Director Product Quality

Job Title: Director Product Quality Location : Liverpool, the UK Salary:  Competitive plus benefits   Introduction to role: Are you ready to reinvent how Quality drives product excellence and patient impact? As Director Product Quality, you will lead the strategy and execution of quality across the full product lifecycle, with immediate influence on a high-profile franchise and a rich pipeline. You will accelerate our Lean evolution by using evidence, models, and data to make decisions that improve reliability, reduce risk, and get medicines to patients faster.   This role suits a decisive, science-led professional who can move seamlessly from policy to practice offering quick expert support to partners, building strong cross-functional networks, and shaping development strategy. You will plan, coordinate, and implement scientific quality systems; analyze data trends to uncover risk and opportunity; and oversee initiatives that lift performance. Will you lead change and champion emerging technologies to raise the bar for quality and speed to patients? Accountabilities: • Enterprise Quality Leadership: Represent Quality on global teams, acting as the liaison for the entire Quality function for the Flu Franchise and other products, ensuring alignment and clear decision-making that protects patients and supply. • Flu Franchise Stewardship: Support the Flu Franchise governance team and drive effective information flow to CMC, Quality Product Teams, and site quality leads, translating strategy into phase-appropriate execution. • Cross-Functional Integration: Act as the communication bridge between development, CMC, Quality, and Operations to remove barriers, synchronize priorities, and secure right-first-time outcomes. • Strategy Enablement: Engage collaborators to implement CMC strategies and escalate Quality constraints early, enabling faster cycle times and robust product plans. • End-to-End Product Insight: Maintain Quality understanding from cell and viral banking through post-release events, connecting critical control points to patient outcomes. • Risk-Based Guidance: Provide data-driven, phase-appropriate Quality advice to the CMC Team to manage risk proactively and enable confident decision-making. • Regulatory Leadership: Review and approve regulatory filings as needed, safeguarding compliance and supporting successful submissions globally. • Quality Product Team Leadership: Lead the Quality Product Team to resolve product quality challenges and capitalize on opportunities that strengthen robustness and supply. • Standards and Procedures: Contribute to development procedures in your area of specialism and provide technical input into global standards to drive consistency and excellence. • Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance business processes and Quality systems, championing Lean ways of working that raise productivity and quality outcomes. • External Influence: Participate in external engagement to shape CMC strategies and reflect best practice back into our standards. • Coaching and Mentorship: Support and mentor colleagues across the wider Quality team, building capability and a culture of accountability and kindness.   Essential Skills/Experience: • Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Engineering or equivalent experience in related field • Experience in multiple areas of quality assurance within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment • Confirmed work experience in Quality • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills • Experience interacting with global Regulatory Bodies • Solid understanding and application of CMC related regulatory guidances (e.g., ICH, FDA, EMA, MHRA)   Desirable Skills/Experience: • Post-graduate qualification • Advanced degre