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Maintenance · fractional QA.

Ongoing upkeep of a live QMS — SOP refresh, CAPA management, audit-cycle support, regulator-update tracking, training oversight.

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You'll leave with: What ongoing QMS upkeep actually requires — and where most maintenance arrangements quietly drift.

/ Who this is for

The fit.

Organisations with mature quality operations needing ongoing discipline without a full-time CQO. Organisations between QA leadership transitions. Founders pre-Series B without internal QA capacity.

/ The work itself

What this delivers.

Ongoing QA presence aligned to the engagement scope — SOP review cycles, CAPA support, audit-cycle prep, regulator-update tracking, training oversight.

/ Why this matters

Where the edge is.

Multi-jurisdiction depth (US, EU, India) when operations touch more than one regulator. Cross-domain SOP patterns from BA, BE, CT exposure. Galway physical presence for EU on-site requirements.

/ How engagement runs

The shape of the work.

Every engagement is scoped per situation. The shape — focused diagnostic, structured implementation, ongoing partnership — emerges from the discovery conversation rather than a fixed package. Some engagements are short and intense; some are months-long structural builds; some are recurring quality oversight. We talk first, then scope.

Discovery.

Understand current state — what's maintained, what's slipping, what's blocking.

Scoping.

Engagement scope agreed at quarterly intervals.

Operate.

Embedded QA presence, monthly review cycles.

Annual review.

Effectiveness check and engagement renewal.

What to do next.

If this is the work in front of you, the next step is a conversation. I read every message and respond personally. No contact forms. No sales sequence. Just a discovery conversation to understand whether the fit is real, and what the shape of the work would be.

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