Corporate Quality Director

About the role

The Corporate Quality Director will lead Hovione’s global quality strategy, ensuring compliance across all sites and driving a culture of continuous improvement. This senior position reports to executive leadership and partners with site Quality and Operations teams worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute a global compliance framework covering internal audits, inspection readiness, escalation pathways, and management review effectiveness.
• Act as the corporate lead during health‑authority inspections and customer audits, ensuring consistent readiness and effective remediation.
• Promote an inspection‑readiness culture, making critical fundamentals non‑negotiable and properly escalated.
• Translate corporate strategy into measurable governance, balancing compliance stability with continuous improvement and transformation.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Engineering or a related life‑science discipline.
• Significant leadership experience in pharma/biopharma, preferably within a CDMO environment, with proven ability to lead multi‑site, global matrix organizations.
• Track record of delivering global transformation programmes that embed scalable governance, culture, and disciplined behaviours.
• Strong decision‑making under ambiguity, influencing senior leaders without formal authority.

Required skills

• GMP, GDP and GLP knowledge with full GxP literacy.
• Expertise in Quality Management Systems (QMS), inspection readiness and data integrity principles.
• Regulatory compliance and risk assessment capabilities.