Today I spoke with Sonia Razzetti, SVP of Quality at Disc Medicine, a clinical stage biotech focussed on developing therapies in the haematology space. Sonia shares her journey in quality and discusses the challenges she faced, including finding her voice in leadership meetings and aligning quality objectives with business priorities. Sonia is really open about the failures she has had to overcome which have helped her develop her career and others.

Takeaways

• Finding your voice in leadership meetings
• Aligning quality objectives with business priorities are common challenges.
• The most rewarding aspects of working in quality.
• The value of listening more and speaking less for quality leader
• The importance of diverse perspectives and better decision-making.

 Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction and Background
• 03:38 Building a Late Phase/Commercial Ready Quality Management System
• 06:32 Transitioning from Big Pharma to Start-ups
• 10:44 Key Challenges Faced in Career Development
• 15:26 Finding Your Voice and Building Confidence in Leadership
• 20:37 Aligning Quality Objectives with Business Priorities
• 23:06 Shaping Leadership Approach and Mentoring Others
• 24:55 Evolution of Quality as a Profession
• 26:52 Pride in Career Achievements and Future Excitement
• 32:36 Advice for Aspiring Quality Leaders

Huge thank you to Sonia for coming on the show and being very open about the challenges she faced in her early career and how she managed to overcome these.

Hope you enjoy the show!