AstraZeneca
Quality Assurance Specialist

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Location – Macclesfield, UK
Duration – 12 months
IR35 Status - Inside
Full Time - 36.5 hours per week
Hybrid Working – 3 days per week in Macclesfield (+ 2 days remote)
Make a more meaningful impact to patients’ lives around the globe
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
In this role you will be responsible for QA release of Drug Substance and Investigational Medicinal Product for clinical trials. Provide input to support of Packaging, Labelling & Distribution of IMP as required. In addition, you will support the delivery of QA activities for their assigned portfolio of projects and provide advice to support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of GMP quality systems across the development functions and support implementation of agreed global standards.
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Essential Criteria
- Appropriate scientific degree with experience (3-5 years) of working within a pharmaceutical GMP environment, preferably within a pharmaceutical development organisation
- A broad understanding of Quality Systems and GMP is essential
- An understanding of the pharmaceutical/drug development process


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