**Primary Job Function**: - The function is accountable for the overall local Quality and Compliance during the product development life cycle processes by ensuring related practices adhere to market(s) Health Authority regulatory requirements, international regulations as well as the Abbott Quality policies. - Act as QA Single Point of Contact (SPOC) on all clinical/development local project teams and act as liaison function with other QA functions. - Act as Quality SME in project teams. - Lead or participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives within I&D; QA. **Minimum Education**: Degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Microbiology, Engineering or other technical/scientific area **Minimum Experience**: Leadership & Ownership behaviors and Project management expertise combined with collaboration behavior to reach team goals Comprehensive understanding of a wide range of Pharmaceutical Lifecycle, Development, Testing and Clinical Operations, Risk Management Minimum 5 years combined experience in QA and/or Development/Operations/Pharmaceutical Engineering function in Pharmaceutical environment. Extensive knowledge of international and local pharmaceutical quality system and compliance, legislations and international and Abbott standards. Risk based, perceptual and analytical thinking related to: setting priorities, empower people, creative solutions, resources and facilities involvement. Result driven - decision maker Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing for both technical and non-technical audience. Teamwork attitude and capability of understanding and overcoming different cultural and language obstacles to provide solutions satisfying corporate, divisional and local objectives. Travel flexibility.