IT Quality/Validation Specialist

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The Position

Role Description & Mission

Experience Required -7 to 14 years

As an IT Quality/Validation Specialist in RDT / Pharma R&D, you will independently manage end-to-end quality and analysis tasks across various capabilities. You will provide expertise, guidance, and coaching as a subject matter expert to relevant stakeholders and RDT colleagues to ensure best practices are practically and pragmatically applied. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will lead the analysis of moderately complex business problems, define problem scopes, drive root cause analysis, and translate requirements into strategic implementation plans that align with overarching business objectives.

What You’ll Be Working On (Job Responsibilities)

• Validation & Compliance: Stay up to date on relevant industry guidance & regulations relating to Computer Software Validation and Assurance (such as, but not limited to: AAMI: TIR45 (2012), 21 CFR Part 11, and Annex 11). Support periodic reviews and implementation of CSV policies, ensure inspection readiness, and provide support during audits.

• Scope & Content Leadership: Independently manage end-to-end quality analysis tasks across various capabilities, mentor more junior team members, and contribute to the development of Quality Specialist best practices.

• Risk-Based Quality Assurance: Partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure that control artefacts relating to IT technical product development, maintenance, and deployment processes are "right-sized" based on the risk profile of the system.

• Accountability & Problem Solving: Independently lead the analysis of moderately complex business problems, driving root cause analysis and synthesizing complex stakeholder needs. Apply advanced analytical and logical reasoning to proactively identify discrepancies, evaluate change scope, and drive process improvement initiatives.

• Agile & CSV Validation: As an active part of CSV and Agile validation processes, you will be working on reviews and approvals of documents and changes. Provide advice, guidance, and coaching to squads on the appropriate application of supporting tools (such as JIRA, HP ALM, Retina, Trello, Service Now, etc.) to meet Computer Systems Validation and Assurance needs.

• Stakeholder Management: Identify a diverse range of stakeholders across functional areas, analyzing their influence and impact on project outcomes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Business Quality to ensure compliance with corporate policies regarding computer software assurance and alignment across the network.

• Impact, Strategy & Complexity: Manage quality analysis activities on more complex projects or across multiple products within a domain. Translate requirements into strategic implementation plans, evaluate solution options (including cost-benefit analysis), and develop comprehensive stakeholder maps.

The Ideal Candidate (Qualifications & Experience)

• Experience: Experience independently managing end-to-end quality analysis tasks across various capabilities and driving root cause analysis. Must be passionate about compliance and able to inspire others.

• Validation Expertise: Exhibits the behaviors and understanding of computer system assurance/validation. Enables speed where speed is appropriate and control where control is necessary by applying a deep understanding of risk-based validation/assurance approaches.

• Methodology: Passionate about critical thinking, risk-based problem-solving, and Agile/SCRUM methodology.

• Technical Skills: Strong capability to independently apply tools, principles, concepts, and techniques related to requirements, data, usability, and process analysis. Ability to evaluate solution impacts (both immediate and long-term), analyze technology fit, and propose effective solutions.

• Leadership & Communication: Effective interpersonal and time management skills, with the ability to clearly communicate and present to all levels of management. Proven track record of building reliance through deep business understanding, acting as a trusted advisor, championing accountability by example, and mentoring colleagues.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.