Director, QMS BPO, Quality Issue Escalation, Risk & Knowledge

BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

The QMS Business Process Owner is responsible for managing assigned escalated GxP and Quality incidents in an end-to-end process on global level, initiating GxP/Quality incident prevention measures and maintaining (incl continuous improvement) of defined incident management related processes within regulated environments on global level. GxP (Good Practices) guidelines are critical for ensuring product quality, safety, and regulatory compliance in the pharmaceutical / life sciences sector. As BPO, the Director leads and oversees that quality incidents are managed effectively, root causes are identified, lessons learned are issued, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) are developed to maintain the highest standards of compliance and patient safety and that the process operates for all BeOne operational groups.

As BPO for Quality Risk Management (QRM) frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., ICH Q9). Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Facilitator for quality risk assessment, investigations, change control, and resolution of complex quality issues including review of regulatory CMC submission content.

Further, this position will build and grow the knowledge management processes and tools to enable rapid access to data and knowledge over the entire product lifecycle in collaboration with the Product Data Quality team.

This role requires a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a proactive approach to quality and risk management as well as to continuous improvement.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Processes: Develop, maintain and implement assigned GxP/Quality incident management processes that align with organizational goals and latest regulatory requirements on global level.
• Manage and oversee the intake, triage, investigation, documentation, and resolution of GxP and quality-related issues and incidents in an end-to-end process, including resulting from deviations, regulatory and/or GxP non-conformances or other quality events.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with manufacturing, quality assurance, quality control, regulatory affairs, clinical operations, development, patient safety and other stakeholders to ensure timely and thorough management of GxP and quality incidents.
• Root Cause Analysis and CAPA management: Drive and support comprehensive root cause investigations. Drive and oversee the development of corrective and preventive actions plans and lessons learned related to escalated GxP and Quality incidents. Drive initiation and execution of market actions, if required.
• Regulatory and GxP Compliance: Ensure that the Escalation and Notification to Management related activities and documentation meet the relevant regulatory agency and other relevant requirements for the industry (FDA, EMA, any local regulations, ISO, WHO); prepare for and support inspections and audits.
• Training & Communication: Develop and deliver training on incident management procedures, share lessons learned from managed GxP/Quality incidents and promote a culture of quality and accountability across the organization.
• Metrics & Reporting: Ensure meeting of key performance indicators (KPIs), track incident trends, and provide regular reports.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in quality sciences, quality systems, or related fields within a regulated industry (e.g., pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices).
• Master’s degree and 10+ years direct experience preferred

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• 6 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources.

Computer Skills:

• Strong PC literacy required; MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Ability to learn specialized platforms (Veeva, Power BI, Calyx, SAP, etc)

Other Qualifications:

• Experience with regulatory interactions including notification and communication with health authorities on global level for sensitive compliance topics.

Travel: Up to 20%

Salary Range Switzerland: 178,600.00 CHF - 223,300.00 CHF

Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity, and Collaborative Spirit, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity