MSAT Validation Expert (m/f/d)  

 Location: Visp (VS)
„ Contract: Temporary ? Maternity Leave Cover
­ Industry: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

Join one of the world's leading life sciences companies! For our client Lonza in Visp, we are looking for an experienced MSAT Validation Expert to support process and cleaning validation activities within a large-scale mammalian manufacturing facility.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and support process and cleaning validation strategies for manufacturing projects.
• Author and review validation protocols, reports, and technical documentation in compliance with cGMP and regulatory requirements.
• Review and approve process- and cleaning-related documents.
• Support validation execution and provide technical guidance to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Evaluate validation results, assess compliance with acceptance criteria, and support deviation investigations.
• Act as the Validation Subject Matter Expert (SME) for non-conformities and change controls.
• Prepare and support Performance Qualification (PQ) studies.
• Represent Validation in customer meetings, inspections, and regulatory audits.
• Contribute to the development of SOPs and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your Profile

• Master's or PhD in Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Biochemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Solid experience in process validation within a cGMP-regulated biopharmaceutical environment.
• Experience in cleaning validation is a strong advantage.
• Proven project management experience within MSAT, Validation, or Quality.
• Good understanding of upstream and downstream manufacturing processes, ideally in mammalian cell culture.
• Experience with process development, technology transfer, scale-up, or manufacturing.
• Familiarity with regulatory expectations (FDA, Swissmedic, EMA, etc.).
• Strong technical writing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent English is required; German is considered an asset.

We Offer

• Opportunity to join a globally recognized biopharmaceutical company.
• Dynamic and international working environment.
• Challenging and highly technical role with cross-functional collaboration.
• Attractive temporary assignment covering maternity leave.

Interested?
We look forward to receiving your application and discussing this exciting opportunity with you.