QA Manager - Specialty Lab - Remote, Belgium / Netherlands

Quality Assurance Manager – Specialty Lab - French Speaker

Location(s) – Remote in Belgium or the Netherlands

• Are you passionate about quality and compliance in a clinical laboratory setting?

• Do you thrive in a role where you can shape quality processes and ensure regulatory excellence?

• Looking for a high-impact opportunity within a global clinical research organization?

At Cerba Research, our Quality Assurance team is hiring. We are looking for a QA Manager – Specialty Lab to play a pivotal role in ensuring regulatory compliance and high-quality standards across our laboratory sites in France.

About Cerba Research

With over 40 years of clinical research expertise, Cerba Research has built a unique offering of services, which includes clinical trial management, specialty lab & biomarkers services and medical devices & diagnostics offerings.

Cerba Research supports clients from research and development all the way through clinical studies and commercialization of therapies. We combine the deep therapeutic understanding and agility of a specialist with the capacity, breadth and global reach of a central lab.

Our extensive experience in central & specialty laboratory services is key to our success, allowing us to provide clients with early scientific insights that optimize protocol development.

We provide key laboratory services to biopharma, government and not-for-profit organizations, supporting clinical trials. Our global accredited laboratory network and connected logistical infrastructure covers the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Australia and Africa.

Our aim is to transform clinical research to deliver the promise of precision and predictive medicine to help people live healthier lives. It’s our passion, expertise, and commitment to quality drive Cerba Research. We want to change the shape of clinical development, and help patients around the world get access to new treatments faster.

Why Join Us?

·       Global Scope – Work within an internationally recognized research organization with a broad impact.

·       Autonomy & Impact – Lead quality initiatives across multiple sites, influencing laboratory best practices.

·       Professional Growth – Gain exposure to global QA teams and regulatory compliance across different frameworks.

·       Dynamic Environment – Be part of a growing team, implementing new quality systems in a specialized lab setting.

How You Will Add Value

As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will play a key role in:

• Strengthening quality management systems across our specialty histopathology labs in France.

• Driving internal audits, supplier quality management, and CAPA implementation.

• Supporting the development and continuous improvement of QA processes.

• Collaborating with global QA teams, R&D, and project management teams to maintain compliance and efficiency.

Your Responsibilities

• Ensure regulatory adherence to GCLP, ISO 15189, GCP, and GLP standards.

• Oversee document control, procedural updates, and validation reports.

• Lead internal audits and coordinate external regulatory inspections.

• Manage non-conformance investigations and implement CAPA actions.

• Monitor quality performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities.

• Develop and deliver training programs for laboratory staff on QA standards.

• Work cross-functionally with PMs, R&D, and global QA teams to align quality initiatives.

Travel: Regular travel to France is required – initially on a weekly basis, then reducing to every 2-3 weeks.