At Bavarian Nordic, we are committed to saving and improving lives by unlocking the power of the immune system. Our commercial portfolio includes market-leading vaccines against smallpox/mpox, rabies, tick-borne encephalitis, typhoid fever, and cholera. We excel in R&D innovation, manufacturing, and commercialization—working every day to protect people’s health and quality of life and protecting our tomorrow.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a critical QA function at the heart of product release and manufacturing operations in Bern, Switzerland.
Tasks
- Lead a team of eight (Sr) QA Specialists and drive operational QA activities to ensure compliant, timely, and inspection-ready batch execution across the Bern site.
- Own the Product & Batch Flow pillar, providing leadership across product and batch readiness, manufacturing documentation, raw material quality oversight, stability-related QA activities, and product disposition preparation.
- Act as a key partner to Manufacturing, QC, Supply Chain, MSAT, FvP Support, Compliance, and Technical Quality to ensure seamless execution, effective prioritization of quality-related risks, and strong cross-functional collaboration.
- Foster a high-performing, quality-focused environment while driving operational excellence, inspection readiness, and continuous improvement across QA operations.
- Lead by example; ensure development and support the strategy by leveling the team.
- Drive prioritization and governance of deviations, CAPAs, change controls, and validation activities, balancing compliance, business needs, and operational priorities.
- Monitor and improve QA performance through KPI management, risk identification, workload balancing, and data-driven decision-making.
- Strengthen inspection readiness by ensuring quality systems, processes, and documentation standards remain robust, compliant, and audit-ready.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives that simplify processes, enhance collaboration across functions, and increase the overall effectiveness of QA operations.
Requirements
- A degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
- Proven experience in Quality Assurance within the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry, ideally supporting manufacturing operations.
- Strong knowledge of GMP, batch disposition, deviation management, change control, CAPA, and inspection readiness.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams in a complex, cross-functional environment.
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and make risk-based quality decisions.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on simplification, operational excellence, and quality culture.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is essential; knowledge of German is a clear advantage.
- Must live and work in Switzerland; no relocation package or cross-border contracts offered.
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Das Team
You will lead a team of eight (Sr) QA Specialists and collaborate closely with Manufacturing, QC, Supply Chain, MSAT, FvP Support, Compliance, and Technical Quality.