Overview
In this role you will lead global quality audits and build a sustainable inspection readiness framework to support regulatory inspections across EMEAC. You will develop and enhance auditing capabilities, monitor regulatory trends, and guide regions to strengthen compliance. The position offers cross-functional exposure within a growing, diverse organization focused on dermatology. You will impact audit governance, readiness, and the company’s regulatory posture.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid work culture
- competitive compensation with bonus
- extended benefit package
- global career opportunities
- ownership from day one
Responsibilities
- Lead regionally managed quality audits (internal, external, supplier) across EMEAC with risk-based planning and timely closure
- Establish and govern a global inspection readiness framework ensuring preparedness for regulatory inspections
- Develop and continuously enhance auditing capabilities within regions
- Monitor regulatory trends and inspection outcomes to strengthen compliance and audit effectiveness
- Develops and maintains the global inspection readiness playbook, governance model, mock inspections, and readiness sprint methodology
- Design and deploy a structured, risk-based Global Mock inspection program
- Lead inspection readiness sprints prior to anticipated regulatory inspections with remediation prioritization
- Monitor global inspection outcomes and regulatory trends to strengthen defence capability
- Lead end-to-end execution of internal, supplier, distributor, and third-party audits for EMEAC
- Administer the global auditor qualification framework
- Provide guidance and system support to LATAM, US, JPAC regions
- Ensure traceability of audit activities, findings, and corrective actions with timely closure and consistent application of Good Practices
- Escalate critical regulatory compliance issues with global suppliers/vendors and define action plans
- Share audit trends and risk insights across regions to support inspection readiness
- Provide functional direction to regional audit leads regarding inspection readiness standards
Key requirements
- Minimum 10 years of audit management experience in a Pharma/Medical Devices environment
- Broad types of audits across cosmetics, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals
- Fluent English; additional languages a plus
- leadership
- cross-functional collaboration
- proactive problem solving
- audit management across regulated areas
- regulatory inspection readiness
- global auditor qualification framework
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