Head of Quality – Compliance

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🌐 Nigeria, Kenya – Remote

🇳🇬 Nigeria – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Axmed

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11 - 50 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Axmed is a company dedicated to revolutionizing access to essential medicines, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Through its innovative Axmed Medicines Platform, the company operates a marketplace that aggregates demand for quality medicines, striving to make them accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of wealth status or geography. Additionally, Axmed offers global health advisory services, empowering pharmaceutical companies to expand their reach in LMICs with tailored access strategies. Partnering with both public and private sectors, Axmed bridges healthcare gaps globally, ensuring that critical medicines are within reach for underserved populations.

📋 Description

• Own quality assurance strategy and execution across Axmed's marketplace operations • Define and evolve the global Quality Assurance Programme and Quality Management System strategy • Align quality systems with GMP/GDP standards and WHO MQAS requirements across jurisdictions • Lead the digital-first Platform eQMS, including organisation and product qualification, validation, and QA release • Apply AI and data to dossier and CoA screening, anomaly detection, document review, and continuous monitoring • Build and manage the Quality function and develop an AI-literate team • Own and run risk-based internal and external audit programmes • Lead client and regulator inspections and supplier GMP/GDP audits • Maintain the enterprise Risk Register and report exposure and mitigation to the COO and ELT • Govern deviations, complaints, CAPA, and product recalls, including recall accountability where required • Ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements in each market of operation • Design and run the annual risk-based QC sampling programme • Partner with Regulatory Affairs, Commercial, and Technology on SOP adherence, programme reviews, and quality features • Represent Quality in executive commercial and regulatory decisions • Champion company-wide quality and compliance training, coaching, and continuous improvement

🎯 Requirements

• Strong working knowledge of GMP/GDP and pharmaceutical or medical device procurement quality systems, particularly WHO MQAS • Working command of EMA, Swissmedic, and FDA regulatory expectations • Direct experience of prequalification, supplier qualification, and product recall management • Experience owning and evolving a full electronic Quality Management System (eQMS), including documentation, SOPs, and records • Experience running external GMP/GDP audits and internal audit programmes • Track record of hosting and passing regulatory or client inspections • Experience applying data and AI to quality work; prior deployment of such tooling is an advantage • Ability to translate regulation into simple, usable processes • 10+ years of quality assurance experience in pharma and/or med tech supply chain or manufacturing, at global or multi-country level • Proven track record leading or building a quality function • Prior Head or Director of Quality Assurance experience, or equivalent seniority, preferred • Experience running or coordinating QC testing programmes in pharma or med tech • Experience in emerging markets and multi-country supply chain and regulatory compliance • Experience managing people and reporting to Executive Leadership Team or C-suite level • Familiarity with health procurement or global health supply chain sector is a strong plus • Practical experience using AI tools to improve quality or compliance workflows • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Pharm.D., or equivalent recognised qualification • Must already have the legal right to work in the country where based; no visa sponsorship or relocation support available • Comfortable working in a lean, remote-first startup environment with distributed teams across time zones

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited PTO • Monthly wellness allowance • Paid parental leave • Flexible working hours • Annual off-site retreats • Fully remote work • Competitive salaries • Opportunities for professional development and advancement • Mission-driven opportunity to improve healthcare equity