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Senior GMP Manufacturing & AI Advisor (remote)

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on leveraging AI to enhance manufacturing and quality processes in GMP-regulated environments. You will act as a trusted advisor, identifying and implementing AI-driven improvements while ensuring compliance with evolving regulations. The position serves clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and animal health industries.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of hands-on GMP manufacturing experience within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or animal health industry.
  • Proven operational experience in Production, Quality Assurance, MS&T, or Engineering, including batch execution, deviation management, and regulatory inspections.
  • Demonstrated experience delivering AI or advanced analytics use cases within GMP environments during the last 24 months.
  • Expertise in Generative AI or AI agent solutions within GxP-regulated processes.
  • Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze the end-to-end autogenous vaccine development process and identify operational bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and decision-making challenges.
  • Assess opportunities for AI-driven solutions, including predictive analytics, document automation, workflow optimization, and decision support systems.
  • Develop and prioritize AI initiatives based on feasibility, business value, and implementation potential.
  • Support the establishment of a regulatory-compliant organization aligned with current and emerging AI regulations.

Key facts

  • Remote from: Anywhere
  • Freelance
  • Senior (5-10 years)
  • AI Engineer
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Analytical Thinking

About the company

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Coopers Group AG

  • 51–200
Welcome to Coopers! We are a Swiss recruiting agency with a global reach. We support well-known organisations by finding managers and specialists in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering and Life Sciences. We are a competent partner in recruiting and help our clients finding the right personalities with the expertise they need and with the attitude that fits best with their company culture. Coopers supports candidates throughout the entire application process. Our work is not finished once we have successfully placed a person – we focus on a long-term partnership with our candidates. We care about our people. Whether candidates need support to find a place to live or need help with other administrational issues, our team is thinking outside the box and has a reputation for always having an answer. We believe that there are no problems – only solutions! Would you like to know more? Please get in contact with us. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Your Coopers Team PS: We can also support your international recruiting projects as we are the Swiss representative of the international recruiting and executive search network Talentor International. All infos can be found on our homepage coopers.ch

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Job description

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For our client in Zurich, we are looking for an experienced Senior GMP Manufacturing & AI Advisor (remote).

We are looking for an professional who combines deep GMP manufacturing expertise with hands-on experience in Artificial Intelligence within regulated pharmaceutical environments. The ideal candidate will act as a trusted advisor, helping to identify, assess, and implement AI-driven improvements across manufacturing and quality processes.

Your Tasks:

  • Analyze the end-to-end autogenous vaccine development process and identify operational bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and decision-making challenges
  • Assess opportunities for AI-driven solutions, including predictive analytics, document automation, workflow optimization, and decision support systems
  • Develop and prioritize AI initiatives based on feasibility, business value, and implementation potential
  • Support the establishment of a regulatory-compliant organization aligned with current and emerging AI regulations
  • Evaluate manufacturing sites and recommend pilot locations based on maturity assessments and operational readiness
  • Conduct stakeholder interviews and present executive-level recommendations and roadmaps
  • Contribute to the development of pilot programs and scalable AI deployment strategies within GMP-regulated environments

Your Profile:

  • 12+ years of hands-on GMP manufacturing experience within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or animal health industry
  • Proven operational experience in Production, Quality Assurance, MS&T, or Engineering, including batch execution, deviation management, and regulatory inspections
  • Demonstrated experience delivering AI or advanced analytics use cases within GMP environments during the last 24 months
  • Expertise in Generative AI or AI agent solutions within GxP-regulated processes
  • Strong knowledge of AI/ML validation, data integrity, and compliance frameworks including GAMP 5, CSA, 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, and ALCOA+
  • Experience conducting manufacturing site assessments and advising senior leadership teams
  • Up-to-date knowledge of evolving AI-related pharmaceutical regulations and GMP requirements
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex topics to executive audiences
  • Fluent in English

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