Quality Site Head

Provide leadership to the Site Quality organization to ensure that teamwork, high morale and innovation are fundamental components of a team

Develop and execute the Quality strategy commensurate with the overall plan for the company

Ensure alignment with customer needs and linkage with the overall Quality and business strategies

Implement continuous improvement initiatives to drive Quality programs and ensure maximum productivity. Ensure systems meet the needs of all internal and external constituencies with an emphasis on process, quality, productivity, budget control, and profitability

Develop, implement and monitor Quality programs, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with GMP standards, corporate policies, FDA, EMA and other regulatory body regulations and guidelines

Serve as the point person with industry partners regarding product quality matters, customer satisfaction levels and regulatory authority interaction. Oversee all partner and regulatory authority audits and inspections and corrective action programs

Evaluate all current Quality systems and processes and recommend and implement appropriate enhancements to ensure the achievement of Lonza’s long-term objectives

Create active training and development plans for Quality staff with the objective of driving the overall competence and professionalism of the Quality functions

Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with customers, the FDA and other regulatory authorities. Represent the Lonza on quality and cGMP compliance issues that are specific to the site

Serve as the company Quality expert, providing solid, well-informed, actionable Quality support to Operations, R&T, and other functions as requested

Key requirements:

• Commercial Manufacturing demonstrated experience.
• Confirmed leadership experience in quality assurance and quality control within a GMP environment.
• Deep expertise in GxP, ISO standards, FDA regulations, and quality compliance frameworks.
• Proven change leader who drives adoption of new ways of working and aligns teams to transformation.
• Ability to translate corporate strategy into critical success factors and executable implementation plans.
• Demonstrated senior leader with sustained performance, including compliance remediation, turnaround experience, and budgeting.
• Strong track record in developing and executing strategic quality initiatives.
• Experience leading, developing, and influencing teams within a complex, matrixed organization.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills with a results‑oriented, pragmatic, and urgency‑driven mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting aggressive deadlines.
• Strong communication, negotiation, facilitation, mentoring, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Proven ability to promote a culture of empowerment, accountability, rigor, and effective issue escalation and reporting.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.