Head of Quality Control

Allerton Bishop is partnering with a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing company to appoint a Head of QC. Based in the North of the UK, this is a senior Quality Control leadership position with responsibility for a large team of approximately 100 people across.

This is a key leadership position within a GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, where you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the QC organisation, ensuring the delivery of robust, compliant and timely analytical testing to support manufacturing, release and the wider product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of approximately 100 QC professionals across.
• Provide strategic direction across the QC organisation, ensuring analytical operations support manufacturing, testing, release and business objectives.
• Ensure all QC activities are performed in accordance with GMP, regulatory, safety and quality requirements.
• Drive operational excellence across laboratory functions, improving efficiency, right-first-time performance, capacity and turnaround times.
• Partner closely with Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Technical Operations and other site functions to ensure effective resolution of quality and analytical issues.
• Oversee laboratory performance, resource planning, capability development and succession planning across Chemistry, Bioanalytical and Microbiology.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across QC processes, systems and ways of working, embedding a culture of quality and scientific excellence.
• Act as a senior technical and quality representative for QC, supporting regulatory inspections, audits, investigations and remediation activities.
• Ensure the organisation maintains appropriate analytical capability, scientific rigour and regulatory readiness to support current and future manufacturing requirements.