Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH 1 TRD QA Team Lead Biologics CMC (m/f/d) Job ID: REQ-10083060
Standort: Österreich / Schaftenau
The TRD QA Team Lead CMC Biologics ensures quality oversight of the CMC project portfolio and appropriate staffing and prioritization within the area of responsibility. The role is accountable for QA release activities in CMC QA Biologics and manages teams, resources, and budgets aligned with TRD QA objectives.
The position promotes a culture of quality, high performance, and trust. It drives operational and strategic alignment with business partners and project stakeholders, ensures GMP compliance in daily activities, and provides servant leadership and quality guidance across TRD Biologics Austria. The role also includes deviation and escalation management.
Key Performance Indicators
· Strong understanding of relevant biology, chemistry, and technology, combined with QA and regulatory expertise across multiple quality domains.
· Effective navigation of ambiguity; solves complex problems, makes informed decisions with incomplete data, and adapts to changing situations.
· Develops team capabilities, manages performance, and ensures talent development, succession planning, team culture, and engagement.
· Makes decisions affecting team and functional outcomes, balances priorities, resolves competing demands, and owns area deliverables with appropriate autonomy.
· Manages headcount and budgets while identifying, discussing, and allocating resources across projects and initiatives.
· Owns compliance outcomes, risk management, mitigation strategies, and regulatory readiness within the team or department. Escalates appropriately and makes risk-based decisions.
· Balances operational execution with strategic input, identifies improvements, contributes to planning, and translates strategy into operational actions.
· Communicates clearly across functions, influences senior stakeholders, and builds strong cross-functional relationships.
· Promotes smart risk-taking and learning from setbacks while creating an environment in which failures become learning opportunities.
· Demonstrates accountability, addresses performance issues, considers broader organizational interests, and drives initiatives with ownership and urgency.
· Acts as a role model for Novartis culture, values, and behaviors.
You'll Receive
In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities, and worldwide career opportunities within the Novartis group.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive working environment with diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities
If you require an adjustment during the recruitment process because of a medical condition, physical disability, or neurodiverse condition, contact disabilities.austria@novartis.com with details of your request and your contact information. Support includes advice on suitable positions and guidance throughout the application process. Austrian law allows candidates to involve the local disability representative, Behindertenvertrauensperson (BVP), in the application process. Please mention this request in advance on your CV.
Division: Development
Business Unit: Quality
Company / Legal Entity: AT33 (FCRS = AT033) Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH
Apply to the Job: https://www.novartis.com/careers; JobID: REQ-10083060 Das Mindestentgelt für die Stelle als TRD QA Team Lead Biologics CMC (m/f/d) beträgt 78.383,90 EUR brutto pro Jahr auf Basis Vollzeitbeschäftigung. Bereitschaft zur Überzahlung.