Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
Organisation Design for Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
Structure, reporting lines and who is allowed to decide what.
What this looks like in pharmaceuticals and life sciences
The parts of organisation design that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Organisation Structure
Manufacturing, quality, research and commercial.
What this coversHide
Organisation Structure
Manufacturing, quality, research and commercial.
What this coversHideOperations and quality
- Production
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Engineering
- Warehouse
- Packing
- EHS
- Validation
Research and commercial
- R&D
- Formulation
- Regulatory Affairs
- Clinical
- Medical Affairs
- Sales and Field Force
- Marketing
- Supply Chain
- HR
- Finance
- Organisation structure
- Quality independence in reporting
- Shift supervision
- Reporting lines
- Approval matrix
- Position levels
The general method — what organisation design covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the organisation design page. What is above is the part that differs for pharmaceuticals and life sciences.
Other HR topics for pharmaceuticals and life sciences
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
See all HR topics for pharmaceuticals and life sciences, or another industry.