Francisca Lemos

Senior Manager Quality Compliance - R&D Quality at AMGEN Capability Center

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

About

Experience

  • Amgen (1 yr 3 mos)
    • Senior Manager Quality Compliance - R&D Quality
      Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    • Quality Compliance Manager - R&D Quality
      May 2025 - Dec 2025 · 8 mos

  • QA Lead, Client Engagement - Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance at Fortrea
    Jul 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Work with internal teams to progress quality issues in Quality Management System (QMS) • Tracks timeliness of quality issues in QMS • Support internal teams in creation of quality issues CAPA plans (including investigation, root cause analysis, CAPA actions and effectiveness checks) • Maintain strong working knowledge of QMS and applicable regulations • Interact with applicable internal team members for quality issues progression and client notifications • Pull metrics data, trending and tracking of quality issues • Interact with client QA counterparts to review QA-related topics (including status of quality issues and audit findings) on a frequent basis • Interact with client QA counterpart and client senior management during governance meetings, discussing QA topics that require escalation and presenting QA metrics review, as applicable • Support the creation/review of Quality Agreements as required • Support audit team during client audits or regulatory inspections as needed • Support the internal teams in GxP related questions as needed

  • QA Lead, Client Engagement - Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance at Labcorp Drug Development
    Jul 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs

  • CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services (Lisboa e Região, Portugal)
    • Auditor II, Quality Assurance
      Mar 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Quality Assurance Senior Associate
      Dec 2017 - Feb 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Eurotrials (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Quality Assurance Senior Associate
      Oct 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

      - Ensure that the quality system always complies with the applicable requirements (namely ISO 9001 and ICH-GCP) - Support in the definition of KPIs of Eurotrials Units, as well as suggesting additional KPIs for QA Unit - Responsible for revising Eurotrials Documents (namely SOPs) in order to ensure adequacy of all Units’ SOPs with Eurotrials Quality Management System - Support the elaboration and update of the Internal Quality Audit Planning - Perform oversight of Eurotrials staff’ training compliance in liaison with Human Resources Unit - Ensure the escalation of problems/ difficulties and supporting in the definition of potential solutions - Coaching and oversight of activities conducted by QA junior staff

    • Internal Quality Auditor
      Jul 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      - Performance of projects, processes and vendors audits as per the Annual Internal Quality Audit Plan - Performing the oversight and follow-up open/pending CAPAs

    • Quality Assurance Associate II
      Mar 2016 - Sep 2016 · 7 mos

      - Support the accomplishment of regular reviews of the suitability and effectiveness of the Quality Management System as well as in the definition of Key Performance Indicators - Control and management of Quality System Documentation, as well as prepare and review SOPs - Support the preparation of Audits and Inspections as well as follow-up actions and CAPA oversight - Assessment of vendors - Receive, analyse and ensure proper compilation of client satisfaction and complaints - Support the control and continuous improvement of training process