Head of Quality Assurance

3 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Douglas Pharmaceuticals Full time

**About Douglas**

Douglas Pharmaceuticals one of New Zealand's healthcare success stories starting from humble beginnings in West Auckland over 50 years ago to having an ever-expanding footprint into local and global markets. We're working to develop, trial, manufacture, test, pack and distribute the very best medicines, nutraceuticals and products to over 40 countries.

At Douglas there are around 650 of us - including top scientists, researchers, manufacturers, regulators and engineers, and together we're on a mission to make high quality, effective and accessible products, for people who need it. We're here to do our life's best work.

We're helping people with conditions like depression, schizophrenia, breast cancer, heart failure, severe acne, as well as people who need antibiotics and medicines to support their immune system.

**The Role**

We're looking for a Head of Quality Assurance, a significant leadership role trusted with ensuring the highest quality standards of our products and facilities for our customers and patients.

You will play a role key in continuing our 'Reimagining Quality' transformation journey, to strengthen our competitive advantage, by enhancing our quality systems and processes, integrating new technologies and building new capabilities.

You'll be responsible for providing coaching and leadership to the Quality Assurance teams, collaborating across the organisation to put quality at the heart of what we do, and managing relationships with health authorities and customers.

**Are you ready to be part of it?**

**You will have/be**
- A **PASSIONATE LEADER** who cares deeply about people, with proven experience leading through change, building capability to lead a diverse group of empowered and engaged individuals.
- A **COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATOR **who connects with hearts and minds to champion shared stewardship of quality at an enterprise level.
- A **QA EXPERT** with 15 + years' experience in a pharmaceutical or regulated industry. You need to deeply understand quality and compliance (including GMP), and ideally have experience working with the US FDA.
- A **CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT** mindset bringing strategic and critical thinking skills to reimagine quality processes and deliver world class outcomes for our customers and patients.
- A **DIGITAL** **FOCUS** and experience in digital quality systems and solutions.

**What we offer**
- An opportunity to have real influence and impact.
- Be a part of an exciting growth journey in an organisation that truly values their people.
- Flexible working options, so you can get the best out of work and life.
- Career growth - we relentlessly develop our people and promote internally.
- THRIVE Wellbeing programme.
- Regular onsite events to celebrate our diversity.
- Five weeks leave after five years service.
- Income protection insurance from the day you start.
- Life insurance after 12 months with us.
- Discounted health insurance with Southern Cross for you and your family.
- Free financial wellbeing support from AMP and ANZ Career growth because at Douglas we relentlessly develop our people and promote from within.
- Discounted products from our Clinicians, Avene, BraveFace, Bio Oil, Nexcare ranges, just to name a few.

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