Dr. Reddy’s Lab Require Vertical Head Quality - Pharmacy / Life Sciences apply

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a leading multinational pharmaceutical company based across global locations. Each of our 24,000 plus employees comes to work every day for one collective purpose: to accelerate access to affordable and innovative medicines because Good Health Can’t Wait.

Post : Vertical Head Quality - CTO

Job Description
Job Summary
This role is for a Head of Quality – API Vertical, responsible for defining and executing the quality strategy across QA, QC, functions to ensure alignment with commercial and manufacturing goals, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in API vertical operations.

Roles & Responsibilities
• You will be responsible for developing and executing the quality strategy and action plans for API Business Quality, aligning them with commercial and manufacturing goals, and driving simplification, automation, and capability building across QA and QC functions.
• You will be responsible for reviewing plant QA and QC operations through periodic reports and meetings, identifying trends in non-conformances, audit findings, and complaints, and providing guidance for corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• You will be responsible for establishing and monitoring systems, SOPs, and performance metrics for In-Process QA, Change Control, and quality culture initiatives, including rewards, consequence management, and competency development.
• You will be responsible for supporting and guiding QA, QC (Development and Commercial), and External Manufacturing teams, resolving escalated issues, and serving as a backup for QA/QC heads during audits or critical activities.
• You will be responsible for building and maintaining quality systems for external partners, conducting audits, signing off on quality agreements, and ensuring compliance with API quality standards through training and communication.
• You will be responsible for overseeing internal and external audits, acting as audit host for regulatory inspections, driving audit response and CAPA closure processes, and ensuring all-time audit readiness.
• You will be responsible for leading risk management initiatives by identifying quality risks across processes, developing mitigation strategies, and overseeing investigations and impact assessments of critical discrepancies.
• You will be responsible for managing talent development within the quality function, including goal setting, performance reviews, training needs assessment, recruitment, retention planning, and capability building aligned with future business needs.

Candidate Profile
Educational qualification : Masters in Pharmacy/ Life Sciences/ Chemical Engineering is mandatory
Minimum work experience : 20+ years of experience

Skills & attributes &Critical exposures
Functional Skills
• Audit Management
• Regulatory Inspections
• Supplier Quality Management
• Technology transfer

Resident Skills
• Product Quality (QA/QC)
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPS)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Risk Management

Behavioural Skills
• Collaboration & Communication – Proactively engages cross-functional teams to ensure alignment throughout product documentation and review cycles.
• Process Ownership – Demonstrates accountability for documentation quality, compliance, and continuous improvements in MES and PAS-X systems.
• Adaptability & Learning Agility – Quickly absorbs technical concepts, responds to regulatory changes, and supports training and integration in evolving manufacturing environments.
Critical exposures
• Experience in risk management, including Enterprise Risk Management, risk assessment programs and crisis management, is desired.
• Experience in Supply Chain Quality Assurance, Contract Manufacturing Quality Management and product quality & compliance oversight, including pharmacovigilance, is desired.
• Exposure to strategic laboratory management, CMO operations and planning the global and regional quality roadmap is preferred
• Exposure to Quality Transformation Initiatives - Leading large-scale quality transformation programs, driving innovation and process excellence is preferred.
• Exposure to customer quality requirements and serve as a primary point of contact for customer regarding quality and compliance related issues and enquiries

Additional Information
Experience : 20+ years
Qualification : Masters in Pharmacy / Life Sciences
Location : Visakhapatnam
Industry Type : Pharma/ Healthcare/ Clinical research
Functional Area : Quality General
End Date : 30th January 2026