipt to CoA is required.
• Experience working with Smart QC and strong knowledge of it’s capabilities as a tool for QC
• Involvement in project scoping and tracking is desirable.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and knowledge of applicable

Why you should apply

• You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases
• You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees.
• You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including, but not only, an annual bonus, pension contribution, family health insurance, 27 days of annual leave , access to BMS Cruiserath on-site gym and life assurance

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https //careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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