Senior Specialist Global Quality Excellence (Stability Programs)

Job Description

We are looking for an execution-focused professional who works with tact and confidence, brings people together, and turns plans into tangible results in a complex global environment.

For our Animal Health organization, we are currently recruiting a Senior Specialist Global Quality Excellence (Stability Programs).

Welcome to our team

Our Global Quality organization plays a critical role in ensuring that every material in our products is manufactured, processed, tested, packaged, stored, and distributed in full compliance with our high-quality standards and all regulatory requirements. Our Test & Release Excellence team (13 employees) supports our global manufacturing network in its journey toward excellence in quality and laboratory testing. The team works with sites and global teams to improve quality processes, enable focus on higher-value activities, and reduce manual work to support Cost of Goods optimization. To further strengthen the team behind Quality 31, a global productivity-focused initiative driving sustainable improvements and cost reductions through optimization, standardization, and digitalization, we are recruiting a Senior Specialist Global Quality Excellence (Stability Programs).

About the role

Reporting into the Associate Director Global Quality Test & Release Excellence, you will play a key role in advancing stability program optimization across our Global Animal Health Manufacturing network. You will support sites across the world in identifying, justifying, and implementing opportunities to reduce ongoing stability testing in a science-based and risk-based way, fully aligned with GMP and global regulatory expectations. Acting as a key enabler of Quality 31 productivity initiatives, you will help strengthen global standards, improve transparency on progress, and ensure effective implementation across the network. This role requires close collaboration with the global Stability Sub System Owner.

Please note: this role is supported by a project budget secured through the end of 2028.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Act as global point of contact for sites on Stability Program Reduction opportunities within Quality 31.
• Support the implementation of lean ongoing stability program strategies aligned with global Health Authority requirements.
• Collaborate with site Quality, QC, and Laboratory teams to translate global strategy into practical site-level opportunities.
• Support the development of scientific and regulatory justification packages for stability reduction initiatives.
• Facilitate risk assessments, including product risk profiles, bracketing approaches, alternative approaches, stability protocol updates, and change controls.
• Write technical documents for both global quality manuals and site-level use.
• Support sites during execution and implementation to help ensure timely progress against plans.
• Identify, escalate, and help resolve obstacles, risks, and delays during implementation.
• Track site-level progress and implementation status across the network.
• Provide regular reporting on milestones, risks, and implementation status to global stakeholders.
• Support transparency and alignment with Quality 31 governance and tracking mechanisms.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, or related scientific discipline.
• Strong knowledge of GMP and pharmaceutical/animal health quality systems.
• Relevant experience working in Quality, QC, or Analytical environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and across multiple sites, including influencing without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, technical documentation, and communication skills.
• Excellent command of the English language, oral and written.
• Living close to one of the locations mentioned above and willing to travel occasionally within Europe.

What we offer

An opportunity to challenge the status quo, lead meaningful changes and make a direct, measurable impact on company results through a high-visibility global optimization project. A role that involves collaborating with teams around the world. Benefits depend on the job location but are in any case competitive.

Animal Health

Our Animal Health Division is a trusted global leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to preserving and improving health, well-being, and performance of animals and the people who care for them. We are a global team of professionals working together to make a positive difference in animal care and the world’s food supply and have a deep sense of responsibility towards our customers, consumers, animals, society, and our planet.

Required Skills

cGMP Regulations, Change Management, Deviation Management, Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP), Manufacturing Quality Control, Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Quality Auditing, Quality Management Standards, Quality Standards, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Strategic Planning