Merck KGaA Posted November 6, 2026

Senior QC Expert

Beijing, Beijing, China FULL_TIME
Quality Senior
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your role:

Position Summary

The QC position provides senior technical oversight for material and product testing, analytical and microbiological methods, stability studies, laboratory investigations, contract testing, and regulatory compliance. The role partners closely with contract manufacturing organization (CMO) QC teams and third-party laboratories to ensure reliable data, timely issue resolution, and sustained compliance with applicable GMP requirements and pharmacopoeia standards.

Core Competencies

Scientific and Technical Judgment

Applies sound analytical and microbiological knowledge to data review, method lifecycle activities, investigations, and technical risk assessment.

GMP and Regulatory Compliance

Interprets quality standards, pharmacopoeia changes, and GMP expectations and translates them into compliant laboratory practices.

Stakeholder Collaboration

Communicates clearly with CMO QC teams, external laboratories, Quality functions, and regulatory-facing stakeholders.

Problem-Solving and Consultation

Provides timely, evidence-based recommendations for complex laboratory issues, deviations, OOS/OOT results, and method-related concerns.

Key Responsibilities

Manage sampling and retain samples, including retain sample planning, annual appearance checks, sample requests, and documentation.

Review analytical and microbiological testing data for materials and products to ensure accuracy, completeness, and specification compliance.

Review and support validation, verification, and transfer of analytical and microbiological methods.

Review and approve ongoing stability study protocols, data, and reports.

Review laboratory investigations, including OOS/OOT, and provide QC technical review for deviations, change controls, complaints, and other quality events.

Ensure quality standards and analytical methods comply with GMP and applicable pharmacopoeias, including Chinese Pharmacopoeia, Ph. Eur., and USP updates.

Manage contract testing, including third-party laboratory selection, method transfer, sample shipment, test orders, result review, and technical terms in quality agreements. Review QC-related APQR data and trends.

Manage health authority annual sampling and support on-site GMP inspections (lab part) and spot checks.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis, or a closely related scientific discipline.

• At least 10 years of relevant experience working in a pharmaceutical QC laboratory or providing QC technical oversight. (preferred now working in QC lab)

• Strong working knowledge of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and relevant European and United States pharmacopoeia requirements (Ph. Eur. and USP).

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with CMO QC teams and provide practical consultation for laboratory problem-solving and technical decision-making.

• Proficiency in English sufficient for day-to-day business communication, technical review, meetings, and written documentation.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Beijing, Beijing, China
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 266 comparable Senior Quality roles across 63 biopharma companies.

266Comparable roles tracked
242Currently active
63Companies hiring similar roles
34Countries represented

Salary context

66 of 266 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate Quality Control Chemist, Senior (Data Review) · Merck KGaA $25/hr – $39/hr (≈ $52,000–$81,120/yr)
Highest disclosed · Assoc Director, Quality Assurance · Gilead Sciences, Inc. $182,070/yr – $235,620/yr
Peer group range $66,560 – $208,845 (median $122,325)

Where these roles are based

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United States133
Ireland20
United Kingdom12
China10
Switzerland9
Spain9

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Seniority mix

266 of 266 peers have a known seniority level

Senior188
Associate Director45
Principal33

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 266 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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