Manager, Quality Assurance

Novanta•Bedford, MA

About The Position

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing. Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta. Summary: As Manager, Quality Assurance, you'll oversee a team of quality professionals. Alternatively, you may be an individual contributor overseeing quality management across a global business unit(s). You'll oversee quality control processes and procedures to ensure compliance with industry standards. You will maintain product standards and quality systems.

Requirements

Subject matter expertise in quality management or related field, with track record of achieving operational goals.
Have experience implementing quality processes and procedures, with knowledge of regulatory requirements and standards (e.g. FDA, ISO).
Proven ability to oversee teams, complex processes, or complex programs and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Ability to set and manage goals, allocate resources, and make high quality, timely decisions.
Be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and customers.
Lifting up to 50 pounds
Standing long periods of time

Responsibilities

Leading quality improvement programs, such as Six Sigma and Lean, to drive continuous improvements
Managing the quality audit program to ensure compliance with internal requirements and regulatory standards.
Managing a team of Quality Assurance professionals to ensure quality standards are met.
Developing and implementing quality metrics, conducting root cause analysis and internal quality audits to measure performance.
Using results to identify areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions to prevent quality issues.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve quality and customer experience, and ensure products exceed customer standards
Maintain strict compliance with the quality, environmental and occupational health and safety regulations and implementation of the instructions of the quality, environmental management and/or occupational health and safety officer.
The People Leader is responsible for maintaining and improving environmental-friendly and occupational health and safety work conditions, the prevention of environmental damage and occupational accidents, occupational diseases and work-related health hazards for his or her area of responsibility.
Completion of job hazard analysis and risk assessments and conducting job-specific training.
Specific tasks include, but are not limited to, protecting the environment