Quality Assurance Officer

RXinsider LTD.; Leiden; On-site; EUR 48,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

25 days vacation with option to buy 7

Travel allowance 23 cents per km

Pension scheme 50% Eurofins contrib.

Annual bonus / holiday pay via GoodHab

Job summary

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden B.V. is seeking a Quality Assurance Officer to ensure quality within the laboratory and operations in Leiden. You will work with GMP, GxP, ISO standards, handling audits, training, and documentation control.

You will manage deviations, CAPAs, change control, and QA improvements, while ensuring regulatory compliance and impact on testing activities. A competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in (bio) Chemistry, Biotechnology, (bio) Pharmacy, (molecular) Biology or related field or an MBO with at least 3 years of experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a quality oriented environment (GMP / GLP / ISO).

Responsibilities

• Manage deviations, changes, complaints, OOS and CAPA per GMP guidelines.
• Maintain and monitor change control and deviation systems.
• Perform QA tasks according to SOPs and quality standards.
• Contribute to the QA system based on regulatory requirements and changes.
• Train personnel on GMP and quality procedures.
• Conduct internal audits and support external inspections.
• Create and revise QA procedures and work instructions.

Skills

Organized

Structured

Accurate

Proactive team-player

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in (bio) Chemistry, Biotechnology, (bio) Pharmacy, (molecular) Biology or related field OR MBO with 3+ years

Job description

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden B.V., part of the globally operating Eurofins Scientific network, is a leading GMP-certified contract laboratory serving the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. Based at the Leiden Bio Science Park, we provide a comprehensive range of microbiological, viral, chemical, and physical quality control testing for pharmaceutical raw materials, intermediates, and finished products. In addition to our standard test packages, we develop and validate productspecific methods in close collaboration with our clients, and we also offer smallscale manufacturing services.

We have a professional team consisting of a mix of young and experienced people with different backgrounds and experiences. Together we strengthen global healthcare and help advance the pharmaceutical product quality and patient safety worldwide.

Job Description

As a Quality Assurance Officer, you are responsible for ensuring quality within our laboratory and operational processes. You will work according to GxP, ISO, and internal quality standards and play a key role in documentation control, audits, training, and compliance.

Your responsibilities include:

• Manage and assess deviations, changes, complaints, OOS, and CAPA in accordance with GMP guidelines.
• Maintain and monitor the change control and deviation systems.
• Perform routine quality assurance tasks according to SOPs and quality standards.
• Contribute to the assurance of the quality system based on regulatory requirements (and implementation of regulatory changes).
• Participate in QA system initiatives and improvement projects.
• Train personnel on GMP and quality procedures.
• Conduct (internal) audits and support external inspections (e.g., by regulatory authorities).
• Execute, report, and follow up on self-inspections.
• Create and revise QA procedures and work instructions.
• Maintain the GMP documentation system and archive, including electronic systems.
• Support the creation, review, or updating of QA agreements.
• Manage documentation and compliance related to opiates and precursors.
• Oversee the implementation of new equipment from a QA perspective.
• Ensure compliance in equipment metrology, including documentation.
• Review pest control reports and other facility-related quality documents.

Qualifications

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Officer with the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in (bio) Chemistry, Biotechnology, (bio) Pharmacy, (molecular) Biology or related field -OR- a MBO degree with at least 3 years of experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a quality oriented environment (GMP / GLP / ISO).
• Organized, structured and accurate.
• High quality awareness.
• Proactive and customer orientated team-player.
• Fluency in Dutch or English; knowledge of both is preferred.
• Knowledge of GMP quality system and regulatory requirements (Eudralex, ICH).
• Knowledge of biological process development and manufacturing is preferred.
• Located in the Netherlands within reasonable distance of our site in Leiden.

Additional Information

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden B.V.: A world of possibilities

This position is based at Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden on the Bio Science Park in Leiden. We have a close-knit team where collegiality and collaboration come first. We offer a responsible and challenging position within the team with room for your own ideas and input. Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden also offers:

• A competitivesalary;
• Flexible working hours;
• 25 days of vacation with the option to purchase 7 additional days (based on a fulltime contract);
• Travel allowance of 23 cents net per kilometer. Are you traveling by public transport? Then your travel expenses will be fully reimbursed via NS Business Card;
• Participation in a pension scheme with 50% contribution by Eurofins;
• Each month, you accumulate a choice budget balance of 8.5% of your gross salary. This includes, among other things, holiday pay and a year-end bonus. You can choose to have this amount paid out, or you can use it to buy extra days off, for example. You choose what suits you best;
• Discount on additional health insurance;
• Tax benefit via FiscFree when purchasing various products and services via your gross salary, such as a bicycle, sports contribution, fitness, mobile telephony, computers & tablets or a weekend away;
• Professional training and opportunities for training and development;
• Training options via the online learning platform Good Habitz.

Working at Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden offers you the flexibility and personal touch of working in a medium sized and dynamic company, whilst also allowing you to benefit from having Eurofins as a parent company. Our ambitious growth plans provide ample opportunities for our employees:

• Diverse developmental opportunities within the organization;
• A large client portfolio ensures a lot of diversity in your work.

More about Eurofins Scientific

Eurofins Scientificis an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes,France to over 62,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 62 countries and operating more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.