Senior Portfolio Owner Quality (m/f/d)
The job of the Senior Portfolio Owner Quality is to provide end-to-end ownership of all quality product-related activities, ensuring a strong product strategy that supports compliance, product availability, and patient safety throughout the entire product lifecycle, while enabling transparent and proactive risk management. The role moves beyond reactive issue detection and focuses on preventing defects through robust quality design and continuous improvement. The role acts as the central point of accountability and escalation while coordinating operations and providing disciplinary and functional leadership to the product team. By organizing and prioritizing work, fostering cross-functional alignment, and involving relevant experts when needed, the role ensures effective collaboration and high-quality outcomes across departments.
Strategic Product & Quality Leadership
Accountable for all product-related activities, including product strategy, quality measures, compliance, operational efficiency, and the oversight of external partners’ contribution to business objectives, ensuring alignment with overall organizational goals.
Team Leadership & Operational Management
Responsible for the organization and allocation of operational tasks within the product team, including disciplinary and functional leadership, strategic guidance, and final decision-making authority.
Cross-Functional Alignment & Stakeholder Management
Ensure strong alignment across internal departments and stakeholders, particularly SCM, Therapeutic Area Leads, and IMO, while acting as the central escalation point (SPOC) for all relevant product-related topics.
Budget & Capability Development
Responsible for Science budget planning and performance achievement within the assigned portfolio, as well as the onboarding, training, and continuous development of team members.
External Partner & Outsourcing Oversight
Lead and manage outsourcing activities and external partnerships, ensuring effective collaboration, performance management, and contribution to business objectives.
Academic Qualification & Industry Expertise
Master’s degree in a relevant scientific or pharmaceutical discipline combined with more than 10 years of professional experience in Quality Assurance within the pharmaceutical industry.
Leadership & Organizational Management
More than 8 Years of proven leadership experience managing large, cross-functional Quality Assurance organizations at senior management level, including extensive experience leading global and international teams.
Conflict Resolution & Stakeholder Management
Strong ability to manage and resolve conflicts at high organizational and political levels while maintaining effective collaboration across complex stakeholder environments.
Communication & Influencing Skills
Excellent indirect leadership, communication, and influencing skills across multiple hierarchical levels and in interactions with external stakeholders and regulatory partners.
What we offer you besides the job:
Corporate culture & internationality
A growing company with a diverse, open working environment and employees from around 40 countries.
Flexible working models & work-life balance
Individually customisable working models, including the option to work from another EU country for up to two months per year. 30 days of holiday.
Individual benefits & pension provision
Flexible benefits budget, e.g. for increased company pension provision, fitness and health offers or subsidies for travel and meal costs.
Discounts & additional benefits
Access to the corporate benefits platform with discounts at hundreds of partner companies.
Further development & team culture
Internal and external training courses tailored to personal goals, as well as company and team events to strengthen cohesion and celebrate successes together.