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About the job

As Quality Manager and Deputy Responsible Person within our Swiss Quality Team, you are a key guardian of patient safety — driving quality excellence, ensuring regulatory compliance, and shaping the quality culture across our Swiss operations. Ready to get started?

At Sanofi Switzerland, our Quality Team exists for one reason: to ensure that every patient receives a safe, effective, and high-quality medicine. We are a passionate, collaborative team of quality professionals responsible for GMP/GDP compliance, the maintenance of a robust Quality Management System (QMS), and the release and distribution of medicinal products to the Swiss market. As the primary interface with Swissmedic for all quality-related matters, we play a critical role in upholding Swiss regulatory standards while supporting Sanofi's global launch platform.

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main responsibilities:

• Act as Deputy Responsible Person for wholesale, import/export, and trading abroad activities in accordance with Swiss MPLO regulations (812.212.1), in the absence of or as delegated by the Responsible Person
• Partner with the RP to establish and continuously improve a robust, compliant Quality Management System aligned with Sanofi Global and Swiss regulatory requirements
• Independently manage market batch releases, deviations, returns, and destructions with a high degree of accountability and precision
• Support the Responsible Person in communications with Swissmedic and other health authorities, and actively prepare for and manage health authority inspections and internal quality audits
• Lead CAPA responses to inspection and audit findings, ensuring timely and effective resolution with thorough documentation
• Ensure quality oversight of third-party partners involved in GDP/GMP activities, including quality agreements and risk-based audits
• Review and approve documents within the RP's area of responsibility, ensuring full compliance with Swiss regulations and driving proactive Quality Risk Management initiatives
• Drive a strong quality culture across all functions, providing leadership and guidance on quality standards, processes, and GDP requirements while representing quality in cross-functional projects

About you

Experience:

• Several years of Progressive, hands-on experience in a pharmaceutical quality environment (GMP/GDP)
• Solid, demonstrable knowledge of Swissmedic requirements, EU GMP, and EU GDP regulations
• Proven experience with batch release, deviation management, and CAPA processes

Soft and technical skills:

• Strong decision-making capabilities in fast-paced, innovative environments
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to drive quality mindset and organizational change
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience working across diverse cultures and functions
• Open-minded, continuous improvement orientation with a proactive approach to problem-solving

Education:

• University degree in Life Sciences or Pharmacy

Languages:

• Excellent command of German and English, both written and spoken

Why choose us?

• Find diverse opportunities in an international work environment to develop your talent professionally and personally, and to continuously advance your career through internal changes and role expansions. A personalized and structured onboarding is a given and begins even before your first day.
• Our employees are our top priority, especially when it comes to work-life balance and an inclusive work environment. In addition to flexible working, we offer our employees flexible working hours and a hybrid work model (3 days in the office/2 days remote).
• Outstanding is our 14-week paid family time after the birth of a child for both parents, as well as additional benefits such as health insurance, mental and physical health offerings, and leave for caregiving relatives.
• Training opportunities and international career possibilities round out our offerings.

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Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

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