QA Team Leader

Mylan Teoranta

At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.
Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.
We do so via:
Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services.
 

Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.

For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

The Quality Assurance Team Leader will assist the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager in the day to day management of the Quality Assurance Department by providing co-ordination of all elements of the Site Quality System and direct supervision of assigned Quality Assurance staff. The person in this role ensures clear direction and guidance is given to their direct reports and provides metrics as required to the QA Manager. They ensure they keep up to date with global and corporate quality guidelines and that appropriate training is provided to their direct reports.

In addition, The QA Team Leader drives efforts to strengthen our Culture of Quality which calls for every employee to do his or her part in ensuring high quality products are delivered every day, every dose, for every patient.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the QA Team Lead (Packaging) role will make an impact:

• Manage the day to day administration of the assigned Quality Management System elements in line with GMP and appropriate global and site policies and procedures.

• Provide direct leadership and guidance to all assigned Quality Assurance staff to enable excellent performance while maintaining a positive team environment.

• Develop and implement effective performance monitoring indicators for the QA Department.

• Provide QA input into relevant Risk Management programs within the company.

• Demonstrate commitment to high standards of GMP compliance and product quality.

• Foster a good working relationship within the QA department and with all other departments.

• Interface with site operation owners to collect and analyze key data related to Quality Metrics.

• Establish and provide consistent timely analysis and publication of key quality metrics. 

• Assist in providing inspection updates for active Health Authority or Corporate Site Inspections to Site Management Team and Global Quality Compliance team.

• Deputise for the Quality Assurance Manager as required.

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 5+ years of experience. However, a combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration. 

• Must possess knowledge of Pharmaceutical Quality Systems.

• Knowledge of working within an FDA/HPRA regulated facility.

• Position directly supervises 4 or more employees.

• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing and resolving problems.

• Must possess the ability to understand technical documents and can communicate description of problems and solutions.

• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills as well as excellent attention to detail.

• Computer skills including Word, Excel and MS Outlook

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits at Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Excellent career progression opportunities

• Work-life balance initiatives

• Bonus scheme

• Health insurance

• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. 

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.