# 210 - The 8 Roles You MUST Understand in Pharma & MedTech

- Show: [Let's Combinate](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate)
- Published: 2025-10-22
- Length: 19m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2025-10-22-210-the-8-roles-you-must-understand-in-pharma-medtech
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letscombinate/episodes/210---The-8-Roles-You-MUST-Understand-in-Pharma--MedTech-e39s89k

## Summary

Subhi Saadeh, host of Let's Combinate and a quality professional with experience in large medical device and pharma organizations, explains eight core functional roles in life sciences companies. She details the responsibilities of Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Research & Development, Clinical Affairs, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Supply Chain, and Validation to help early-career professionals navigate career paths. Saadeh emphasizes that understanding these cross-functional interactions is critical for success, drawing on her own journey from struggling in R&D to finding a fit in Quality.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2025-10-22-210-the-8-roles-you-must-understand-in-pharma-medtech#t=0) Introduction: Subhi Saadeh and the 8 Industry Roles

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- FDA (other)
- Health Canada (other)
- EMA (other)
- CROs (other)
- LIMS (tool)

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- [#352: Fundamentals of Quality & Regulatory](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2024-01-18-352-fundamentals-of-quality-regulatory) (Global Medical Device Podcast)
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