Laboratory Manager

We assist our clients through non-clinical and clinical studies to marketing authorisation, using our state-of-the-art, product-dedicated expertise in analytical sciences.

For each customer and each project, we design customised solutions, define analytical protocols, develop and validate specific new analytical methods and perform characterisation, stability, pharmacokinetic, biomarker and immunogenicity studies as well as batch release testing, in order to evaluate the Quality, Safety and Efficacy of the given drugs.

Your mission

You will report to the Scientific Operations Director.

You will manage a team of 25 people (Project leaders, Technical leaders, Scientists, Analysts and Technicians).

In this role, you will be accountable for:

• Managing all HR aspectssuch as

  • Participation to selection interviews

  • Staff evaluation

  • Developing and mentoring laboratory staff to enhance the culture of quality within the laboratory

  • Career development plan follow-up

• Daily management of team activities in the lab

  • Approval of reports

  • Projects follow-up

  • Acting as the subject matter expert for the team on root cause analysis or CAPA for identified issues and audit findings

  • Participating to customer visits

  • Participating to audits (regulatory authorities, internal, clients)

  • Working in close relationship with all internal teams (Quality Assurance, Sales, Supply, Talent Management, Training, Technical)

• Contributing to the department’s growth strategy

Your profile

Scientific Background (Master’s degree or PhD)

Required

• Relevant experience in QC, Stability studies management, development/validation of analytical methods

• Relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a GMP environment

• Strong people management skills

• Fluent in French

• Good command of English (level B2) with the ability to write scientific documents, reports, protocols and mails, attend phone conferences, maintain contacts with clients)

• Excellent communication skills interacting internally with peers and externally with clients

• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage projects through wise planning, time optimisation, detail orientation and prioritisation.

• Ability to deal with multiple and changing priorities

• Strong leadership

• Ability to train and mentor staff

Pluses

• Very good technical knowledge of at least one of the following techniques:

  • Liquid chromatography ((U)HPLC)

  • Gas Chromatography (GC)

  • ICP-MS

  • LC-MS

Why join Quality Assistance?

We are a true career partner.

• We acceleratepeople’s access to new medicines.

• We offer an inspiring work-life balancein a human scale environmeant.

• We careabout mutual respect, assistance and communication.

• We listento your needs and your suggestions.

• We offera market-competitive remuneration package including numerous fringe benefits.

Visithttps://www.quality-assistance.com/quality-assistance/life-quality-assistanceto learn more.

About Quality Assistance

Quality Assistance is a leading European Contract Research Organisation providing the pharmaceutical industry with all the analytical services required by EMAand FDAregulations for the development and marketing ofinnovative human medicinal products.

We assist our clients from candidate selection, through non-clinical and clinical studies, to marketing authorisation, using our state-of-the-art, product-dedicated expertise in analytical sciences.

For each client project, we design customised solutions, define analytical protocols, develop and validate specific new analytical methods and perform characterisation, stability, pharmacokinetic, biomarker and immunogenicity studies as well as batch release testing, in order to evaluate the Quality, Safety and Efficacy of the given drugs.

The company holds a unique position on the market with all its laboratories on one site, 220 highly qualified professionals and over 35 years’ expertise at the forefront of analytical sciences.

The Quality Assistance environment isGMP, GLP and GCLP/GCP compliant.

Visithttps://www.quality-assistance.com/quality-assistance/leading-analytical-croto learn more.