Job detail for Batch release lead

Batch release lead (Fixed-term contract)

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Job Title: Quality Assurance Pharmacist / Batch release lead, pharmaceutical production site

• Location: Ambarès, France (near Bordeaux)
• 14-month fixed-term contract (CDD)

About the role:

As a Product Quality Assurance Pharmacist within the Quality department of the Sanofi Ambarès (33) production site, you will guarantee product quality and certify batches of semi-finished and finished products.

This is a shift-work position with a 2x12-hour schedule, alternating between day and night shifts every other weekend (8 PM - 8 AM / 8 AM - 8 PM). Ready to get started?

The Ambarès site, where this position is located, is part of the "New Product Launches" group of sites, which is integrated into the "General Medicines" Global Business Unit of Sanofi. The Ambarès site has the unique feature of a dual mandate: producing daily medications of major therapeutic interest for patients, while also ensuring the success of new product launches. Indeed, the site is a true launch platform for new medicines.

About Sanofi:

Sanofi is an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by turning impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions.

**Key **

Product Quality Assurance:

• Certifies, by delegation, batches of manufactured products in accordance with GMP, group standards, and marketing authorizations
• Processes Quality documentation for status changes and manages status changes in real-time within the ERP and LIMS
• Is present on the shop floor to assist with the application of GMP and problem-solving, and conducts Quality Basics
• Ensures the follow-up and closure of deviations, CAPAs, effectiveness reviews, and change controls within deadlines

System Quality Assurance:

• Ensures that procedures applied within their scope of activity are valid, respected, and compliant with group standards
• Participates in the delivery of GMP training

Quality Control:

• Supervises two Quality Control technicians
• Participates in the processing of laboratory investigations: initiates laboratory investigations in the event of anomalies and authorizes the re-launch of analytical controls based on the investigations conducted
• Releases packaging materials and raw materials

Continuous Improvement:

• Proposes actions to improve the performance of quality processes
• Works with Production to ensure that performance improvement actions are compliant with GMP

About you

• Experience: Minimum of 2 years in a similar position in Quality Assurance or Production at an industrial pharmaceutical site
• Technical skills: Expertise in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and quality assurance principles
• Knowledge of investigation methodologies
• Soft skills: Rigor, reliability, autonomy
• Proactive, customer-service oriented
• Ability to make decisions based on risk management principles

What we offer you:

A fixed salary over 12 months, as well as profit-sharing and incentives based on the results of the Sanofi Group.

Because taking care of our employees is also our mission: 31 days of paid leave + RTT days depending on your status, remote work up to 2 days/week, high-quality health insurance, 80% coverage of public transport costs; maternity leave (18 weeks) and partner leave (14 weeks), Savings Plans & Retirement Plans with employer matching, CSE benefits, internal and international mobility opportunities, a customizable training offer to support you throughout your career, and many other benefits to discover here.

Education:

• Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent, allowing registration with the CNOP for batch certification

Languages:

• Fluent French and English

Why choose us?

• Transform lives around the world by ensuring the quality of essential treatments and the launch of new products
• Evolve in an environment where you can grow, thrive, and have a real impact
• Work with innovative digital tools
• Develop new skills within an organization that values continuous learning
• Benefit from exceptional perks, including wellness programs

Always progressing. Discovering the extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and enter a new era of science – where your journey can be as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you so that you can go further, accelerate your thinking, and achieve what has never been done before. You will contribute to pushing boundaries, challenging conventions, and designing smarter solutions for the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's pursue progress and discover the extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we believe in equal opportunities, without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other criteria protected by law.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

The salary range for this position is :€42 400,00 - €56 533

Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.