POSITION: HEAD OF QUALITY

LOCATION: BABA DOGO, RUARAKA

Our client, Dawa Life Sciences, is a leading Kenyan life sciences company specializing in pharmaceuticals and animal health, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and compliance across the group. They are looking to recruit a Head of Quality to provide strategic leadership across their Quality Assurance, Quality Control and regulatory compliance functions.

JOB PURPOSE:

As Head of Quality, you will be the Management’s Representative for Quality — accountable for an effective Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) that safeguards patient safety, product quality and regulatory compliance across the group. You will set the quality agenda and drive a culture of quality excellence, continuous improvement, data integrity and inspection readiness throughout the organization.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set and deliver the company's Quality Strategy, aligned to corporate objectives.
• Lead and continuously improve the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS).
• Oversee the Quality Assurance and Quality Control functions, ensuring compliance with PIC/S GMP, applicable regional GMP and ISO standards.
• Act as final quality authority for batch disposition and product release.
• Lead regulatory inspections and audits, serving as the primary quality contact.
• Drive quality risk management and ALCOA++ data integrity across products, processes and suppliers.
• Lead, coach and develop high-performing QA and QC teams.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND & CAREER EXPERIENCE:

• A Master’s Degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Registered Pharmacist with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) Kenya.
• Minimum 10 years' pharmaceutical industry experience, including at least 8 years in senior quality leadership.
• Proven experience leading both QA and QC functions within GMP manufacturing environments.
• Track record of managing regulatory inspections and audits; multi-site experience highly desirable.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, decision-making and stakeholder management skills.

NOTE: To view the full job description, kindly click on the following link: Job-Description-Head-of-Quality.pdf

To apply, kindly send your application to [email protected] by 2^nd AUGUST 2026 with HEAD OF QUALITY as the email subject and indicate your expected Gross salary in your application.

All applicants are advised to adhere to the application guidelines for consideration. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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