REQ-10071223
Febr. 08, 2026
India

Kopsavilkums

-As an Associate Director CQA Program Lead provide quality assurance and compliance oversight to development and research functions. Drive the oversight of quality management systems and initiatives within the global, regional, and country organization, ensuring compliance with applicable health authority regulatory requirements (e.g., GCP, GLP, GMP, PV, IP) and Novartis procedures and quality standards. Role model good quality behaviors while promoting a culture of quality (e.g., right first time, etc.) to positively impact the non-quality stakeholders (e.g., NIBR, GDD). Develop, drive and/or support Quality plan initiatives in order to achieve organizational strategy, mission and vision.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide QA expertise and guidance to ensure compliance with requirement of the quality system are met, including implementation of quality risk-based and GxP -relevant process.
  • Lead and manage a QA organization and/or quality project team and collaborate with business partners and other quality groups to ensure health authority and regulatory requirements are fully met
  • Translate functional QA strategy into applicable operational/compliance activities and support a risk -based implementation and execution of processes.
  • Ensure quality and compliance gaps are addressed and executed for sustainability and implement strategic process improvement, including review of procedural updates, training, process improvement, effectiveness checks, etc.
  • Monitor implementation of the Quality Plan and support inspection readiness activities, including participation in regulatory inspection preparation, management and follow-up.
  • Support quality oversight/management of external service providers and IT systems supporting research and development activities and drive facilitation and follow -up of audits and inspections, and ensure development, implementation and completion of appropriate corrective and preventive measures for findings
  • Ensure timely escalation of deviation/incidents and provide quality oversight for deviations/incidents, including robust investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions implementation.
  • Contribute towards lessons learned based on audits, inspections, incidents, regulatory intelligence, effectiveness checks on process implementations and metrics and support a culture of proactive, risk -based behaviour
  • Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt
  • Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)


Essential Requirements

  • Audit & Inspection Management
  • Quality Management Systems
  • Quality Assurance
  • Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) &Laboratory Practice (GLP) Analytics, GxP Experience
  • People Management, Quality Compliance, Drug Development

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
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Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message

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Development
Quality
India
Hyderabad (Office)
Quality
Full time
Regular
No
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Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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REQ-10071223

Associate Director, Clinical QA

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