We are seeking a strategic and forward-looking Head of Quality Medicine to lead the Medicine Quality function in Canada.

As a member of the Canadian Medicine Leadership Team, you will shape and oversee the local Quality Management System (QMS) while operating within a highly connected global Quality Medicine network. You will partner across functions, regions, and global teams to ensure quality is embedded in business decisions, enabling patient safety, data integrity, innovation,

This role requires a unique combination of quality expertise, strategic leadership, and the ability to foster a culture of openness, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.

The Head of Quality Medicine will help shape the future of quality in Canada by combining regulatory excellence with leadership, innovation, and intelligent risk‑taking. The successful candidate will strengthen an environment in which quality is owned across the organisation, learning leads to improvement, and proportionate quality approaches enable better outcomes for patients and the business.

This role is critical in ensuring that quality enables, rather than slows, innovation. Through modern quality management, intelligent risk-based decision making, and strong cross‑functional leadership, the successful candidate will help accelerate patient access to innovative medicines while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.

This job posting is for an existing vacant position.

The Position

We are seeking a strategic and forward-looking Head of Quality Medicine to lead the Medicine Quality function in Canada.

As a member of the Canadian Medicine Leadership Team, you will shape and oversee the local Quality Management System (QMS)



while operating within a highly connected global Quality Medicine network. You will partner across functions, regions, and global teams to ensure quality is embedded in business decisions, enabling patient safety, data integrity, innovation,

This role requires a unique combination of quality expertise, strategic leadership, and the ability to foster a culture of openness, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.

The Head of Quality Medicine will help shape the future of quality in Canada by combining regulatory excellence with leadership, innovation, and intelligent risk‑taking. The successful candidate will strengthen an environment in which quality is owned across the organisation, learning leads to improvement, and proportionate quality approaches enable better outcomes for patients and the business.

This role is critical in ensuring that quality enables, rather than slows, innovation. Through modern quality management, intelligent risk-based decision making, and robust cross‑functional leadership, the successful candidate will help accelerate patient access to innovative medicines while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.

This job posting is for an existing vacant position.

Responsibilities





- Lead and continuously evolve the Canadian Medicine QMS in alignment with the global Medicine QMS
- Drive a risk‑intelligent, data‑driven approach to quality and compliance, identifying strategic risks and implementing sustainable solutions
- Promote innovation, simplification, and modernisation of quality processes, systems, and oversight approaches
- Lead, coach, and develop the Quality Medicine team, ensuring the right capabilities, resources, and succession plans are in place
- Foster a quality culture built on openness, speaking up, learning, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Serve as a trusted quality partner to local and global leaders, strengthening collaboration across functions and geographies
- Lead inspection readiness, regulatory inspections, quality reviews, and organisational learning
- Represent the organisation within relevant industry associations and external forums to bring innovative practices and insights into the business

This position is based in the Burlington, Ontario office located at 5180 South Service Road and is flexible. Employees in flexible roles are required to be at the office a minimum of 50% of the time each month and must report to the office when requested and required by their Manager/Department.

Requirements

- Master's degree (or equivalent) in a scientific discipline such as Pharmacology, Life Sciences, or a related field
- Expert in ICH GCP and/or ICH GVP and applicable regulations, with 10+ years of experience in either clinical trial management and clinical development processes or pharmacovigilance and pharmacovigilance processes
- People leadership experience, including coaching, talent development, and succession planning
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📌 Head of Quality Medicine (Burlington)
🏢 Boehringer Ingelheim
📍 Burlington