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Virbac

Develops animal health care products worldwide

Operational Quality Assurance Specialist

Regulatory & Quality (Life Sciences)Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCarros, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold a pharmacy or engineering qualification.
  • Have 1 to 2 years of experience in the sterile pharmaceutical industry, ideally in the manufacture of biological products.
  • Master pharmaceutical industry rules, including Good Manufacturing Practices and GMD.
  • Master pharmaceutical techniques related to the role, including knowledge of vaccine products, biological and biotechnology processes, equipment, and organization.
  • Have a good level of written and spoken English.
  • Adapt to changes and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

  • During the project phase, ensure the document structure for procedures, instructions, and forms required to operate the building; approve quality documentation required for operation, including batch records; maintain Quality Assurance documents, including risk analyses; train production operators on Quality Assurance documents and explain Good Manufacturing Practices and good documentation practices; monitor documentation-process performance using updates and key performance and quality indicators; and ensure compliance with quality-document writing rules and completion of batch records and other documents.
  • During the project phase, coordinate and supervise change requests, ensure all impacts are assessed including effects on qualified status, approve change implementation, and monitor Change Control performance and effectiveness using key performance and quality indicators.
  • During the project phase, conduct regular Quality Tours, participate in the initial regulatory inspection of the building and implementation of its action plan, contribute to projects and propose quality improvements, deliver Quality Assurance training and awareness as needed, write quality procedures, and validate revisions to documents within the role's scope.
  • During the operational phase, manage one or more Quality Assurance/Environment technicians; set clear expectations through role descriptions, objectives, working methods, and reporting; provide day-to-day support through follow-ups, feedback, workload and priority management, objective reviews, regulation, and corrective guidance; evaluate employee performance and competencies through annual and mid-year reviews; and develop employees through training, assignments, and new projects.
  • Ensure the execution and scheduling of monitoring activities in collaboration with Quality Assurance.
  • Evaluate production issues and identify corrective actions with production Quality, Safety and Environment teams; approve process, product, and equipment deviations, including criticality and quality-impact assessments, and provide an opinion to support batch release; manage OGS deviations and customer complaints; and monitor deviation-process performance, including recurring-cause analyses and key performance and quality indicators.
  • Verify timely implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions and close actions within the role's scope, including those involving commitments to ANSES; monitor CAPA effectiveness, quality-risk objectives, deadlines, and key performance and quality indicators.
  • Facilitate process and product Change Control committees; coordinate and supervise change requests, ensure impact assessments include qualified status, approve implementation, and monitor change-control effectiveness and performance.
  • Evaluate production derogation requests within the role's scope, approve their action plans, and verify implementation.
  • Approve sector quality documentation, including batch records; maintain Quality Assurance documents; train production operators on document creation and revision, Good Manufacturing Practices, and good documentation practices; monitor documentation updates and related key performance and quality indicators; and ensure quality-document rules and proper completion of batch records and other documents are followed.
  • Conduct Quality Tours, self-inspections, and internal audits; analyze and evaluate identified quality risks; prepare, conduct, and follow up on internal audits; and monitor self-inspection, internal-audit, and regulatory-inspection processes.

About the Company

Virbac

Develops animal health care products worldwide

Virbac provides care, hygiene and nutrition products to prevent, diagnose and treat animal diseases. Its offerings are designed for veterinarians, farmers and pet owners worldwide, delivering complete animal-health solutions through a global network of production sites, sales subsidiaries and R&D centers across five continents. The product approach combines prevention, diagnosis and treatment in veterinary medicine, not limited to a single animal type. What sets Virbac apart is its scale and mix: a broad international footprint (production sites in 12 countries, sales subsidiaries in 36) and a substantial share of sales outside Europe, with a clear focus on both companion animals (roughly 61% of 2025 sales) and farm animals (39%). The company aims to advance animal health by empowering those who care for animals daily, helping people and animals live better together.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Carros, France
Founded
1968

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