QA Manager, QP
Orion PharmaAbout your role
As a QP, your tasks will include approving batches for sale and assessing deviations and changes. You will be responsible for quality assurance activities in your area, such as product quality reviews and document approvals, and you will participate in quality meetings and operation development. You will work closely with production, quality control, and product lifecycle management organizations. Your workplace is located at Orionβs Espoo plant. The job mainly requires on-site work, but you can work part of the time remotely according to our hybrid model.Β
What we offer
We offer you a position at the heart of Orionβs operations, as ensuring the quality, reliability, and safety of our products and operations is one of the cornerstones of our activities. Your role will be diverse and challenging, and you will have the opportunity to develop yourself as an expert in the quality aspects of industrial drug manufacturing.
At Orion, your work creates true impact and well-being for our customers, patients and society at large.Β βΒ βOur culture of friendliness, respect, mutual appreciation and diversity creates a safe working environment where you can strive for excellence. We offer a wealth of career paths and development opportunities that support the development of innovative solutions and improving the quality of life.
Please visit our website to find further information about our values and Orion as an employerΒ https://www.orion.fi/en/careers/orion-as-an-employer/.
Our expectations
We require you to have a master's degree in pharmacy or another suitable higher education degree (e.g., a degree in pharmacy supplemented with specialization studies in industrial pharmacy) and good readiness to achieve QP qualification through work experience. Experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in drug production or quality assurance or quality control tasks, is an advantage. Knowledge of different parts of the supply chain is also considered an advantage. The position requires knowledge of GMP basics. You get along well with different people, are convincing, have negotiation skills, and are proactive. You are curious, willing to learn new things, and take responsibility as part of the whole. You can manage your work and have excellent teamwork skills. Quality, reliability, and safety are important values to you. Successful performance in the position requires good proficiency in Finnish and English.Β Β
How to apply and additional information
Interested? Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than October 12, 2025.Β
For more information about the position, please contact QA Director Salla Puhakka, tel. 050 966 4410 (best available on Tuesday October 1, between 12-14 and Friday October 3, between 14-15.30).
We typically review applications already during the application period and may start interviewing candidates before the application deadline. Therefore, we invite you to send your application as soon as possible.
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Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment. We will also carry out a security clearance prior to the employment for the selected person.
Quality management (QM)Β is responsible for ensuring the quality of materials, products and operations, as well as maintaining and developing the quality system and monitoring the regulatory environment. Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety unit is responsible for the global pharmacovigilance system of Orion Corporation and for the continuous safety surveillance, regulatory reporting and safety risk management activities of human and veterinary medicinal and non-medicinal products.
The QMΒ function consists of about 350 experts who work in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality System, Method Development and the Pharmacovigilance & Drug safety unit. We are located in Espoo, Turku, Salo and Kuopio plants, in addition to the Quality Assurance team in India reporting dotted-line to QM.