Unison Quality Leader

GE Aerospace•Jacksonville, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Quality Leader – Unison provides strategic and technical quality leadership across a global business with 9 manufacturing sites and 4,500+ employees. This role owns the Zero-Defect and Proactive Quality agenda for Unison, partnering with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost while elevating the customer experience. As a people leader of people leaders, this role leads a large, distributed quality organization (2+ direct reports, 250+ indirect), strengthening the Quality Management System, driving advanced quality tools and methods, and building a culture of structured problem solving and continuous improvement. The Executive Quality Leader will engage directly with customers and regulators, ensuring products and processes meet or exceed aerospace, regulatory, and GE Aerospace standards. This role is ideal for an experienced quality or operations executive with deep manufacturing and aerospace experience who thrives in a high-complexity environment and can lead through large-scale change and accelerated growth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, or related technical field
Minimum 10 years of experience in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, or closely related disciplines
Demonstrated experience as a people leader, including leading leaders and large, distributed teams
Proven track record driving quality improvement and results in a complex manufacturing environment
Ability to travel up to 15% (domestic and international, as required)

Nice To Haves

Experience in aerospace or similarly regulated, high-complexity industries
Strong knowledge of quality systems, regulatory requirements, and industry standards
Demonstrated expertise in structured problem solving (e.g., 8D, A3, root cause analysis) and continuous improvement
Practical experience leading APQP and quality planning across the full product lifecycle
Experience with global manufacturing and supplier networks, including dual build, transfer of work, and capacity expansion
Excellent communication skills and executive presence; ability to brief senior leadership and engage directly with customers and regulators
Proven ability to build, develop, and retain high-performing teams in times of change and growth

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and technical quality leadership across 9 Unison manufacturing sites, ensuring alignment with GE Aerospace standards and customer requirements.
Own and drive a Zero-Defect, Proactive Quality culture, embedding prevention, robust risk management, and structured problem solving in daily operations.
Own key quality performance metrics (e.g., escapes, defects, FPY, COPQ, audit results), ensuring operational rigor and linkage to Safety, Delivery, and Cost.
Lead a large global quality organization (people leader of people leaders), including site Quality Leaders, Quality Engineering, and Quality Assurance teams.
Developing talent and succession across the Unison quality organization, coaching leaders and strengthening the future pipeline.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and accountability consistent with GE Aerospace Behaviors.
Partner with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Programs, and Commercial teams to define and deliver critical quality improvement priorities.
Drive Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and advanced quality tools across the product lifecycle, including NPI, industrialization, process modernization, and transfer of work.
Support global manufacturing and supplier initiatives, including dual build, transfer of work, and capacity expansion.
Lead customer-facing quality initiatives, including problem resolution, improvement plans, and quality narratives for executive and customer reviews.
Ensure strong regulatory and quality system compliance across all Unison sites, including audit readiness, execution, and closure of findings.
Build and lead quality governance (policies, procedures, delegations), promoting standardization, simplification, and robust internal controls.