Vendor & Third-Party Management Quality & Compliance Manager

2 giorni fa

Pavia PV, Provincia di Pavia; Lombardia, Italia IQVIA Tempo pieno

Overview

In this role you will support Global Medical Affairs Vendor & Third-Party Management by driving quality events, investigations, deviations and CAPAs, and assisting with audits. You will contribute to quality risk management, third-party oversight, and due diligence for RCs and non-vendor partners, sustaining compliance and continuous process improvement. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure inspection-ready records, evidence, and TPM tooling, shaping a robust quality framework for complex external collaborations. This position offers a meaningful impact on patient outcomes by upholding high-quality external partnerships.

Responsabilità

  • Manage Quality Events, Quality Issues, deviations and related investigations with stakeholders
  • Act as Deviation Owner and support CAPA lifecycle from definition to closure
  • Support internal and external audits and audit readiness and remediation of findings
  • Ensure quality records and evidence are complete, traceable, and inspection ready
  • Support third-party governance and QRAs across GMA activities (NIS, RWE/RWD, RCs)
  • Identify, assess and escalate third-party risks from due diligence and oversight activities
  • Coordinate RC/non-vendor due diligence and ensure documentation accuracy in TPM systems
  • Maintain and improve TPM due diligence tools (e.g., TPIAT)
  • Lead/contribute to design, revision and improvement of GMA V&TPM governance processes
  • Provide quality/compliance training to operational teams and stakeholders
  • Collaborate with ESP QA, Medical QA, GMA Governance & Risk Management, Procurement, VPG and others for effective oversight

Requisiti fondamentali

  • Degree in life science or healthcare-related discipline
  • Experience in Vendor & Third-Party Management, QA, Compliance, or related roles in clinical research/Medical Affairs
  • Clinical Trial/Medical Affairs experience in pharma or CRO
  • Experience with external suppliers, research partners and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Strong understanding of clinical/Medical Affairs processes and external services
  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements in Clinical Research and drug development (GxP, ICH, FDA, EMA)
  • Understanding of Quality Management Systems, GCP/GVP, audit processes, CAPA and risk management
  • Knowledge of procurement processes and clinical data systems
  • Fluent written and spoken English
  • Strong problem-solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
  • Detail-oriented, accountable, multi-tasking, service-oriented
  • Experience in supervising third parties/external suppliers
  • problem-solving
  • negotiation
  • conflict resolution
  • GxP
  • Quality Management System
  • CAPA