WEP Clinical
Global Third Party & Audit Manager
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Global Third Party & Audit Manager
Are you looking for an exciting and fulfilling new position? Join our dynamic team at WEP Clinical, where your contributions will play a key role in driving impactful solutions and improving outcomes for clients and patients. We encourage innovation and collaboration, challenging our team to bring ideas that make a real difference. Be part of a mission-driven organisation dedicated to advancing clinical research and transforming lives.
Role Objectives:
The WEP Clinical Global Third-Party and Audit Manager is responsible for the qualification, oversight, and auditing of third-party suppliers and vendors supporting GxP activities, including pharmaceutical manufacturing, distribution, and clinical operations. This includes providers across GMP, GDP, GCP, GLP, and GVP domains. The role ensures partners meet regulatory requirements and internal standards to support the safe and compliant delivery of key service lines, such as Expanded Access Programs, clinical trial management and supply, and nursing operations. It also oversees internal and external audits, ensuring adherence to audit schedules and driving continuous improvement. This role plays a key part in the company’s vendor governance and compliance monitoring framework through risk-based oversight and cross-functional collaboration.
The Ideal Candidate:
Analytical
Collaborative
Adaptable
Proactive
What You'll Do:
Own and lead global compliance monitoring programs for all GxP third parties, ensuring timely qualification, requalification, or disqualification.
Design and manage a global, risk-based GxP audit program covering GMP, GDP, GCP, GLP, and GVP audits, both remote and on-site.
Oversee third-party audits, ensuring findings are risk assessed, reported, and closed with appropriate CAPAs; follow up on CAPA completion.
Maintain and assess approved supplier and vendor lists, including criticality ratings and compliance status.
Ensure all qualification and requalification activities align with EU, UK, and FDA GxP expectations and internal SOPs.
Monitor ongoing third-party performance using audits, KPIs, deviations, complaints, and quality metrics.
Lead risk-based internal audit programs and delegate audits to appropriately qualified personnel.
Support development, review, and management of Quality/Technical Agreements (QTAs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with Legal and Operational leads.
Serve as the quality lead for new third-party onboarding, due diligence, and qualification projects.
Escalate critical compliance risks and trends to Quality Leadership and lead cross-functional remediation.
Collaborate with Procurement, Supply Chain, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and PV to ensure consistent third-party oversight.
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Act as a subject matter expert for regulatory inspections related to third-party audits and qualifications, maintaining audit readiness.
What You'll Need:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Chemistry, or a related field
Extensive knowledge of GMP, GDP, and GCP activities, including qualification, requalification, and auditing best practices
Formal lead auditor certification required (e.g., IRCA/CQI, ISO 9001 or equivalent)
Minimum 6-7 years of experience in Quality Assurance, preferably in vendor, supplier, or audit management
Strong risk-based thinking and ability to align compliance activities with broader business objectives
Experience with clinical trial supply and unlicensed supply preferred
Excellent communication skills—both verbal and written—with a focus on audit effectiveness
Critical thinking, analytical mindset, and strong attention to detail
Self-motivated and adaptable, with excellent time management and organizational skills
Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
The employee must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods.
What We Offer:
Private healthcare insurance
Long-term illness Cover
Death in service cover
Salary sacrifice pension
Annual leave
Paid maternity & paternity leave
Volunteer day
What sets us apart:
WEP Clinical partners with biopharmaceutical Sponsors to help them bring treatments closer to the patients who need them most. Through end-to-end clinical trial delivery, home health services, expanded access programs, and market access consultancy, we provide flexible, fit-for-purpose solutions that support drug development, improve access, and help therapies reach the right patients at the right time. With more than 15 years of global experience, we have supported programs across 150+ countries, combining operational scale with the agility and personalised service of a specialised provider. Our work helps bridge critical gaps in care, ensuring safe, ethical, and efficient access to promising new treatments.
We're Committed to Our Team:
WEP has many initiatives to encourage wellness, growth, development, and team relationships. Check out our LinkedIn life page to learn more about our team events and all that we do to support our employees.
How We Work at WEP Clinical:
At WEP Clinical, we look for individuals who are conscientious, exercise sound judgement, and engage with others thoughtfully and professionally. We believe excellence is achieved through integrity, accountability, and respect for diverse perspectives - and we are committed to helping our people grow and succeed in an inclusive, supportive environment.
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How to Apply:
To be considered for this role, please submit your resume through the WEP Clinical Careers Portal or by using LinkedIn’s Easy Apply option. Please ensure your resume is in English.
Important Note:
To streamline our hiring process, we use an Upwage AI screener. If you receive a link from Upwage, it is a legitimate part of our application process and helps ensure every candidate is reviewed consistently. If you are selected to move forward after the screener, a member of our team will contact you directly from an @wepclinical.com email address to guide you through the next steps of the interview process. Please ensure you apply only through our official careers page (https://www.wepclinical.com/careers/) or our verified LinkedIn page.
For your safety, please note:
We will never communicate with you via Microsoft Teams or text message
We will never ask for your bank account information at any stage of recruitment.
WEP Clinical is a smoke-free, drug-free, and alcohol-free work environment.
WEP Clinical is an equal-opportunity employer. WEP Clinical does not unlawfully discriminate against employees or applicants for employment based on an individual’s race, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, compensation, promotion, discipline, and termination. WEP Clinical will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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