Senior Associate Quality Assurance Specialist (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
About this opportunity
If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal Career site
Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases, often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.
Job Description
About the Role:
To assist the Quality Compliance Manager and other QA team members in the implementation of the Quality Systems at the KSP facility and associated contractor sites.
Key Responsibilities:
Managing and maintaining of the quality management system:
Corrective and preventative actions (CAPA)
Deviations
Change control
Supplier and customer complaints
Quality risk management (QRM)
Leading root cause analysis (RCA)
Liaising with global process owners to ensure consistency in the QMS between sites and functions
Training in the QMS
Collating QMS metrics and KPI data
Presenting QMS data at quality management review (QMR) meetings
Detailed Responsibilities:
Prepares, reviews, updates and completes QMS processes
Ensures training records are kept up to date
Carries out their work in a way that will not adversely affect their own, or others’ health, safety and security or the environment and reports any shortcomings in GW arrangements
Ensure all complaints are documented, investigated and closed out within agreed guidelines. That issues are escalated as required
Strives to ensure quality events are closed within agreed timeframes and facilitates management of quality events across KSP
Assisting in the assembly of the product quality review
Ensuring that regulatory, marketing partners due diligence and other audit/inspections performed at GW are supported with efficient document retrieval and supply of the technical information
Assist in the creation of technical agreements, supplier agreements and quality risk assessments
Participate or leads projects to deliver improvements in productivity and efficiency in all areas relevant to complaints
Authors and reviews all required quality documents
Creates training packages for QMS process at KSP
Authors and edits SOPs associated with the QMS at KSP
Essential Skills:
Knowledge:
Typically, Bachelor’s degree in science or related discipline
Post-graduate qualifications (Master’s, PhD) preferred
Experience:
Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or a related industry
Experience working within a quality environment, including experience in GMP, GACP and GDP
Skills:
Working knowledge of office IT packages
High level of written and verbal communication skills
Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.
The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here: https://careers.jazzpharma.com/benefits
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