Corporate Quality Director

About Hovione

At Hovione, we help partners turn scientific innovation into medicines that reach patients around the world. For more than 65 years, we have connected science, technology, and manufacturing to scale complex ideas into high-quality and innovative solutions that truly make a difference.

As an international Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), we support the development and manufacture of drug substances, intermediates, and drug products across the full life cycle. We are globally recognized for our leadership in specialized technologies such as Spray Drying and Continuous Tableting. But what truly sets us apart is not just what we do — it is how we do it: with purpose, care, collaboration, and a deep commitment to doing the right things right.

Our people are the reason for our success. We are a global and diverse team of more than 2,600 team members across Europe, the USA, and Asia, bringing together different experiences and perspectives to help our partners to overcome complex challenges. We believe that an inclusive environment — where everyone, regardless of background, identity or ability, is respected, heard and empowered to contribute — is essential to drive innovation, ensure quality, and secure long‑term sustainable success.

And as we grow, so do the opportunities for our people to develop, broaden their perspectives, and build meaningful careers. Because at Hovione, better starts with those who choose to make a difference every day. Will you be one of them?

Enterprise leadership & strategy execution

• Set and execute the global compliance framework, including internal audit/self-inspection, inspection readiness, escalation pathways, and management review effectiveness.
• Serve as a corporate leader during health authority inspections and customer audits; ensure consistent readiness and effective remediation where needed, promoting cross site learnings as required.
• Strengthen inspection readiness culture “every day,” ensuring critical fundamentals are non-negotiable and appropriately escalated
• Translate strategy into governance, priorities, and measurable outcomes, balancing compliance stability with continuous improvement and transformation.
• Provide credible, executive-level articulation of quality risk, trade-offs, and decisions under ambiguity -while maintaining regulatory rigor and “state of control.”
• Influence across a matrix organization - partnering with site Quality/Operations leaders and global stakeholders to embed quality culture, discipline, and accountability (not just process).

Education

• Advanced degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Engineering, or related Life Sciences discipline
• GxP literacy (GMP required; GDP/GLP plus) including command of QMS fundamentals, inspection readiness, and data integrity principles.

Experience

• Significant leadership experience in pharma/biopharma (CDMO and multi-site/global matrix strongly preferred), with demonstrated ability to operate end-to-end across sites, products, and functions.
• Proven track record leading global transformation programs-designing scalable governance and driving sustained adoption (culture + behaviors + discipline), not just implementing processes.

Leadership competencies

• Enterprise mindset and strategic execution: builds scalable systems and governance rather than “corporate coordination only.”
• Decision-making under ambiguity while maintaining regulatory rigor; strong sense of ownership
• Influences without hierarchical authority; credible with senior leaders; communicates with impact; navigates conflict across Quality/Operations/Business priorities.
• Change leadership in matrix/global organizations; able to balance compliance stability with continuous improvement.

Hovione is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer

Inclusion and diversity are key to us. We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodation or support during the application or interview process, please contact us, and we will be happy to assist.

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