R&D Quality Manager (FTC - 18 months) in Weybridge

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

The purpose of this role is to manage the overall Quality and Compliance activities from initial concept to consumer for new product introduction and product lifecycle activities. As the R&D Quality representative, this role is an extended core team member and performs the Quality activities in support of the NPI & Maintenance projects. He/she is the single point of contact for Quality during the development, transfer and launch of new products and in addition lifecycle compliance management.

• Lead the Quality / Compliance activities for new product projects, support from initial concept to consumer during the development and product transfer from R&D to site.
• Extended core Team Member of assigned projects and Quality liaison for project from initial concept to consumer. Accountable to ensure all functional Quality support is provided to the project.
• Review and approve project related documents, including product specification, batch documentation, test method, analytical validation report, method transfer, process and product transfer protocol and reports and packaging documentation. Also oversee Change Control, Deviation, and CAPAs for assigned projects.
• Support clinical supplies activities, including providing formal approval and release for clinical supplies, registration samples and consumer test supplies.
• Integration of customer and consumer insights effectively into NPI projects ensuring ongoing innovation and development addresses customer and consumer demands & perform Hypercare following launches.
• Provide leadership in the area of quality compliance.
• Quality partner to R&D and QSC, building and maintaining effective collaboration, detecting potential issues early, resolving product challenges swiftly, ensuring continuous improvement in our products' reliability, manufacturability, testing capabilities, and usability while maintaining compliance.

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Science, or an engineering discipline, OR equivalent level of knowledge, understanding and hands-on experience of Good Manufacturing Practices.
• 5 years of Manufacturing/Quality experience in the Pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience with the application of Quality Systems in manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry related to Quality Assurance, Drug Regulatory Affairs, Technical Operations, or Drug Development in a GMP environment and Manufacturing site experience.

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to enable and drive change.
• Problem identification and solving skills.
• Experience of working with multi-functional teams.

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people.

It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

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