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Head of Quality Assurance

Singapore, Singapore
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At Takeda, Quality has always been a priority for us, throughout our long history. Today, what we do in Global Quality touches every part of our diverse organization. It’s reflected in our end-to-end Quality Management System that encompasses R&D, Manufacturing & Distribution, Commercial, Vaccines and our BioLife Plasma collection network. When you’re a part of our team, you’ll do meaningful work that makes an impact on the lives of patients. Learn more about us and explore the opportunities to build a remarkable career.

Job ID R0157967 Date posted 07/13/2025 Location Singapore, Singapore

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Job Description

About the role:
The Associate Director Quality Operations is responsible for ensuring the quality of processes and product outputs. This role involves defining activities, processes, and standards to meet quality requirements, auditing and monitoring processes, and ensuring compliance with corporate and customer quality standards. By maintaining high-quality standards, this role supports Takeda's mission to bring better health to people and a brighter future to the world.

How you will contribute:
* Define and specify activities, processes, and standards to fulfill quality requirements
* Audit, monitor, and determine the quality of processes or outputs against defined standards
* Conduct product integrity testing to ensure compliance with quality requirements
* Report on process deviations and defects
* Manage and lead teams and projects, ensuring operational success
* Influence organizational goals and maintain frequent communication with peers and customers
* Tackle complex problems and meet budgets and schedules

Skills and qualifications:
* Independently implements Corrective And Preventive Action strategies in routine and moderately complex situations, identifying flaws and formulating preventive measures with minimal guidance.
* Conducts audits independently in routine and moderately complex situations, with a comprehensive understanding of auditing principles and minimal guidance.
* Applies safety assurance practices independently in routine and moderately complex situations with minimal guidance.
* Conducts investigations in routine and moderately complex scenarios, applying key techniques with minimal guidance.
* Applies Quality Management Systems independently in routine and moderately complex situations, with a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and minimal guidance needed.
* Executes Quality Assurance principles independently in routine and moderately complex situations with minimal guidance.
* Executes change control procedures for routine and moderately complex changes with minimal guidance.
* Utilizes advanced decision-making skills to complex situations, provides recommendations, and mentors others in decision-making processes.
* Manages tasks requiring high attention to detail, independently addresses complex scenarios, and advises others on maintaining precision.
* Applies Continuous Improvement Process principles in routine and moderately complex situations with minimal guidance, showing a comprehensive understanding of the concepts and methodologies.
* Carries out routine and moderately complex tasks in manufacturing operations, with a comprehensive understanding of production processes.
* Writes independently across routine and some complex scenarios with a good grasp of grammar, punctuation, and structure, requiring minimal guidance.

As a leader of a functional area or organization, you will set objectives, delegate tasks, and ensure operational success, with reviews by senior management. You will also help shape company policies, tackle complex problems, and meet budgets and schedules. Your responsibilities include managing projects, influencing organizational goals, maintaining frequent communication with peers and customers, and leading teams and projects, serving as a best practice/quality resource.

Locations

SGP - Singapore - Woodlands

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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