Development QA Manager

Amsterdam - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22-08-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

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Location: Amsterdam The Netherlands

The Development Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for assuring quality oversight of activities undertaken in all Novartis entities in a country to ensure they are conducted in compliance with relevant Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GPvP) regulations and guidelines.

Operates in direct collaboration with local Development colleagues (Study and Site Operations Patient Safety and Regulatory Affairs) Medical Affairs Novartis Country Quality (NCQ) & Commercial teams for patient-facing projects products and programs. Ensures implementation of the Novartis Quality Manual and Quality Management System in the country to achieve a high level of quality and compliance.

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

Oversee implementation maintenance and monitoring of the local Quality System and Quality Plan to ensure compliance with Novartis global requirements and applicable local regulations.
Ensure adequate training systems are in place for GCP GPvP and other relevant Development activities.
Monitor local Quality System processes and Key Quality Indicators (KQIs) to proactively identify potential quality risks and collaborate with business partners to address them.
Partner with local and global Development teams in the execution and follow-up of quality issues and audits related to clinical development and PV activities ensuring robust corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
Provide leadership and support for GCP and GPvP Health Authority (HA) inspections ensuring timely submission of responses to local HA and completion of CAPAs.
Execute QA activities required for the qualification and monitoring/governance of third party activities with a clinical/medical or PV component.

Essential Requirements:

Typically more than 5 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a relevant field such as quality assurance regulatory affairs pharmacovigilance or a directly related area preferably with a minimum of 3 years experience in clinical development.
Dutch and English language

Diversity & 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 Analytical Development Auditing Audit Management Business Partnering Change Control Continued Learning Health Authorities Influencing Skills Knowledge Of Capa Qa (Quality Assurance) Quality Management Risk Management Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Self-Awareness Six Sigma Sop (Standard Operating Procedure) Technological Expertise

Required Experience:

Manager

Job Description Summary#LI-Hybrid Location: Amsterdam The NetherlandsThe Development Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for assuring quality oversight of activities undertaken in all Novartis entities in a country to ensure they are conducted in compliance with relevant Good Clinical Practice ...