Job Description

Location: Visp (Switzerland)

Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

This position is based in the quaint and beautiful town of Visp! Ibex Solutions (www.ibex.lonza.com) is a modular complex for the development and production of biological products. It gives companies access to a complete solution, gaining speed and achieving a simplified value chain. The Ibex complex is our contribution to the medicine of tomorrow! Would you like to be a part of this? Start your career at Lonza and apply as a Project Leader Quality Control today!

Communicate with manufacturing, QA, and external customers. Represent QC in cross-functional teams and align strategies with other departments.

What you’ll get

• An agile career and dynamic working culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance
• Along with competitive salaries, you’ll find a wide range of lifestyle, family and leisure benefits available. Depending on your location, these benefits could include family allowances, childcare support, discounts for local businesses and attractions, travel allowances and subsidized meals.

Key responsibilities

• Establishing and maintaining customer relationships
• Preparing and supporting production campaigns
• Processing change requests and deviations under GMP
• Supporting customer audits and inspections by authorities
• Calculating and monitoring QC costs in the project
• Independent coordination, prioritization and scheduling of tasks

Key requirements

• PhD or equivalent experience in the Life Sciences (Biology, Biochemistry or Pharmaceutical Sciences)
• Work experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnological GMP environment and in Quality Control is a strong Plus
• Your assertive, clear and direct communication style allows you to work closely with different collaborators in a professional manner. You enjoy working with many people in various business areas and bring solid organizational and project management skills to handle demanding projects.
• Proficient use of common software applications (MS Office) is required. Knowledge of individual pharmaceutical/laboratory software (e.g. Documentum, LIMS, Trackwise) is an advantage
• Proficiency in English essential, basic German skills needed (B1 level), and motivation to improve rapidly (free German language courses offered)

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.