AstraZeneca seeking a Quality Assurance Advisor

Do you understand pharmaceutical/drug development? Apply for the Quality Assurance Advisor role at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg

Are you interested in a challenging opportunity within the Development Quality function in one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies? We are now looking for a Quality Advisor with GMP focus to our Gothenburg team. The Development Quality function is responsible for quality oversight of the pharmaceutical development activities in AstraZeneca.

Purpose, Offer and Benefits

This is a one-year consulting assignment starting as soon as possible. Selection will be ongoing.

At AstraZeneca, we´re proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

Your Responsibilities

• Responsible for quality Release of manufactured Drug Product, Investigational Medicinal Product for clinical trials
• Providing quality input to Manufacturing, Packaging, Labelling & Distribution activities
• Providing proactive quality advice to support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of GMP quality systems across the Clinical Supply functions and support implementation of agreed global standards
• Support the pharmaceutical development functions with investigations of deviations, changes and other quality and compliance decisions in the development projects
• Provide appropriate Quality Assurance input to business improvement projects
• Operate as part of a global organisation with an integrated mindset to create an organisation with common processes and ways of working.

The Bigger Picture

AstraZeneca´s pharmaceutical development organizations manage all facets of the process of turning a molecule into a medicine which can be safely and effectively used by patients. The Quality Advisor role has a broad range of responsibilities to ensure all internal and external requirements are fulfilled for the AstraZeneca projects in the development phase.

Our Expectations

• Degree in pharmacy or engineering (specializing in Pharmaceuticals) with at least 3 years´ experience of working within a pharmaceutical GMP environment
• Broad understanding of Quality Systems and GMP and related activities to Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP)
• Comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical/drug development process
• Good communicator with experience of interacting effectively across interfaces
• Understanding of Project Management processes
• Fluent in written and spoken English