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Job Description Summary

#LI-Hybrid

Location: Hyderabad, India

Relocation Support: This role is based in Hyderabad, India. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Great laboratories rely on more than advanced equipment. They rely on people who make quality, compliance, and continuous improvement part of every process. As a Quality Control Specialist, you’ll help strengthen laboratory operations by supporting equipment, documentation, analytical processes, and digital systems within a regulated environment. You’ll collaborate across functions, use tools such as SAP S/4HANA, and identify opportunities to make laboratory processes more efficient and reliable, helping ensure quality is built into the way we work every day.

 

Job Description

Obligatory Requirements:

• Support the introduction and continuous improvement of laboratory processes, analytical techniques, and equipment.
• Prepare, review, and maintain laboratory procedures and equipment-related documentation.
• Ensure laboratory activities comply with Good Manufacturing Practice requirements and internal quality standards.
• Use digital systems to strengthen documentation, reporting, tracking, and process efficiency.
• Support equipment and asset management activities using SAP S/4HANA and other relevant systems.
• Identify deviations and contribute to investigations, root-cause analysis, and effective corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient laboratory operations.
• Identify improvement opportunities that strengthen equipment performance, quality compliance, and operational effectiveness.

Essential Requirements:

• University degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Engineering, Mechatronics, Natural Sciences, or another relevant discipline.
• At least two years of relevant experience in a regulated laboratory, quality, production, or development environment.
• Strong understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice requirements and quality standards.
• Strong digital literacy with confidence using information technology systems, databases, and business applications.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in English, with strong communication, organizational, and coordination skills.

Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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