Validation & Equipment Compliance Manager (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing)

Location: Parma, Italy

Salary: €52,000–€65,000 per year, plus annual bonus eligibility and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group operating in more than 30 countries, with global manufacturing and supply operations across pharmaceutical production, engineering, quality, and supply chain management.

What you will do

• Provide Quality oversight and formal approval for qualification and validation activities across equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, computerized systems, cleaning procedures, and laboratory instruments.
• Lead the site Validation Program and oversee equipment and system lifecycle management, including qualification, maintenance, calibration, and validation change control.
• Review and approve validation documentation such as URS, DQ, FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ, PV, VPP, VFR, and the Validation Master Plan.
• Ensure GMP, regulatory, Data Integrity, and Computerized System Validation compliance across API and finished-product manufacturing operations.
• Coordinate risk assessments, process validation, cleaning validation, CAPA activities, inspections, audits, and regulatory submissions.
• Manage team planning, objectives, training, safety, departmental budgets, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a scientific or engineering discipline such as Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, or Engineering.
• 8–10 years of experience in pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing, Engineering, Production, Process Technology, QA Validation, Technical Services, or Quality Assurance.
• Extensive experience validating and qualifying equipment and systems in cGMP-regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of EU and FDA regulatory requirements, with experience supporting FDA/DEA or similar regulatory inspections.
• Experience managing validated or qualified systems, multiple projects, risk assessments, and compliant technical solutions.
• Strong decision-making, accountability, teamwork, interpersonal, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in cleaning validation.

Culture & Benefits

• Benefit Corporation and certified B Corp focused on sustainable innovation, reliability, transparency, and ethical behavior.
• Training, development resources, and coaching opportunities.
• Pension, private medical insurance, wellbeing programs, and flexible benefits.
• Work-life balance initiatives, flexible working arrangements, remote work options, and tax assistance services for foreign colleagues.
• Relocation support is available.