Job Description Summary

At GE HealthCare Cork, we are looking for a QC People Team Leader to lead and inspire a high-performing Quality Control team, empowering colleagues to deliver excellence while ensuring the efficient and compliant release of finished products through in-process, microbiological, and environmental testing programmes.

In this key leadership role, you will foster a culture of ownership, accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement, while developing team capability and driving operational excellence. You will provide strategic oversight of in-process testing, microbiological testing, Environmental Monitoring (EM), and Water & Utilities programmes, ensuring the highest standards of quality, compliance, and patient safety are maintained.

Job Description

Responsibilities

People Leadership & Team Development (Primary Focus)

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of QC analysts, fostering a high-performance, accountable, and quality-driven culture

• Set clear, measurable, and challenging objectives aligned to business and QC goals

• Provide regular, structured feedback, performance reviews, and individual development plans

• Actively mentor and develop future leaders, ensuring strong succession planning within the team

• Drive engagement, motivation, and retention through strong leadership presence and communication

• Proactively manage performance, addressing both high and low performance effectively and consistently

• Foster a culture where expected behaviours, ownership, and accountability are clearly understood and upheld

• Ensure all training, competency assessments, and cross-skilling are completed and maintained

• Plan and manage resource allocation, workload balancing, and shift coverage to meet business needs

• Monitor and manage attendance, annual leave, and overall team capacity

Team Delivery & Operational Leadership

• Accountable for the team’s delivery against turnaround times for Finished Product, Raw Materials, and In-Process testing

• Ensure the team consistently achieves Right First Time (RFT) and KPI targets

• Lead daily QC tier/status meetings, representing team performance, risks, and priorities

• Drive schedule adherence and prioritisation, ensuring alignment with manufacturing demands

• Provide clear direction and escalation pathways to remove barriers impacting team performance

Technical Oversight (Through Team Leadership)

• Ensure effective team execution and oversight of:

  • In-process testing to support manufacturing

  • Finished product testing

  • Microbiological testing (in-process and finished product)

  • Environmental Monitoring (EM) programme, including excursion management and trending

  • Water & Utilities monitoring programmes (PW, WFI, Clean Steam)

• Ensure team members are trained, competent, and operating in compliance with procedures

Quality, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

• Lead the team to ensure compliance with:

  • cGMP requirements

  • OOS/OOT investigations

  • Data integrity and documentation standards

• Promote a “right first time” and inspection-ready mindset within the team

• Lead or support deviations, CAPAs, and audit responses, ensuring team ownership

• Drive continuous improvement, Lean practices, and efficiency initiatives across the team

• Maintain and improve EHS standards, ensuring team participation and accountability

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as a key interface between QC, QA, Manufacturing, and external stakeholders

• Ensure clear, transparent, and proactive communication of team performance, risks, and priorities

• Support issue resolution through strong collaboration and decision-making

• Represent QC in site meetings and escalation forums

General Responsibilities

• Deputise in absence of QC Manager as required

• Support complaint investigations, LIRs, and Trackwise approvals

• Ensure service levels are met for all internal and external customers

• Work with LIMS System Admins to optimise laboratory systems

• Participate in recruitment, audits, and budget processes

PRINCIPAL QUALIFICATION:

• Degree-qualified in a relevant discipline or equivalent

• Background in science or engineering is preferred.

• Experience in the pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing environment is desirable, but not essential.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Strong people leadership and coaching capability (critical)

• Excellent communication and influencing skills

• Ability to build high-performing teams and drive engagement

• Strong organisational, planning, and prioritisation skills

• Problem-solving and decision-making ability

•  Flexibility, resilience, and change agility

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Proven people management experience in a QC or GMP environment (essential)

• Strong knowledge of Quality Systems, cGMP, and laboratory operations

• Experience overseeing microbiology, EM, water systems, and in-process testing desirable

• Basic experience in an FDA-regulated environment.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, g ender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Behaviors

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Total Rewards

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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