Quality & Compliance Systems Team Lead (m/f/d)

• 15 October 2026
• 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Basel

Join Straumann Group, a leader in oral health. Benefit from a stimulating environment focused on innovation and growth.

Tasks ##

• Lead the Document Control & Training team to ensure compliance.
• Manage quality processes and continuously improve systems.
• Act as an expert during audits and support digitalization.

Skills ##

• University degree in quality or a relevant scientific field.
• Experience in quality management in the medical sector.
• Project management and process digitalization skills.

Are you ready to unleash your potential? At Straumann Group, we are committed to an exciting adventure of growth, innovation, and impact - driven by our mission to improve oral health and transform millions of lives around the world. United by a common goal, we give our best every day, adopting a culture of high performance and active learning that inspires collaboration, curiosity, and ambition. Here, you will have the opportunity to take charge of your own career, leveraging your skills, passion, and enthusiasm for learning to grow and progress continuously. Together, we are not just shaping brighter smiles, we are unleashing the potential of people everywhere, including our own.

As Quality & Compliance Systems Team Lead (m/f/d), you will lead our Document Control & Training team and serve as the Global Business Process Owner for Document Control & Training within Straumann Group.

In this role, you will ensure effective governance, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of these critical quality processes. Combining team leadership and global process responsibility, you will collaborate with different functions and companies within the Group to maintain robust, harmonized, and future-ready quality systems.

You will also act as a subject matter expert during third-party audits, support audit management as a Front Office or Back Office lead, contribute to management reviews and KPI reporting, and drive quality system improvement and digitalization initiatives.

Your role

• Lead the Document Control & Training team, responsible for managing applicable QMS documents, regulatory documents, and standards at the Straumann Group, Straumann Company, and Design Center Basel level
• Ensure effective document lifecycle management, controlled distribution, training assignment, and change adequacy assessment in accordance with applicable procedures
• Guarantee that QMS training is correctly assigned, completed, and documented
• Ensure the effective implementation and maintenance of the electronic Quality Management System (eQMS) for QMS documentation
• As Global Business Process Owner for Document Control & Training, ensure that eQMS tools and processes meet applicable regulatory requirements and evolve according to new regulations and new areas of the product portfolio
• Establish and monitor global KPIs for Document Control & Training
• Facilitate regular exchanges between business experts from different Group companies to drive improvements, clarify change requests, assess impacts, and share best practices
• Maintain the Group-level Document Control & Training Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and promote harmonized processes within Group companies
• Support the deployment of Document Control & Training processes in new entities and contribute to eQMS validation activities
• Manage the document review process at the Straumann Group level and ensure the effective integration of Group documents into local Quality Management Systems
• Act as a subject matter expert for your assigned quality process area during third-party audits, including international health authority audits
• Serve as Back Office or Front Office lead, depending on assignment, supporting the global audit lead in the effective execution of audits
• Lead or contribute to small and medium-scale projects aimed at improving the Quality System, including continuous improvement and digitalization initiatives
• Support the preparation and execution of management reviews for Design Center Basel and Straumann Company, collaborating with business process owners to compile required KPIs

Your profile

• A university degree or equivalent qualification in quality, medicine, pharmacy, engineering, IT, or another relevant scientific discipline
• At least five years of professional experience in quality management or regulatory affairs in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry
• Team management experience
• Expert knowledge of regulations and standards applicable to medical devices, including ISO 13485, Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR), FDA 21 CFR Part 820 Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR), and regulations applicable in MDSAP participating jurisdictions
• Experience working with document management systems in a regulated environment
• Proven experience in project management
• Demonstrated ability to use digitalization such as powerBI, power automation, and generative AI to improve quality management processes
• Written and oral proficiency in English, other languages are a plus

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