At the Vitrolife Group, we work every day to unlock the full potential of science and technology to reduce the barriers towards building a family. Together we help our customers and their patients to fulfill the dream of having a healthy baby.
We are now looking for a visionary and experienced Global Head of Quality Assurance & Quality Control to lead the next chapter in our journey. This is a rare opportunity to shape and unify quality strategy across our full value chain — from development to delivery — in a complex, fast-moving MedTech environment.
You will play a pivotal role in transforming fragmented systems into a harmonized global platform, championing regulatory excellence, digital innovation, and a culture of continuous improvement. If you're driven by purpose, inspired by complexity, and ready to lead through change, we want to hear from you. You will preferably be located in one of our hubs; Valencia, Aarhus or Gothenburg.
About the role & key responsibilities
The responsibility is to lead the global transformation and harmonization of QA/QC across all entities, products, and labs — ensuring excellence, compliance, and consistency in a complex, regulated environment.
Strategic Quality Leadership
- Define and drive global QA/QC strategy aligned with company transformation.
- Foster a culture of transparency, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Represent the company to global regulatory bodies and certification organizations.
- Ensure licensing, inspection readiness, and global audit coordination.
- Build a harmonized QMS platform integrating legacy systems.
- Standardize procedures and lead non-conformance, audit, CAPA, and risk programs.
- Oversee product/service testing standards across manufacturing and labs.
- Ensure material, process, and final product inspections globally.
- Lead cost-of-quality improvements and introduce digital quality tools.
- Support real-time monitoring and data-driven decision-making.
- Align QA/QC with R&D, RA, Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial.
- Drive post-merger quality integration and unified KPI alignment.
- Proven strategic leadership experience and cross-functional influence.
- Deep knowledge of quality systems, audits, risk, and compliance.
- Exceptional stakeholder communication, from shop floor to boardroom.
- A mindset for transformation, integration, and quality excellence.
- 10+ years in either MedTech, Diagnostics, or Pharma quality leadership.
- Experienced in global QA/QC Management and multi-site oversight.
- Expertise in regulatory frameworks and QMS harmonization.
MSc or BSc in Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field.
- Fluent in English (additional languages is a plus).
Vitrolife Group is a global provider of medical devices and genetic services. Based on science and advanced research capabilities, we develop services and products for personalised genetic information and medical device products. We support our customers by improving their clinical practice for the patient's outcome of a fertility treatment.
We are currently approximately 1 100 colleagues worldwide, with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Vitrolife Group's products and services are available in more than 125 countries through our own presence in 25 countries and a network of distributors. Vitrolife Group is a sustainable market leader and aims to be the preferred partner for IVF-clinics by providing superior products and services with the vision of fulfilling the dream of having a baby. The Vitrolife share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
