Senior Manager, GCP Compliance

Takeda; Województwo mazowieckie; On-site; PLN 267,000 - 368,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Warsaw, Poland, is seeking a Senior Quality & Compliance professional to support Good Clinical Practice across Research and Development. You will independently manage compliance activities, guide study teams, and lead audits and investigations to strengthen inspection readiness and risk management.

You will work with cross-functional stakeholders to drive continuous improvement, ensure regulatory alignment, and support the quality management system in a fast-paced global development

Job description

Job Description

About The Role

In this role, you will independently manage significant Good Clinical Practice compliance activities across Research and Development. You will provide subject-matter expertise to strengthen inspection readiness, quality-system execution, risk management, and continuous improvement. Working with cross-functional stakeholders, you will help identify, assess, elevate, and mitigate compliance risks while supporting the implementation of the compliance strategy and quality management system. Your work will contribute to consistent procedural compliance, effective risk reduction, and sustainable improvements across Research and Development. You will also lead defined projects and workstreams, influence stakeholders, and support a strong culture of quality and inspection readiness.

How You Will Contribute

• Manage assigned quality-system activities: including standards, procedures, change controls, deviations, incident escalation, investigations, and corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide compliance expertise and practical guidance: to study teams, process owners, and Research and Development stakeholders.
• Lead quality-event investigations and corrective actions: by coordinating root-cause analysis, effectiveness checks, risk escalation, and timely follow-up.
• Coordinate audit and inspection readiness: through preparation, document review, request management, stakeholder support, response development, and post-inspection remediation.
• Analyze compliance metrics and trends: to identify risks, recommend mitigation actions, and prepare reports for governance forums and leadership.
• Lead defined projects and workstreams: while partnering with Clinical Trial Delivery, Medical, Research and Development Quality, and other functions.
• Support continuous improvement: by translating audit and inspection lessons into practical, sustainable improvements.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least six years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or a clinical research organization.
• Solid knowledge of clinical trial management and Good Clinical Practice compliance processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and relevant industry best practices.
• Advanced knowledge of drug development and clinical trial processes, including related standards and documents.
• Experience with clinical development training and process management methods and tools.
• Strong planning, execution, problem-solving, negotiation, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Experience working effectively with stakeholders and teams without direct reporting relationships, using digital tools, Microsoft Office, project management, and presentation software.

Salary range

267,400.00 PLN - 367,730.00 PLN The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Locations

Warsaw, Poland

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time