Senior Manager, Design Quality

Illumina • San Diego, CA

12d • $141,600 - $212,400

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Design Quality is a hands-on Quality leader who combines supervisory responsibilities with direct Design Quality support for product-development programs. The role leads and develops a team of Design Quality professionals while partnering with Product Development to establish fit-for-purpose Quality strategies, identify and address risk early, and ensure development decisions are supported by appropriate technical evidence and rigor.

The Senior Manager is accountable for effective Design Quality execution across assigned programs, including product risk management, design controls, verification and validation, design transfer, process validation, change management, and resolution of product quality issues. The role provides direct technical Quality leadership on assigned programs while aligning Design Quality resources with business and portfolio priorities.

The Senior Manager builds a high-performing Design Quality organization by developing technical and leadership capability, strengthening cross-functional partnerships, ensuring significant risks are appropriately addressed and escalated, and continuously improving the effectiveness of Design Quality practices and the Quality System. Responsibilities may change due to business needs, and other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 12 years of related experience.
• 3–6 years of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Design Quality professionals while directly supporting product-development programs and other priority work.
• Coach and provide technical guidance, independent Quality challenge, document review and approval, and timely resolution of complex product and Quality issues.
• Establish fit-for-purpose Quality strategies and enable execution across product-development programs, including design planning, requirements, design reviews, verification and validation, design transfer, process validation, change management, and resolution of product quality issues.
• Lead and support activities to identify, evaluate, control, communicate, and document product risks throughout development; ensure risk-management strategies and evidence support product and program decisions.
• Ensure development strategies and decisions are supported by appropriate technical evidence, Quality rigor, statistical methods, and risk-based rationale; provide independent Quality direction for complex, ambiguous, or high-risk issues.
• Develop the Design Quality team through coaching, performance management, technical development, succession planning, cross-training, and development opportunities; establish clear objectives, expectations, and accountability.
• Align Design Quality resources and individual assignments with business, portfolio, and program priorities while balancing supervisory duties, direct project support, and emerging Quality risks.
• Partner across Product Development and Quality functions to resolve complex issues, clarify roles and decision rights, and drive timely, technically sound, compliant, and risk-informed decisions.
• Ensure significant product, compliance, Quality System, and program risks are visible, escalated, and driven to resolution; represent Design Quality in cross-functional governance forums and communicate evidence-based recommendations to senior leadership.
• Drive consistent Design Quality practices, ensure appropriate evidence of product and Quality System compliance and readiness, and improve processes, procedures, tools, and methods.
• Perform other related duties as assigned based on business needs.

Benefits

• Variable cash program (bonus or commission) eligibility.
• Equity may be included for eligible roles.
• Access to genomics sequencing.
• Family planning benefits.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid time off.
• Employee Resource Groups that provide career development experiences, cultural awareness, and social-responsibility engagement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior