Your role
We are looking for two QA Pharmacists join Quality Assurance External Supply department. Your position is located at Espoo plant. This is a fixed-term position from August 2026 to December 2027.
Responsibilities
Your main responsibility is to inspect batch documentation of manufactured and packaged batches and to perform finished product inspection. You will work as a quality specialist in close cooperation within a broad network both inside Orion and with external partners. After onboarding, the role supports hybrid working in line with Orion's working model.
What you can expect from us
We offer interesting and challenging expert positions where you will gain a broad and comprehensive understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing and quality assurance. We face challenges together, strive for excellence, and build the future by developing tomorrow's solutions with our customers.
At Orion, your work creates true impact and well-being for our customers, patients and society at large. Our culture of friendliness, respect, mutual appreciation and diversity creates a safe working environment where you can strive for excellence. We offer a wealth of career paths and development opportunities that support the development of innovative solutions and improving the quality of life.
Please visit our website to find further information about our values and Orion as an employer https://www.orion.fi/en/careers/orion-as-an-employer/.
What are we looking for?
To succeed in this role, you should have:
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Bachelor's degree in pharmacy
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Fluency in Finnish
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Proficiency in English
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Strong teamwork and adaptability skills
Previous experience in the pharmaceutical industry is considered an advantage.
How to apply
If you are interested, please submit your application via our website no later than May 24, 2026. We typically review applications already during the application period and may start interviewing candidates before the application deadline.
For more information about the position, please contact
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Johannes Räsänen, QA Specialist, Team Leader, tel. +358 50 966 4719 on May 13 (12-13) and May 15 (14-15)
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Anniina Herrala, QA Specialist, Team Leader, tel. +358 50 966 2503 on May 18 (12-13) and May 19 (14-15)
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Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment.
Your new team
Quality management (QM) is responsible for ensuring the quality of materials, products and operations, as well as maintaining and developing the quality system and monitoring the regulatory environment. Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety unit is responsible for the global pharmacovigilance system of Orion Corporation and for the continuous safety surveillance, regulatory reporting and safety risk management activities of human and veterinary medicinal and non-medicinal products.
The QM function consists of about 350 experts who work in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality System, Method Development and the Pharmacovigilance & Drug safety unit. We are located in Espoo, Turku, Salo and Kuopio plants, in addition to the Quality Assurance team in India reporting dotted-line to QM.
The purpose of quality assurance is to ensure the quality of operations, products, and materials at all stages of manufacturing and quality control. Quality assurance is responsible for the approval and release of pharmaceutical products for sale. Other key tasks of the department include ensuring compliance with GMP, as well as the evaluation and approval of documents. In total, about 30 people work in Quality Assurance External Supply department.
About Us
Orion Pharma is a globally operating Nordic pharmaceutical company - a builder of well-being for over a hundred years.
We're home to more than 4,000 Orionees around the world, and we're proud to be known as a responsible employer and a great place to work. At Orion Pharma, people are truly valued and trusted, encouraged to grow, and supported by a culture where every voice is heard. We appreciate each other, strive for excellence, and build the future.
Together we develop, manufacture, and market human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Our extensive portfolio includes proprietary and generic medicines as well as consumer health products. The core therapy areas of our pharmaceutical R&D are oncology and pain. Proprietary products developed by Orion Pharma are used to treat cancer, neurological diseases, respiratory diseases, and more.
We offer careers with a clear purpose: empowering people to live their lives to the fullest.