QA Team Head (m/f/d), Schaftenau, Austria

Job Description Summary

Do you have the leadership skills to drive global quality assurance and innovation?
Join our Novartis team and lead the global TRD QA team, overseeing third-party partnerships from onboarding through the entire life-cycle, while fostering strong intracompany relationships for TRD.

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

• Oversee and manage third-party relationships utilized by TRD, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Foster and maintain strong intracompany relationships between TRD sites and other Novartis functions/sites to ensure seamless collaboration.
• Support BD&L projects (M&A, in-licensing), including managing integration activities related to third-party partnerships.
• Contribute to global initiatives, processes, and systems focused on third-party management and strengthening intracompany relationships.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Pharmaceutical, Chemical, or a related field, with 5–10 years of experience in pharmaceutical quality or operations.
• Fluent in English (both oral and written); proficiency in German is desirable.
• Proven people people management and leadership skills.
• Strong skills in critical negotiations and functional breadth.
• Proven experience in project management and vendor management.

You’ll receive:

You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities as well as worldwide career possibilities within the Novartis group. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is €77,543.90/year (on a full-time basis). The actual salary will be significantly higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

Agility, Auditing, Audit Management, Business Partnering, Continued Learning, Drug Development, Employee Performance Evaluations, Health Authorities, Influencing Skills, ISO 9001, Leadership, Organizational Savvy, People Management, Qa (Quality Assurance), Quality Management, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Self-Awareness, Stakeholder Management, Technological Expertise, Vendor Management