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Senior Expert – GMP Certification & Pilot Plant Qualification

Life Sciences
QA
Emplacement
Braine-l'Alleud, Brabant wallon
Type de travail
Consultancy
Modèle de travail
Fulltime, Hybrid

Responsabilités

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and drive the end-to-end GMP certificationfor Pilot Plant facilities, ensuring readiness for clinical batch manufacturing in compliance with FDA and EMA regulatory requirements.
  • Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for GMP compliance within R&D Pilot Plant operations, advising senior leadership and cross-functional teams on regulatory expectations and risk-based decision making.
  • Define, develop and execute qualification and validation strategies leveraging existing structure, including:
    • Facility and cleanroom qualification update
    • Equipment qualification and lifecycle management
    • Process validation strategy for clinical manufacturing
    • Environmental monitoring programs and contamination control strategies
  • Lead preparation for and participation in regulatory inspections and audits (FDA, EMA, notified bodies), including inspection readiness, hosting inspectors, and managing responses to observations (e.g. CAPAs, audit findings).
  • Establish and implement the GMP framework and quality systems required to transition R&D Pilot Plant activities into compliant clinical production (IMP manufacturing).
  • Provide strategic oversight and hands-on leadership in the certification of production lines, cleanrooms, and controlled environments, ensuring alignment with Annex 1 and applicable guidelines.
  • Drive the review and approval of GMP documentation, including validation master plans, qualification protocols/reports, SOPs and regulatory submissions.
  • Partner with Pilot Plant, Quality, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to ensure robust, inspection-ready operations and continuous improvement of GMP practices.
  • Assess gaps against regulatory expectations and lead remediation and compliance programs to achieve and maintain certification status.
  • Qualifications & Competencies

    • Recognized expertise in GMP regulations and compliance frameworks (FDA, EMA, ICH, EU GMP, Annex 1).
    • Proven ability to lead complex certification and validation programs in regulated environments.
    • Strong track record in:
      • Cleanroom and controlled environment certification
      • Equipment qualification (from design through lifecycle)
      • Process validation and technology transfer to GMP manufacturing
  • Extensive experience with regulatory inspections and audits, including direct interaction with inspectors and successful inspection outcomes.
  • Demonstrated capacity to define strategy, influence stakeholders, and drive execution in cross-functional and matrix environments.
  • High level of autonomy, critical thinking, and decision-making in a risk-based GMP framework.
  • Ability to manage multiple high-impact initiatives and ensure delivery under demanding timelines.
  • Exigences

    • Master’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, or related scientific field.
    • Minimum 8–10 years of experience in GMP-regulated environments, with significant exposure to facility qualification, validation, and regulatory inspection readiness.
    • Strong experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industries, ideally in clinical or pilot-scale manufacturing environments.
    • Demonstrated track record of successful GMP/IMP certification projects, including facility commissioning and approval for clinical batch production.

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