Senior Pharmaceutical Quality Specialist

Job Title: Senior Pharmaceutical Quality Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Pharmaceutical Quality Specialist to support pharmaceutical quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across pharmaceutical products, processes, and quality management systems. The successful candidate will help maintain compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Distribution Practices (GDP), applicable regulatory requirements, and established quality standards.

This fully remote role is suited to a quality professional with strong pharmaceutical industry knowledge, excellent analytical skills, and experience managing quality documentation, deviations, corrective and preventive actions, audits, and risk assessments. The role focuses on remote quality oversight, documentation review, regulatory coordination, and quality system improvement, with any required physical inspections or laboratory activities performed by qualified local personnel.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve pharmaceutical quality management systems in accordance with applicable regulations, internal procedures, and industry standards.
• Review and assess standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality manuals, specifications, validation documents, and other controlled documentation.
• Support compliance with GMP, GDP, Good Documentation Practices, and other relevant pharmaceutical quality requirements.
• Review deviations, nonconformances, out-of-specification results, and out-of-trend results, ensuring appropriate investigation and documentation.
• Coordinate corrective and preventive action (CAPA) plans, monitor implementation progress, and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Support change control processes by assessing proposed changes to products, processes, equipment, documentation, and quality systems.
• Review batch documentation, product quality records, and manufacturing or distribution records remotely, where permitted by applicable procedures.
• Assist with product quality reviews, trend analysis, complaint investigations, and the identification of recurring quality issues.
• Support supplier qualification, vendor quality assessments, and review of supplier audit reports and quality agreements.
• Coordinate internal and external quality audits, regulatory inspection preparation, audit responses, and follow-up actions.
• Assist with risk assessments related to product quality, patient safety, manufacturing processes, and distribution activities.
• Review product specifications, stability documentation, validation reports, and other technical records within the scope of the role.
• Support the management and investigation of pharmaceutical product complaints, quality defects, and potential product recalls.
• Collaborate with regulatory affairs, manufacturing, supply chain, quality control, pharmacovigilance, and other cross-functional teams.
• Monitor relevant regulatory updates and communicate their potential impact on pharmaceutical quality processes.
• Prepare quality performance reports, audit summaries, CAPA metrics, and management review documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve documentation accuracy, process consistency, compliance monitoring, and quality system efficiency.
• Provide guidance to junior quality team members on documentation standards, investigation methods, and quality procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in pharmaceutical quality assurance, quality management, quality compliance, or a related pharmaceutical function.
• Strong understanding of GMP, GDP, Good Documentation Practices, and pharmaceutical quality management systems.
• Familiarity with applicable UAE pharmaceutical regulatory requirements and relevant international standards, including requirements issued by recognized regulatory authorities.
• Experience managing deviations, CAPAs, change controls, quality investigations, and document control activities.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging, storage, distribution, and product lifecycle quality requirements.
• Experience reviewing quality documentation, validation records, batch documentation, supplier assessments, and audit reports.
• Understanding of risk management principles and their application to pharmaceutical quality and patient safety.
• Familiarity with electronic quality management systems (eQMS), document management platforms, and quality reporting tools.
• Strong analytical, investigative, organizational, and technical writing skills.
• Ability to interpret quality data, identify trends, and recommend evidence-based corrective actions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to coordinate effectively across remote teams.
• Relevant professional certifications or additional training in pharmaceutical quality assurance, GMP, auditing, or quality management are advantageous.
• Ability to handle confidential technical and regulatory information responsibly and work independently in a fully remote environment.

What We Offer

• A 100% remote, work-from-home arrangement.
• A full-time senior-level opportunity in pharmaceutical quality assurance and regulatory compliance.
• Opportunities to contribute to quality system improvements and pharmaceutical compliance initiatives.
• Ongoing professional development in pharmaceutical regulations, quality management, and industry best practices.
• A collaborative remote working environment focused on product quality, patient safety, and continuous improvement.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their pharmaceutical quality assurance experience, GMP/GDP knowledge, quality management system expertise, and relevant professional qualifications.

Application Subject: Application – Senior Pharmaceutical Quality Specialist (UAE Remote)

• Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer. This position is structured for fully remote quality oversight and documentation-based activities. Any laboratory testing, physical product inspection, manufacturing-floor assessment, or other on-site activity must be performed by qualified local personnel in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and approved procedures.